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Garrett , AV . M ., presiding . The attendance was very large , fully fifty of the Auckland brethren being present , including Bro . George S . Graham , Deputy Grand Master E . G ., and the officers of the District Grand Lodge . Bro . John Hunt was installed AV . M . for the year ensuing .
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex will meet at Eastbourne Town Hall on Friday , 24 th prox ., when , in the unavoidable absence of H . R . H . the Duke of Conuaught , P . G . M ., Bro . Sir AV . T . Marriott , Q . C ., M . P ., Dep . P . G . M ., will preside . The P . G . M . ' s numerous engagements will prevent him visiting his province until early next year .
On Sunday , the 31 st ult , the Freemasons of Leicestershire celebrated the 100 th anniversary of the issue of the warrant constituting " certain brethren named therein" a Lodge of Freemasons by the style of St . John ' s Lodge , Leicester , nowfiguring as 279 on the register of Grand Lodges .
About 200 brethren , including a number of visitors , attended service at St . George ' s Church , Leicester , and were happy in listening to an eloquent sermon on the occasion preached by the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . C ., England , and D . P . G . M ., Suffolk . The congregation was a very large one , and the
route to and from the church was lined with spectators . The offertory , which amounted to about ^ 40 , was in aid of the Children ' s Hospital , Leicester .
$$ Comp . William Vanderhurst , Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of California , presided at the 3 6 th annual convocation held in San Francisco in April last , when fifty-three out of sixty-four chapters were
represented , the number of subscribing members being 4 650 . The receipts for the previous twelve months reached 5259 dols ., and the expenditure 9285 dols ., of which , however , 4374 dols . were invested in Stock of the Masonic Hall Association , so that the actual expenditure only amounted to 4911 dols . The General Fund is returned as being close
on 13 , 500 dols . Comp . T . H . Caswell remains , as before , Grand Secretary , but the Grand High Priest elected for the current year is Comp . Franklin H . Day . : ;{ : % % The proceedings of the thirty-fourth communication of
the Grand Lodge of Kansas for 1890 shows that there are 300 Constituent Lodges in the state with a membership of 16 , 000 , with peace and harmony within its borders . The dissemination of the work and lectures by custodians has been discontinued , and the Grand Master is empowered each year to appoint a Grand Lecturer . The Masons of Kansas city are about to build a temple to cost 500 , 000 dols .
* * * AVe regret to announce the death on the rst instant , of the Grand Master of the Templars of Canada , Col . J . B . Macleod Moore , at his residence at Prescott , Ontario . The work of Grand Master will be carried on by M . AV . Bro . James A . Henderson , the D . G . M .
The installation meeting of the High Cross Lodge ( 754 ) , Tottenham , was held on the 27 th ult . Bro . E . Lovell , AV . M ., presided , and Bro . L . E . AVilson was the AV . M . elect . * * it At a regular meeting of the United Northern Counties
Lodge ( 2128 ) , held on the 2 nd inst ., at the Inns of Court Hotel , Holborn , several distinguished visitors from America were present . A sum of ^ 13 was voted from the Lodge funds to the R . M . I . for Girls , in order that the arms of the Lodge may be inserted in one of the lights of a new window in the Centenary Hall .
At the monthly meeting of the Portsmouth Temperance Lodge ( 2068 ) , which was held on the 16 th ult ., notice was given the Lodge of the necessity for removal to other premises , and a meeting was announced for the consideration of a suitable building . An address was voted to be engrossed and presented to P . M . Bro . T . Tufnell , who is leaving the town . Bro . P . H . Emanuel , AV . M ., presided .
