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LONDON&NORTHWESTERNRAILWAY. A FORTNIGHT IN NORTH WALES . EXCURSIONS every Saturday during August and September , from London ( Euston ) 8-15 a . m ., and by Trains in connection from Broad Street " , Richmond ( North London Railway ) , Mansion House , Victoria ( District Railway ) , Kensington ( Addison Road ) , and Willesden Junction , 8-25 a . m ., for Shrewsbury , Rhyl , Abergele , Colwyn Bay , Llandudno , Dolgelly , Barmouth , Aberystwyth , and other Stations , returning on the following Monday , Monday Week , or Monday Fortnight . For Fares and full particulars see Small Bills , which can be obtained at any of the Company ' s Stations and Town Offices . FRED . HARRISON , General Manager . London , August 1894 .

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CANDIDATESFORTHEINSTITUTIONS. — : o : — 'Announcements are inserted under this head at the rate of five shillings per inch , to appear each week from ihe time the ballot papers are issued up to the day of election , for cash with n-piiflr .

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GIRLSSCHOOL. — : o : —

JESSIE RACHEL FISHER ( Aged 9 ) . Her father , Bro . Henry James Fisher , Collector for Kent Water Co ., was initiated in the Royal Oak Lodge , No . 871 , on 23 rd January 1873 , and remained a subscribing member until his death , 26 th

November 1893 . He was Organist of the Lodge for some years , and served the several offices up to S . W . Her mother also died 12 th January 1894 , leaving four children . This most distressing case is strongly recommended . Proxies will be thankfully received by Miss Fisher , c / o Mr . Gregory , Shirley Villa , Sidcup .

Boys School.

BOYS SCHOOL .

— : o : — LLEWELLYN BATESON LLOYD ( Aged 7 years ) . His father , Bro . Geo . L . Lloyd , Manufacturer's Agent , was initiated in the Shurmur Lodge , No . 2374 in 1891 . In consequence of illhealth ( consumotioni he was recommended a vovnep . to tho fin . np

and died on board the ss . Rosslyn Castle , on 1 st January 1894 , after two days sail , at the early age of thirty-three , leaving three young children dependent upon the mother , who is almost entirely unprovided for . He was a subscriber to the Masonic Charities . Proxies will be gratefully received by Mrs . Lloyd , 95 London Road , Hastings .

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Votes and interest are earnestly solicited on behalf of FREDERICK SAMUEL LANG ( Aged 9 Years ) . Son of the late Frederick Alexander Giles Woolgar Lang , Master Tailor , of 114 Seven Sisters Road , Holloway , N ., who was initiated in the New Finsbury Park Lodge , No . 1695 , on the 17 th of October 1882 , and was a subscribing member to the time of his death , October 1890 . Votes will be thankfully received by Bros . T . G . Hodges , E . T . Mackrill , C . W . Allen , and Mrs . F . Lang , 8 Bird Street , Oxford Street , London , W .

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^ mr t + * J 5 BS 5 ^^ l ( UfffJ'J' . WJQ gam s^p^W^^a SrWgg'raM . WA'i | S ^ . vw , w reweffi SATUEDAY . 18 TH AUGUST 1894 .

New Mark District.

NEW MARK DISTRICT .

WE are pleased to learn that the movement to which we referred in our issue of 12 th Aug . last year , having for its object the creation of an independent District Grand Mark Lodge for the Punjabhas been

, entirely successful . We append the following particulars , m regard to the new District , from the " Times of India " :

The brethren in the Mark Degree of Freemasonry in the Punjab will , writes the Lahore paper , be glad to hear that their efforts , extending over many years , to obtain a separate . organisation as a District for the Lodges in the

runjab and North-West Frontier , have at length been crowned with success . His Eoyal Highness the Prince of Wales Most Worshipful Grand Master of Mark Masonry

