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Berkshire.
Wednesday , 18 th , when the proceedings were favoured with brilliant weather . The gathering proved to be the largest ever held in connection with the Craft in Berkshire , excepting only the installation of the Duke of Clarence by the Prince of Wales ,
which took place at Reading on the formation of Berks and Bucks into separate Provinces . The majority of the Brethren who responded to Lord Wantage's invitation travelled by special train to Wantage Road Station on the Great Western Railway , and thence in brakes through his lordship's model
arid picturesque estate to Lockmge House , a few miles distant ; but those from Abingdon , Newbury , and other neighbouring towns drove the whole way by routes which took them
through some of the most beautiful and fertile portions of the county , where the hay harvest has just been completed , and the heavy corn crops are assuming a golden hue under the powerful influence of the sun .
On alighting at the mansion the visitors , numbering about 300 , were cordially received by Lord and Lady Wantage . The annual Provincial Grand Lodge was opened shortly after midday in the large and handsome saloon , under the presidency of Lord Wantage , who was supported by Lord
Addington Provincial Grand Master of Bucks , Bros . Morland Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Berks , John W . Martin , S . C . Kirschhoffer , J . E . Bowen , J . M . McLeod , Beaver , W . B . Fendick , and other Grand Officers ; Brother A . K . Lloyd , M . P . ; and representatives of all the Lodges in the county .
After the routine business had been gone through the Provincial Grand Lodge voted £ 20 to the South African Masonic Relief Fund . Lord Wantage subsequently entertained the whole party at a luncheon , served in recherche
style beneath an immense marquee erected on the lawn , and the Craftsmen were here joined by Lady Wantage and Mrs . Lloyd . Masonic toasts were honoured , and the health of Lord and Lady Wantage was drunk with immense enthusiasm .
Bro . McLeod Secretary of the Royal Masonic Boys School , in responding for the Visitors , congratulated Lord Wantage on presiding over a happy , harmonious , and very charitable Province .
At the conclusion of the luncheon a quartette from St . George's Chapel , Windsor , sang several glees , and the visitors having inspected the lovely surroundings of the mansion , started early in the evening on their homeward journies .
Essex.
ESSEX .
THE annual meeting of this Provincial Grand Lodge was held at Clacton-on-Sea , on Tuesday , and proved most successful . A full report of the proceedings will appear next week . The following were appointed the Provincial Officers for the year : Bro . R . Haward Ives 51 - - - - Senior Warden W . Scott Miller 2717 - - - Junior Warden '
Rev . H . E . Bicknell 650 - - - I rv , a ^ ai „* Rev . Sinclair Carolin 2477 - - - ) P lalns J . P . Allen 2063 .... Treasurer Elliott G . Fletcher 1000 - - - Registrar Thos . J . Railing 51 ( twenty-fourth year ) - Secretary W . G . LOWP . 2063 - - - - ) o T-. J . Bourne Bromley 2154 - - . f Sen . or Deacons
Frank Evans 2749 - - - - I T „«;„_ r . „„ J . T . Dormer 2757 .... } Junior Deacons J . H . Retallack Moloney 2504 - - Superintendent of Works A . Lucking 160 ( twenty-seventh year ) - Director of Ceremonies James Graham 2750 ... Deputy Dir . of Cers . Offwood Bendall 2339 - - - ">
Capt . Frayling 563 2063 - - - V Assistant Dirs . of Cers . J . Sutton Abbott 2077 - - - S B . G . Thomas 160 - - - - Sword Bearer Robert Emson 697 - - - - I at a a -o W . Thompson 1280 . .. . . I Standard Bearers
F . B . Townend 214 - - - Organist Thos . E . Pilgrim 1312 ... Assistant Secretary S . J . Sparling 1799 .... Pursuivant Wm . Fieldgate 433 .... Assistant Pursuivant C . V . Harman 2063 - - - - \
Siggers 2342 -----R . Ford 1817 - - - - I Stewards Dick Ham 2477 - S . J . King 2342 .... A . W . Martin - - - - Tyler .
Masonry is a living rebuke to atheism , agnosticism and infidelity . It offers the largest religious liberty ; it encourages the widest thought and research ; it requires reflection and investigation , while it inspires man with the very highest motive of human action . —E . W . Pou , North Carolina .
BBOTHEB Charles Neufeld , of The Manchester Lodge , No . 2554 , author of " A Prisoner of the Khalifa " has completed a story for boys , upon which he has been at work for some months past , and the manuscript is now in the printer's hands . Brother Neufeld ' s second effort bears the title of " Under the Rebel ' s reign , a story of Egyptian revolt . "
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Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution " AGED FREEMASONS AM WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS . Offices— FREEMASONS' HALL , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , W . C . Grand Patron and President—H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . Treasurer—JOHN A . FARNFIELD , ESQ . Bankers—LONDON & WESTMINSTER BANK , LTD . ( B LOOMSBURY BRANCH ) , HIGH HOLBORN , W . C . Upwards of 1672 Annuitants haVe received the benefits of the institution since its foundation . 210 Men and 250 Widovtfs ate Annuitants at the present time ; 28 Widows are receiving half their late husband ' s annuity in addition , AMOUNT PAID IN ANNUITIES £ 17 , 016 . The 59 th Anniversary Festival will be held in February 1901 , under the very distinguished Presidency of THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF WARWICK , Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master of England , R . W . PROV . CM . OF ESSEX . Brethren are earnestly solicited to accept the Stewardship upon this most important occasion and to kindly forward their names , as soon as possible , with full particulars to . - JAMES TERRY , PATRON , P . G . S . B ., Secretary , 4 FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , W . C .-:
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Berkshire.
