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Wight , and adopted : —" That this Court accepts the sum of 1550 guineas from the Province of Hants and Isle of Wight in memory of the late Right Hon . W . W . B . Beach , late Provincial Grand Master of that Province , for the purchase of a perpetual presentation of one duly qualified girl to the school , to be called ' The Beach Presentation , ' the right of

such presentation to be vested in the Provincial Grand Lodge Committee of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight for the time being . " Among those present to support the proposition was Bro . S . Crane , of Bournemouth .

© © © We are advised that by an amendment in Law No . 80 , recently made by the General Court , the minimum age for the admission of girls into the Institution is now seven years instead of eight , and for the receipt of petitions , six years instead of seven , and that the General Committee have

been given power to dispense , at their discretion , with the strict enforcement of Law 8 9 , governing the election and admission of girls who have a sister in the Institution .

© © © At the annual meeting of the Masonic Charities Committee of the Province of Durham , held on the 12 th July , the officers for the ensuing year were elected , and petitions to the number of eleven were considered for the benefit of the Education Fund . Bro . R . Hudson announced that the

festival at Raby Castle had realised . £ 1992 , and that the province had given . £ 550 to the three great central Masonic Charities and . £ 350 to their own fund . The latter showed that . £ 900 had been raised during the twelve months .

© © < 3 s > It is unfortunate that the season during which so many American and Colonial Masonic brethren are in London , nearly the whole of the London lodges are in vacation , but for the same reason that our visitors are here , their would-be hosts are elsewhere in quest of health and change of air and

surroundings , and we feel sure that British Masonic hospitality will not . be measured by its apparent non-existence at this period of the season . © © ©

We are indebted to Bro . Alfred A . Murray , LL . B ., W . S ., the esteemed R . W . M . of the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge , No . 2 , Edinburgh , for the portrait of Bro . Walter Milne , " being a very good representation of a very good man , " as

tiliO . WALTER MILNE . Prior of the Lothians . It was taken in connection with the reopening of the old Canongate Encampment of Knights Templar on the 4 th of July , after having been dormant for a considerable number of years .

I hat Hindus , whose right ol admission into 1-reemasonry was the subject of great controversy in India some years ago , make good Masons is repeatedly proved by the zeal and energy they display , often setting a good example in that respect to their European brethren . The subject of our sketch , Bro . Mallem Chengalvarayulu Naidu , is an example .

He was initiated in Lodge Aslraea , No . 1376 , Thayetmyo , Burma , in igoo , and immediately acted as Secretary . In 1901 he became Treasurer , and by his energy soon placed the lodge in a sound financial position . In 1902 he was appointed Senior Warden , and upon leaving for England was presented with a unanimous vote of thanks by the lodge for his valuable services .

HRO . MAI . f . EM ClIENGALVAItAYULIJ NAIDU . He is also a member of Lodge Victoria in Burma , No . 826 , at Rangoon ; the Royal Burma Royal Arch Chapter , No . 832 , Rangoon ; the Victoria in Burma Mark Lodge , No . 68 ; the Stella Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners , No . 88 ;

the Ceres Conclave , No . 3 ( Order of the Secret Monitor ) ; is a member of the Cleve Fast Conclave , No . 8 , London ; was admitted Prince of the Order ( Secret Monitor ) in the University of London Conclave , No . 2 ; and is a Grand Steward for the year , receiving a most cordial reception at

the Festival of Grand Conclave on July 24 th . We think the foregoing record not a poor one for three years . © © ©

For some time past the members of the Craft belonging to the United Wards' Club of the City of London have been desirous of forming a lodge immediately associated with the club . That object has now been attained , a warrant having been granted , and the lodge , under the title of the United Wards' Lodge , will shortly be consecrated . Bro . Sheriff Sir Thomas Brooke-Hitching will be the first Master , and the meetings will be held at the Great Eastern Hotel .

' . - !¦ © © The New Palace Steamers announce that on account of the popularity of their present arrangements , they will not make any alteration in their sailings for- the Bank Holiday period . The " Royal Sovereign " will sail as usual from Old Swan Pier at 9 . 20 a . m ., for Margate and Kamsgate _

and the" Koh-i-Noor , " at 8 . 50 a . m ., for Southend and Margate . " La Marguerite" on Saturday , 1 st , and Sunday , 2 nd August , to Southend and Margate from Tilbury , special train from Fenchurch Street , 9 . 45 a . m ., St . Pancras at 9 a . m . ( Sunday 9 . 40 a . m . ) , and on Monday , Bank Holiday , to Ostend and

back , calling at Margate , special train from Fenchurch Street 6 . 15 a . m . Husbands' Boat to Margate , the " Koh-i-Noor , " on Saturday afternoon , leaving Old Swan Pier at 1 . 50 p . m .