Freemasonry In Queensland.

at the conclusion of the ceremony , was the recipient , from the Chapter , of a handsome P . Z . founders' jewel . The Gregory Chapter was consecrated in October , 1903 , by Comp . H . C . Luck , District Grand Scribe E ., assisted by Comp . Judge H . H . Chubb , P . D . G . H ., P . D . G . W . as H ., and

Comp . A . W . MacNaughton , P . D . G . W . as J ., at the completion of which Comp . W . H . J . Mayers , P . Z . of the Meteor Chapter and D . G . J . Soj . was installed as M . E . Z ., Comp . H . O . Newport as H ., and Comp . J . Bean as J . At a banquet held under the auspices of the Gregory

Lodge , the founders of the Chapter presented a volume containing views of Cairns and district , also photographs of the founders and officers to the District Grand Scribe E ., as a memento of his visit and the occasion of the consecration 1 , 000 miles from District Grand Lodge .

As D . G . M . of M . M . M . of England , R . W . Bro . Luck also consecrated the Trinity Lodge of M . M . M . and Royal Ark Mariners , and installed Bro . A . J . P . MacDonnell , W . M . ; Bros . Newport and W . H . J . Mayers , junior and senior wardens respectively .

Bro . Luck's visit extended over four clays , during which excursions were taken in company of brethren to the country , notably to the Barron Falls , under the guidance of Comp . W . S . Prewett , Railway Traffic Manager ; to the Kamerunga State Nursery , the home of the State Adviser in Tropical

STATE NURSEIJY , C 05 IP . XKIVPOKT'S HOME . Agriculture with Comp . Newport ; to coffee plantations with Comp . MacDonnell ; over the sugar district on the Mulgrave River and the sugar mill under the guidance of the manager , Comp . S . W . Davids , C . E .

( JliOUP OF FOUXDKli . S . The centre flirnre in the front row- is Ex . Camp . Lnek , l ) is . ( r . St-rlbe E ., snpporte : ! o : i his ri ^ ht liy Ex . I ' onip . II . II . . Iu ! l !? c' ( 'liiil > l > , Mini on his left liy Ex . Coni . i . A . \ V . . UicNiiiitflitcni , l ' . D . Ci . W .

In a biographic sketch of Bro . Gen . J . Corson Smith , " The Keystone , " Philadelphia , U . S . A ., says : —Among the sjlf-macb men , the active , earnest , and energetic workers who have made Illinois one of the foremost States of the Union , Bro . John Corson Smith takes high rank . Born in Philadelphia ,

February 13 th , 1 S 32 , his boyhood days were spent working in the cotton factories of the Schuylkill Valley at Norristown , Pa ., and Wilmington , DJI . Like many of the miai who have come to the front in America , he is of Scotch and English parentage , his father being of a Highland family , and his

mother a Harvey of the City of Carlisle , on the borders of Scotland . The General joined Freemasonry in 1859 , three years after his marriage . He has attained to many Masonic honours , and is a member of the 33 rd Degree . He hasloured the world , visited Egypt and the Hol y Land twice and Great

Britain and the Continent several times , visiting Masonic bodies whenever opportunity permitted , his mind being stored with a fund of information of value to the Craft . The

article is full of details of Bro . Smith as a citizen , as head of his family , as a soldier and as a Freemason , and in all capacities he is ranked in first place . " Bro . Smith is wellknown on this side of the stream , and has always received a hearty welcome when on one of his frequent visits to this

country . The brethren of Durham have lost no time in organising their forces in support of the Provincial Grand Master , Lord Barnard , who is to preside at the festival of the Royal

Masonic Benevolent Institution next year . A central meeting of those interested in the matter was held specially for the purpose , under the auspices of the Palatine Lodge , on July 4 th , at the Town Hall , Sunderland . The ineeiing was addressed by Bro . P . Colville Smith , the Secretary of the institution , and a general committee was appointed to promote the fund .