* « - « The installation meeting of the Duke of Clarence Lodge ( 18 34 ) , Portsmouth , was held on the 26 th ult . Bro . H , Cawte , P . P . J . G . AV ., was acting ' AV . M ., and the visitors included Bros . J . AV . Gieve , Provincial Grand Treas . ; G . F ,
Lancaster , Assistant Provincial Grand Sec . ; S . AV . Haydon , AV . M . ( 342 ) , B . H . Mumby , AV . M . ( 1069 ) , AVm . Miller , AV . M . ( 1428 ) , G . K . Smith , AV . M . ( 1705 ) , AV . F . Westerman , AV . M . ( 1776 ) , E . Austin , AV . M . ( 1903 ) , P . H . Emanuel , AV . M . ( 2068 ) , J . AV . Morant , J . Peters , and S . Peters ( 1069 ) ,
George Ellis ( ex-Mayor of Portsmouth ) , and others . Bro . John AVesley Gardner , the AV . M .-elect , was duly installed by the acting AV . M ., in a most impressive manner .
* » The monthly meeting of the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will be held at Freemasons' Hall , on AVednesday next , the 10 th inst ., at four p . m . # # #
The new Hull Masonic Club held its first house dinner on the 22 nd ult . Bro . F . N . Grotian , M . P ., the president , was in the chair , and directors and brethren to the number of thirty were present . After the toasts , an adjournment
was made to the smoking-room , where a " smoker" was held . The membership list of the club now numbers about 250 , and both the President and the Chairman , Bro . F . Blackbourne , appealed to the members to make the club as widely known as possible .
* * * A petition for a chapter under the English Constitution has been forwarded to the Grand Chapter of England , from the Transvaal , South Africa , signed by the most influential Masons on the Rand , and the list of foundation members
has also been largely signed . Comp . AVilliam H . Miles , who is well known to the Masons of Hampshire and Dorsetshire , more especially at Bournemouth , Poole , and Swanage , has been selected as first M . E . Z .
* * * A circular has been issued by command of Bro . Sir W . J . Clarke , Bart ., M . W . Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria , in which that distinguished Brother expresses his desire that as a token of respect to the
memory of the late Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , to whose advice and assistance in bringing about the union of the different Constitutions in the Colony the Grand Lodge of Victoria is so greatly indebted , members of Lodges in the jurisdiction will wear mourning for a period of three months from 1 st July last .
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Sawdust.
Garrett , AV . M ., presiding . The attendance was very large , fully fifty of the Auckland brethren being present , including Bro . George S . Graham , Deputy Grand Master E . G ., and the officers of the District Grand Lodge . Bro . John Hunt was installed AV . M . for the year ensuing .
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex will meet at Eastbourne Town Hall on Friday , 24 th prox ., when , in the unavoidable absence of H . R . H . the Duke of Conuaught , P . G . M ., Bro . Sir AV . T . Marriott , Q . C ., M . P ., Dep . P . G . M ., will preside . The P . G . M . ' s numerous engagements will prevent him visiting his province until early next year .
On Sunday , the 31 st ult , the Freemasons of Leicestershire celebrated the 100 th anniversary of the issue of the warrant constituting " certain brethren named therein" a Lodge of Freemasons by the style of St . John ' s Lodge , Leicester , nowfiguring as 279 on the register of Grand Lodges .
About 200 brethren , including a number of visitors , attended service at St . George ' s Church , Leicester , and were happy in listening to an eloquent sermon on the occasion preached by the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . C ., England , and D . P . G . M ., Suffolk . The congregation was a very large one , and the
route to and from the church was lined with spectators . The offertory , which amounted to about ^ 40 , was in aid of the Children ' s Hospital , Leicester .
$$ Comp . William Vanderhurst , Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of California , presided at the 3 6 th annual convocation held in San Francisco in April last , when fifty-three out of sixty-four chapters were
represented , the number of subscribing members being 4 650 . The receipts for the previous twelve months reached 5259 dols ., and the expenditure 9285 dols ., of which , however , 4374 dols . were invested in Stock of the Masonic Hall Association , so that the actual expenditure only amounted to 4911 dols . The General Fund is returned as being close
on 13 , 500 dols . Comp . T . H . Caswell remains , as before , Grand Secretary , but the Grand High Priest elected for the current year is Comp . Franklin H . Day . : ;{ : % % The proceedings of the thirty-fourth communication of
the Grand Lodge of Kansas for 1890 shows that there are 300 Constituent Lodges in the state with a membership of 16 , 000 , with peace and harmony within its borders . The dissemination of the work and lectures by custodians has been discontinued , and the Grand Master is empowered each year to appoint a Grand Lecturer . The Masons of Kansas city are about to build a temple to cost 500 , 000 dols .