Wednesday , 18 th , when the proceedings were favoured with brilliant weather . The gathering proved to be the largest ever held in connection with the Craft in Berkshire , excepting only the installation of the Duke of Clarence by the Prince of Wales ,
which took place at Reading on the formation of Berks and Bucks into separate Provinces . The majority of the Brethren who responded to Lord Wantage's invitation travelled by special train to Wantage Road Station on the Great Western Railway , and thence in brakes through his lordship's model
arid picturesque estate to Lockmge House , a few miles distant ; but those from Abingdon , Newbury , and other neighbouring towns drove the whole way by routes which took them
through some of the most beautiful and fertile portions of the county , where the hay harvest has just been completed , and the heavy corn crops are assuming a golden hue under the powerful influence of the sun .
On alighting at the mansion the visitors , numbering about 300 , were cordially received by Lord and Lady Wantage . The annual Provincial Grand Lodge was opened shortly after midday in the large and handsome saloon , under the presidency of Lord Wantage , who was supported by Lord
Addington Provincial Grand Master of Bucks , Bros . Morland Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Berks , John W . Martin , S . C . Kirschhoffer , J . E . Bowen , J . M . McLeod , Beaver , W . B . Fendick , and other Grand Officers ; Brother A . K . Lloyd , M . P . ; and representatives of all the Lodges in the county .
After the routine business had been gone through the Provincial Grand Lodge voted £ 20 to the South African Masonic Relief Fund . Lord Wantage subsequently entertained the whole party at a luncheon , served in recherche
style beneath an immense marquee erected on the lawn , and the Craftsmen were here joined by Lady Wantage and Mrs . Lloyd . Masonic toasts were honoured , and the health of Lord and Lady Wantage was drunk with immense enthusiasm .
Bro . McLeod Secretary of the Royal Masonic Boys School , in responding for the Visitors , congratulated Lord Wantage on presiding over a happy , harmonious , and very charitable Province .
At the conclusion of the luncheon a quartette from St . George's Chapel , Windsor , sang several glees , and the visitors having inspected the lovely surroundings of the mansion , started early in the evening on their homeward journies .
Essex.
ESSEX .
THE annual meeting of this Provincial Grand Lodge was held at Clacton-on-Sea , on Tuesday , and proved most successful . A full report of the proceedings will appear next week . The following were appointed the Provincial Officers for the year : Bro . R . Haward Ives 51 - - - - Senior Warden W . Scott Miller 2717 - - - Junior Warden '
Rev . H . E . Bicknell 650 - - - I rv , a ^ ai „* Rev . Sinclair Carolin 2477 - - - ) P lalns J . P . Allen 2063 .... Treasurer Elliott G . Fletcher 1000 - - - Registrar Thos . J . Railing 51 ( twenty-fourth year ) - Secretary W . G . LOWP . 2063 - - - - ) o T-. J . Bourne Bromley 2154 - - . f Sen . or Deacons
Frank Evans 2749 - - - - I T „«;„_ r . „„ J . T . Dormer 2757 .... } Junior Deacons J . H . Retallack Moloney 2504 - - Superintendent of Works A . Lucking 160 ( twenty-seventh year ) - Director of Ceremonies James Graham 2750 ... Deputy Dir . of Cers . Offwood Bendall 2339 - - - ">
Capt . Frayling 563 2063 - - - V Assistant Dirs . of Cers . J . Sutton Abbott 2077 - - - S B . G . Thomas 160 - - - - Sword Bearer Robert Emson 697 - - - - I at a a -o W . Thompson 1280 . .. . . I Standard Bearers
F . B . Townend 214 - - - Organist Thos . E . Pilgrim 1312 ... Assistant Secretary S . J . Sparling 1799 .... Pursuivant Wm . Fieldgate 433 .... Assistant Pursuivant C . V . Harman 2063 - - - - \
Siggers 2342 -----R . Ford 1817 - - - - I Stewards Dick Ham 2477 - S . J . King 2342 .... A . W . Martin - - - - Tyler .
Masonry is a living rebuke to atheism , agnosticism and infidelity . It offers the largest religious liberty ; it encourages the widest thought and research ; it requires reflection and investigation , while it inspires man with the very highest motive of human action . —E . W . Pou , North Carolina .
BBOTHEB Charles Neufeld , of The Manchester Lodge , No . 2554 , author of " A Prisoner of the Khalifa " has completed a story for boys , upon which he has been at work for some months past , and the manuscript is now in the printer's hands . Brother Neufeld ' s second effort bears the title of " Under the Rebel ' s reign , a story of Egyptian revolt . "
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Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution " AGED FREEMASONS AM WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS . Offices— FREEMASONS' HALL , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , W . C . Grand Patron and President—H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . Treasurer—JOHN A . FARNFIELD , ESQ . Bankers—LONDON & WESTMINSTER BANK , LTD . ( B LOOMSBURY BRANCH ) , HIGH HOLBORN , W . C . Upwards of 1672 Annuitants haVe received the benefits of the institution since its foundation . 210 Men and 250 Widovtfs ate Annuitants at the present time ; 28 Widows are receiving half their late husband ' s annuity in addition , AMOUNT PAID IN ANNUITIES £ 17 , 016 . The 59 th Anniversary Festival will be held in February 1901 , under the very distinguished Presidency of THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF WARWICK , Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master of England , R . W . PROV . CM . OF ESSEX . Brethren are earnestly solicited to accept the Stewardship upon this most important occasion and to kindly forward their names , as soon as possible , with full particulars to . - JAMES TERRY , PATRON , P . G . S . B ., Secretary , 4 FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , W . C .-: