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- j ^^^^^^^^^^ g SATUBDAY , 14 TH AUGUST 1897 .

Consecrations.

CONSECRATIONS .

CRANE LODGE . ON . Wednesday , 7 th ult ., Earl * Amherst Provincial Graind Master of Kent consecrated a new Kentish Lodge at Cranbrook * it being . designated the Crane , "No . 2660 . Those present numbered about 90 . Bro . Baldomerode Beriodano Lopez acted . as S . W .- and E . M . MerCer as J . Wi The musical part of the service , was conduced , . by Bro . A . H . Smith P . M . Organist'' 1854 :. ¦ . ¦•

'At the conclusion of the ceremonies of consecration Bro . F . S . W . ; Corn wallis P . M . P . P . S . G . W . Kent was installed / as the first W . M ., and he-proceeded to invest his Officers . The brethren subsequently adjourned to a banquet at the

George Hotel . The banqueting hall at the George Hotel and the Vestry ffall were very prettily and effectively decorated for the occasion , and the' labours of the founders were amply repaid by the entire success of the day ' s proceedings .

The following were the Consecrating Officers : —Earl Amherst as W . M ., James S . Bastes P . M ; ' , B . de B . Lopez S . W ., E . M . Mercer J . W ., Alfred Spencer Prov . G . Sec . P . G . Sd . B . Bng . Sec , H . Ward P . D . G . St . Br . Dir . of Cers ., Wm . Elliott I . G ., Cecil M . Bevard Chap ., Arthur H . Smith Org . *

The ! following , are the founders of the Lodge : —Bros . F . S . W . Corn-wains , H . M . Kingsland , J . E . Noble , G . F . Baker , H . B . Mace , John Stapley , Henry Fincham , George F . Varty , W . Forrester , C . A ' . Foreman , N . Hovenden , F . G . Elliott , C . Buckett , C . B . Butcher , Charles Graham .

Coalfields Lodge.

COALFIELDS LODGE .

SATURDAY , 19 th ult ., was a red-letter day at Springs , on the occasion of the consecration of the Coalfields Lodge . By the first . train from Johannesburg there arrived Bro . H . F . E . Pistorius Deputy District Grand Master , and about 40 other

distinguished Brethren , while representatives were also present from the Irish , Dutch , and various Australian Constitutions , and the Nigel Lodge , although not yet constituted , had several representatives , including the W . M .-designate Bro . A . Grant .

, * On arrival at the station the visitors were conveyed in carriages to the residence of Bro . Harris the W . M .-Designate of the Coalfields Lodge , where a cold collation was provided . They were afterwards driven to the temporary Lodge ( the Great Eastern Hall ) , which had previously been properly arranged and

beautifully decorated by the District Grand Tyler Bro . Klagsbrun . _ : The ceremony of consecrating the new Lodge was most impressively performed by Bro . Pistorius , assisted by the other District Grand Officers present . After the installation of the W . M . a banquet was provided , and a most enjoyable evening was spent .

Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER , E SPECIAL interest attached to the Quarterly Convocation of Grand Chapter on the 4 th inst ., for the reason that the Grand Z . intended to confer Past Grand rank on sixty distinguished Companions , to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majestv ' s reign .

The meeting was held under the presidency of Comp . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Provincial Grand Superintendent Hampshire and Isle of Wight . The following Jubilee honours were conferred , those of the Companions who were present being invested :

LONDON . Comp . The Earl of Portarlington - - Scribe N . J . Strachan , Q . G . - Deputy Registrar Bev . 0 . J . Ridgway , M . A . - - - Principal Sojourner Lieut .-Col . A . B . Cook | - - - Assistant Sojourner Walter Webb - - - Do .

Stewart Brown , F . R . C . S . - - - Do . Thomas Jones .... Do . Edmund Pontifex - Do . Rev . A . W . Oxford , M . A . ... Do . "W . H . Stanger .... Sword Bearer J . Leach Barrett - Do .

Capt . R . Gresley Hall - - - Do . W . J . Crump - - - - Do . Mihill Slaughter - - - - Do . Ernest M . Money - Standard Bearer Capt . J . R . Clipperton ... Do . Gordon Smith .... Do . W . B . Eendick .... Do .

W . G . Kentish Do . William Shurmur - Do . Henry A . Tobias - Do . . Oscar Philippe .... Assistant Dir . of Cers . E . L . P . Valeriani - - - - Do . H . Nelson Price - Do . E . Cutler - ---- Organist .

PROVINCES . Rev . C . Henton Wood , M . A . ( Leicester ) - Principal Sojourner James Heelis ( East Lancashire ) - - Assistant Sojourner James J . Lambert ( West Lancashire ) - Do . A . H . Bowles ( Surrey ) - - - Do . Charles E . Prior , M . D . ( Bedford ) - - Do .

. G . J . Tilling ( Hants ) - - - Do . W . Lewis Morgan , M . A . ( Oxford ) - - Do . Richard Luck ( Durham ) - - - Do . J . B . Winterbotham ( Gloucester ) - - Do . J . H . Salter ( Essex ) ... Do . Thomas Cox ( Derby ) - - - Sword Bearer

Lieut .-Col . G . W . Walker ( Stafford ) - Do . J . Clayton ( Cheshire ) ... Do . B . Vickers ( Lincoln ) - Do ; C . Coupland ( Kent ) .... Do . John Brewer ( Devon ) - - - Do . John W . Martin ( Berks ) - - - Do . John J . Williams ( Bucks ) - Do .

Bernard F . Edyvean ( Cornwall ) - - Do . Charles Bullock ( Herts ) - - - Standard Bearer Q . W . G . Barnard ( Norfolk ) - - Do . N . Tracy ( Suffolk ) - Do . Geo . Dalrymple ( Cumberland & Westmld . ) Do . John Mason ( Middlesex ) - - - Do . A : E . Friedlander ( Warwick ) - - Do .

DISTRICTS . Major-General Sir H . Kitchener , K . O . B ., K . C . M . G . ( Eygpt ) - - - Scribe N . r Rev . H . J . Spence Gray , M . A . ( Punjab ) - Principal Sojourner James Stiven ( Madras ) ... Standard Bearer E . J . Smith ( Bombay ) ... Do .

H . M . Rustomjee ( Bengal ) - - Do . John Fenwick ( Queensland ) - - Do . George Russell ( Natal ) - - - Do . Joseph Clark ( South Africa E . D . ) - Do . J . B . Wheelwright ( South Africa W . D . ) - Do . A . O'Driscoll Gourdin ( Hong Kong & S . China ) . Do .

The other business of the meeting was of a routiue nature ,: the only particular item being a discussion in regard to the ruling of the Deputy Grand Eegistrar , as to the right of the Grand Eegistrar of the Craft to be Eegistrar of Grand Chapter .

Durham.

DURHAM .

THE annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter will be held at the Masonic Hall , Darlington , on Saturday , 18 th September , at 3 * 30 p . m .

Kent.

KENT .

THE annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter was held at the Masonic Hall , Brewer Street , Maidstone , on Friday , 16 th ult ., under the presidency of E arl Amherst Prov .