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has created a District Grand Lodge of the Punjab , consisting of the Lodges situated in the Punjab and Beluchistan . The Lodges situated in the North-Western Provinces , Oudh and Lower Provinces of Bengal ,

constitute the future District of Bengal . It behoves those who have for so many years advocated this separation , in the face of opposition in high quarters extending over a period of sixteen years , to join together to give

the new District Grand Lodge a good start . There can be no doubt that it will result in the development and expansion of Mark Masonry and that the new arrangement will greatly improve Masonic administration in this

Province , which has now secured autonomy in the whole circle of Masonic energy , namely , Craft , Arch and Mark . The separation is , moreover , sure to secure increased efficiency in Mark Masonry in Bengal also . The

curtailment oi the Bengal district will enable the District Grand Master of Bengal to concentrate his energies upon the Lodges left to him , instead of being the normal head of a charge altogether too extensive for control

from Calcutta or Lahore as the case might be . We wish the new Punjab Mark District every success . The first district Grand Mark Master of the Punjab will be Bro . Edwin Woodall Parker , who , until recently , ruled the Craft and Arch degrees in the Province .

The scheme for a new Masonic Lodge for Lancashire men in London is progressing . The petition was signed by the following Brethren as founders : —The Pro Grand

Master the Bt . Hon . the Earl of Lathom , G . C . B ., W . E . M . Tomlinson , M . P ., P . P . G . S . W . W . Lane , Peter Horrocks , M . D ., F . B . C . P ., Bobert Maguire , M . D ., F . B . C . P ., Thomas Ellison Walker , T . H . Openshaw , M . S .,

F . B . C . S ., Thomas Evans , James J . Marsh , L . B . C . P ., L . B . C . S ., Edward Ely Life , J . Lawrence , Wm . Henry Booth , Eichard Johnson Eailton , James Livesey , Ed . Bartlett , John Haynes . The Grand Master has graciously granted the Charter , and the new Lodge will be eutitJed the Lancastrian , No . 2528 . The first Officers

will be the Earl of Lathom W . M ., James J . Marsh S . W ., Edward E . Life J . W . The Consecration , says a Lancastrain contemporary , is fixed to take place on Wednesday , the 10 th of October next , at the Frascati , 32 Oxford Street , W ., and the ceremony will be conducted by Bro . Edward Letchworth Grand Secretary .

THE Past Master jewel presentation erase is hit off by the " New Zealand Craftsman " thusly : —It seems but just , and a mark of affection and esteem , to present the retiring officer with some token for his labours and the goodwill of the body " which he has governed . But because one officer has been so honoured for his exceptional

labours and success , his successor , although falling far below him in every way , does not desire to be marked as a failure by not receiving a jewel , and the habit of making such presentations grows until it becomes a burden upon the members . Do away

with the whole thing as a special favour , and incorporate in the bye-laws that the retiring officer shall receive a Past Officer's jewel , paid out of the treasury of the body , stipulating its size and price .

"A Sprig Of Acacia."

" A SPRIG OF ACACIA . "

ON the i 4 th inst . the remains of an aged Brother were interred in the Battle Cemetery . The deceased , Bro . Jabez Benjamin Sargent , was seventy

years old , and was a member of the Abbey Lodge and of the Emulation Chapter , a P . P . G . P . of Sussex and P . Z . of the Chapter . For upwards of forty years he carried on business in the High Street , Hastings , and afterwards

m London Eoad and King ' s Koad , St . Leonards . During part of that time he was connected with the Mechanics' Institution , and he was one of the founders of the defunct Athenseum Debating Society . He was ,

of course , well-known in Hastings , where he was highly respected . About four years ago his health broke down , and he returned to Battle , his birthplace , where he occupied his spare time iu landscape painting . The funeral was attended by the following Masons ; Bros .

W . Lamborn , C . Martin , B . H . Thorpe , J . W . Pepper , G . Smith ( Battle ) , J . Hodsou ( Robertsbrid ' ge ) , and E . Hughes , J . B . Foster , F . E . Towner , and W . T . Jordan ( Hastings ) . In the absence of Bro . the Very Eev . E . E . Currie . D . D ., Dean of Battle , the service was conducted by his Curate , the Eev . G . Wilson .