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LONDONANDNORTHWESTERNRAILWAY. SUMMER HOLIDAYS . CHEAP EXCURSIONS will be run from London ( Euston ) , Kensington ( Addison Koad ) , Broad Street , Willesden Junction , & c , as follows : — On Thursday , 27 th June , To Dublin , Cork , Killarney , Limerick , Bray , Ballina , Galway , Sligo , & c , for 16 days . On Saturday , 29 th June , To Blackpool , Birkenhead , Chester , Blackburn , Bolton , Wigan , Preston , Southport , Crewe , Hereford , Leominster , Ludlow . Llandrindod Wells , Llangammarch Wells , Llanwrtyd Wells , Wellington , Stafford , The North Stafford Line , Ashton , Halifax , Liverpool , Manchester , Oldham , Stalybridge , Stockport , Warrington , Widnes , Burton , Derby , Leicester , Nuneaton , Rugby , Coventry , Kenilworth , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Lancaster , Morecarube , Carnforth , Carlisle , the English Lake District , & c , for 3 and 6 days . A FORTNIGHT IN NORTH WALES . ON Every Saturday during June , July , August and September , Cheap Excursions will be run , leaving London ( Eustojj ) 8 -15 a . m ., and Willesden Junction 8-25 a . m ., with trains in connection from Broad Street , Mansion House , Victoria , Kensington ( Addison Road ) for Shrewsbury , Rhyl , Abergele , Colwyn Bay , Llandudno , Dolgelly , Barmouth , Aberystwyth , and other stations in North Wales , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 , and 17 days . For times , 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 , June 1895 .

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PROVINCEOFKENT. THE ANNUAL PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OP KENT will be held at the Palace , Maidstone , on Wednesday , 3 rd July , at 12-30 o ' clock precisely , when and whero the Provincial Grand Officers and Past Officers , with the Worshipful Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of the Lodges in the Province are convoked to attend . By order of the R . W . P . G . M . Earl Amherst . ALPBED SPENCER , Prov . Grand Sec . Maidstone , 11 th June 1895 . BUSINESS . Minutes of the last Provincial Grand Lodge to be considered . Accounts of the Provincial Grand Treasurer to be considered . Election of Provincial Grand Treasurer . Appointment of the P . G . Officers for the ensuing year . Notices of Motion received by the P . G . Secretary at the Preparatory Meeting to be considered . Presentation to the V . W . D . P . G . M . Bro . James Smith Eastes . The arrangements of the Committee , at Maidstone , for the Festival , are : — Lodge at the Palace 12-30 p . m . Service at All Saints' Church , by kind permission of the Rev . Canon Dyke 2-0 „ Banquet at the Corn Exchange ( entrance from Earl Street only ) 4-0 „ The S . E . and L . C . & D . Railways will grant Single Tickets for the R 9 turn Journey on production of the Circular , from Stations 10 miles distant from Maidstone . TICKETS for BANQUET , 12 / 6 inclusive , to be obtained at the Concert Hall Entrance to the Corn Exchange , or of Bro . Felix Kite , King Street , Maidstone , any day before the 30 th inst .

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HOTELS,ETC. "TTJ 1 ALING—Feathers Hotel . EASTBOURNE—Pier Hotel , Cavendish Place . View of Sea and Pier . A . TAYLOR , Proprietor . EAST MOLESEY—Castle Hotel , Hampton Court Station . Specimen Menus , with Tariff , on application . JOHN MAYO , Proprietor . HAVE RFORDWEST—Queen ' s Family and Commercial Hotel . BEN . M . DAVIES , Proprietor . RICHMOND—Station Hotel , adjoins Railway Station . Every accommodation for Large or Small Parties . SANDWICH—BELL Family and Commercial Hotel . Good Stabling . J . J . FILMER , Proprietor . COWES ( WEST)—Gloucester and Globe Hotels . G . A . MUR 3 ELL , Proprietor .

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BOOKBINDING in all its branches . Price list on application . Morgan , Fleet Works , Bulwer Road , New Barnet .

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L ; m r » u L ' ? J » J a g ~ g ~ ¦^ - ^ i la' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ a - ! ¦ B ¦ t ' U "JJit ^^^w^ii SATUEDAY , 22 ND JUNE 1895 .

The Girls School.

THE GIRLS SCHOOL

SATUEDAY next , the last Saturday of June , is recognised as ex-pupils day at the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Girls , at Battersea Eise , when a hearty welcome is offered all those who can make , it convenient to spend an hour or cwo of the afternoon at their old home . To say that such a re-union is productive of many pleasing memories really seems superfluous ,

as one can imagine the happy meetings that take place under such circumstances ; but a far more beneficial factor in the case , so far as the Institution is concerned , should be the example set

to the present pupils , who will doubtless be brought into close commune on this occasion with many who are a living testimony to the benefits of the School in which they were trained , and a credit to the Craft which was able to care for them in their time

of misfortune . It may also be that these re-unions tend to keep alive an interest in the Institution on the part of old pupils , who , in one way or another may seek to repay the benefits they

received in their younger days , and so help to provide for some of their equally unfortunate sisters of the present . We hope a large gathering may result this year , and that all will enjoy the reminder of old times that must accrue on such an occasion .

The Boys School.

THE BOYS SCHOOL .

A SPECIALLY interesting musical and miscellaneous entertainment was given to the pupils of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys on Tuesday last , when Brother William Short and Bro . William Bradford ( of the Derby Allcroft Lodge , No . 2168 ) , and other friends were the entertainers , and

won the heartiest applause from " Our Boys . " Bro . Short had charge of the band , which included several well known Brethren , by whom he was most loyally supported . It is very gratifying to find Brethren taking so much interest in the pupils of the School , giving their time and ability to ensure their enjoyment .

The rumour to which publicity was lately given regarding the proposed re-issue of Bro . D . Murray Lyon ' s " History of Freemasonry , " is , says " The Mallet , " in " Glasgow Evening News , " well founded . " During a short interview I had with the Grand Secretary it transpired that , while he has made no

definite arrangements for the printing and publishing of the History , the matter is all prepared , and the additional data he proposes giving in the new edition is now in the hands of a prominent member of the Craft who is well informed on the ancient history of Freemasonry , and able to verify dates ,

documents , & c . There are to be no portraits in this edition . The expenses of the plates in the 1873 edition more than swallowed up the profits that would have accrued from the printing and publishing of the book . Portraits in any form are always an

expensive item , and are , after all , only of transitory interest . There will , however , be several facsimiles of documents of historic value and interest included in the pages . Should Bro . Lyon get sufficient encouragement to go to press the book will contaiu the names of the subscribers . "

It is customary among the Craft in European countries to hold a Lodge of Sorrow once a year in memory of those Brethren who have passed to the Grand Lodge above . On that solemn occasion the roll of those who have preceded us to the Unknown Land is called , and the Orator of the Lodge

iu an appropriate speech , and in accordance with a special Eitual , lovingly speaks of the dead , mentions their virtues and charitable deeds , and finally directs the attention of his hearers to the great lessons which Freemasonry teaches . This practice , which has much to commend

it , is one which might reasonably be followed here . It is unfortunately a melancholy fact that those who have passed away , after serving in the ranks of the Craft , are too soon

forgotten , and it would therefore seem appropriate to dedicate an evening annually in our Lodges to recall them to memory . — " Kilmarnock Herald . "