* * * AVe regret to announce the death on the rst instant , of the Grand Master of the Templars of Canada , Col . J . B . Macleod Moore , at his residence at Prescott , Ontario . The work of Grand Master will be carried on by M . AV . Bro . James A . Henderson , the D . G . M .
The installation meeting of the High Cross Lodge ( 754 ) , Tottenham , was held on the 27 th ult . Bro . E . Lovell , AV . M ., presided , and Bro . L . E . AVilson was the AV . M . elect . * * it At a regular meeting of the United Northern Counties
Lodge ( 2128 ) , held on the 2 nd inst ., at the Inns of Court Hotel , Holborn , several distinguished visitors from America were present . A sum of ^ 13 was voted from the Lodge funds to the R . M . I . for Girls , in order that the arms of the Lodge may be inserted in one of the lights of a new window in the Centenary Hall .
At the monthly meeting of the Portsmouth Temperance Lodge ( 2068 ) , which was held on the 16 th ult ., notice was given the Lodge of the necessity for removal to other premises , and a meeting was announced for the consideration of a suitable building . An address was voted to be engrossed and presented to P . M . Bro . T . Tufnell , who is leaving the town . Bro . P . H . Emanuel , AV . M ., presided .
* « - « The installation meeting of the Duke of Clarence Lodge ( 18 34 ) , Portsmouth , was held on the 26 th ult . Bro . H , Cawte , P . P . J . G . AV ., was acting ' AV . M ., and the visitors included Bros . J . AV . Gieve , Provincial Grand Treas . ; G . F ,
Lancaster , Assistant Provincial Grand Sec . ; S . AV . Haydon , AV . M . ( 342 ) , B . H . Mumby , AV . M . ( 1069 ) , AVm . Miller , AV . M . ( 1428 ) , G . K . Smith , AV . M . ( 1705 ) , AV . F . Westerman , AV . M . ( 1776 ) , E . Austin , AV . M . ( 1903 ) , P . H . Emanuel , AV . M . ( 2068 ) , J . AV . Morant , J . Peters , and S . Peters ( 1069 ) ,
George Ellis ( ex-Mayor of Portsmouth ) , and others . Bro . John AVesley Gardner , the AV . M .-elect , was duly installed by the acting AV . M ., in a most impressive manner .
* » The monthly meeting of the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will be held at Freemasons' Hall , on AVednesday next , the 10 th inst ., at four p . m . # # #
The new Hull Masonic Club held its first house dinner on the 22 nd ult . Bro . F . N . Grotian , M . P ., the president , was in the chair , and directors and brethren to the number of thirty were present . After the toasts , an adjournment
was made to the smoking-room , where a " smoker" was held . The membership list of the club now numbers about 250 , and both the President and the Chairman , Bro . F . Blackbourne , appealed to the members to make the club as widely known as possible .
* * * A petition for a chapter under the English Constitution has been forwarded to the Grand Chapter of England , from the Transvaal , South Africa , signed by the most influential Masons on the Rand , and the list of foundation members
has also been largely signed . Comp . AVilliam H . Miles , who is well known to the Masons of Hampshire and Dorsetshire , more especially at Bournemouth , Poole , and Swanage , has been selected as first M . E . Z .
* * * A circular has been issued by command of Bro . Sir W . J . Clarke , Bart ., M . W . Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria , in which that distinguished Brother expresses his desire that as a token of respect to the
memory of the late Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , to whose advice and assistance in bringing about the union of the different Constitutions in the Colony the Grand Lodge of Victoria is so greatly indebted , members of Lodges in the jurisdiction will wear mourning for a period of three months from 1 st July last .