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The Australian Commonwealth And Freemascnry.
The Australian Commonwealth and Freemascnry .
THE ¦ Empress . Lodge , No . 2581 , like its predecessor , "•~ the Empire Lodge , was established with the view ¦ of affording an opportunity to our Colonial and Indian brethren of meeting together and of welcoming visitors from all parts of the Empire on important
commemorative occasions . Such an opportunity offered itself in connection with the inauguration of the Australian
l ' . IKSNNTATlON 1 'LATF ,, DRAWN 1 IY W . ( 1 I 1 A 11 AM SIMPSON , FliOM A DKSIOX BY BRO . MA 1 TLAND COFFIN .
Commonwealth , and the lodge was not slow to avail itself of it by calling a special meeting on the 15 th of June , at the Cafe Royal , Regent Street , and inviting thereto upwards of one hundred brethren , many of whom hailed from some distant part of His Majesty ' s dominions . Amongst those
presentjwere the Lord Chancellor , the Earl of Halsbury , and the Agents General of South Australia ( Sir John Cockburn ) , Queensland ( Sir Horace Tozer ) , New South Wales ( the Hon . Henry Copeland ) , Justice Hodges , Victoria , Geo . Richards , District Grand Alaster of the Transvaal , Sir J . C . Dimsdale , M . P ., Sir AI . Bhownaggree , and a large number of Grand
Officers . The W . AI . Bro . G . D . Coleman who is a native of Aladras , occupied the chair , and extended to the visitors a warm welcome on behalf of the lodge . At the subsequent banquet , after the toasts of "The King and the Craft" and "The AI . W . Grand Alaster" had been
duly honoured , the W . AI . proposed that of " The Pro and Deputy Grand Alasters and the rest of the Grand Officers ,
Present and Past , " which was gracefully responded to by the Lord Chancellor , who expressed his pleasure at being present on such an occasion , and his gratification at the fact that the Inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth was at last accomplished . Freemasonry , he said , had largely assisted in
bringing about this great result , and he looked forward to the time when its civilising and fraternising influence would bring peace and goodwill to all , when the " blast of war's great organ " would cease , and the nations would live in peaceful harmony . The toast of " The Commonwealth of Australia , " was ably responded to hy the R . W . Bro . Sir John
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Australian Commonwealth And Freemascnry.
The Australian Commonwealth and Freemascnry .
THE ¦ Empress . Lodge , No . 2581 , like its predecessor , "•~ the Empire Lodge , was established with the view ¦ of affording an opportunity to our Colonial and Indian brethren of meeting together and of welcoming visitors from all parts of the Empire on important
commemorative occasions . Such an opportunity offered itself in connection with the inauguration of the Australian
l ' . IKSNNTATlON 1 'LATF ,, DRAWN 1 IY W . ( 1 I 1 A 11 AM SIMPSON , FliOM A DKSIOX BY BRO . MA 1 TLAND COFFIN .
Commonwealth , and the lodge was not slow to avail itself of it by calling a special meeting on the 15 th of June , at the Cafe Royal , Regent Street , and inviting thereto upwards of one hundred brethren , many of whom hailed from some distant part of His Majesty ' s dominions . Amongst those
presentjwere the Lord Chancellor , the Earl of Halsbury , and the Agents General of South Australia ( Sir John Cockburn ) , Queensland ( Sir Horace Tozer ) , New South Wales ( the Hon . Henry Copeland ) , Justice Hodges , Victoria , Geo . Richards , District Grand Alaster of the Transvaal , Sir J . C . Dimsdale , M . P ., Sir AI . Bhownaggree , and a large number of Grand
Officers . The W . AI . Bro . G . D . Coleman who is a native of Aladras , occupied the chair , and extended to the visitors a warm welcome on behalf of the lodge . At the subsequent banquet , after the toasts of "The King and the Craft" and "The AI . W . Grand Alaster" had been
duly honoured , the W . AI . proposed that of " The Pro and Deputy Grand Alasters and the rest of the Grand Officers ,
Present and Past , " which was gracefully responded to by the Lord Chancellor , who expressed his pleasure at being present on such an occasion , and his gratification at the fact that the Inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth was at last accomplished . Freemasonry , he said , had largely assisted in
bringing about this great result , and he looked forward to the time when its civilising and fraternising influence would bring peace and goodwill to all , when the " blast of war's great organ " would cease , and the nations would live in peaceful harmony . The toast of " The Commonwealth of Australia , " was ably responded to hy the R . W . Bro . Sir John