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GREAT . WESTERN RAILWAY . UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE EXCURSIONS for a week , a fortnight , & c , will leave PADDINGTON STATION as under : — EVERY MONDAY ( commencing 3 rd June ) . To Swindon , Bath , BRISTOL , Cirencester , Chalford , Stroud , GLOUCESTER , CHELTENHAM , Frome , Shepton Mallet , Wells , YEOVIL , Bridport , & c . EVERY MONDAY ( commencing 3 rd June ) and THURSDAY . To DORCHESTER , WEYMOUTH and PORTLAND . EVERY THURSDAY . To Weston-super-Mare , Bridgwater , TAUNTON , Minehead , Lynton , LYNMOUTH , Barnstaple , ILFRACOMBE , Tiverton , EXETER , Dawlish , Teignmouth , TORQUAY , Paignton , Dartmouth , Kingsbridge , PLYMOUTH , Devonport , Yealmpton , Tavistock , Launceston , Bodmin , Wadebridge , Fowey , Newquay , Truro , FALMOUTH , St . Ives , PENZANCE , & c . EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT . To EXETER , Dawlish , Teignmouthj PLYMOUTH , Bodmin , Wadebridge , Fowey , Newquay , Truro , FALMOUTH , St . Ives , PENZANCE , & c . CHEAP THIRD CLASS RETURN TICKETS are issued DAILY by certain trains to WINDSOR 2 s 6 d , BURNHAM BEECHES 3 s , MAIDENHEAD 3 s , MARLOW and HENLEY 3 s 6 d , GORING 5 s 6 d , & c . Tickets , pamphlets , & c , obtainable at the Company ' s Stations and Town Offices . J . L . WILKINSON , General Manager .

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Th . Marquis et Cie v 74 TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD , LONDON . Braized and Pressed Beef , 1 / 4 per lb . ; Ox Tongues , Dressed , 5 / 3 each Galantine of Chicken , Truffled , 2 / - per lb . ; Galantine of Chicken , Plain , 1 / 8 per lb . ; Galantine of Wild Boar ' s Head , with Pistachion , 1 / 6 ; Dressed Wild Boar ' s Head , with Pistachion , 2 / 3 . Masonic Parties , Picnics , Summer Outings , & c , attended to or supplied on specia terms . Families waited upon daily . Distance no object .

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EXPERIENCED Reviewer is open to supply a column of criticisms weekly , to Provincial or London newspaper . Will submit specimen notices . T ., care of FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE , New Barnet .

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SATURDAY , 25 TH MAY 1901 .

Royal Masonic Benevolents Institution.

ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENTS INSTITUTION .

THE annual meeting of the Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons was held on . Friday of last week , at the Freemasons' Tavern , London , under the presidency of Bro . J . A . Farnfield P . A . G . D . C . Patron and Treasurer of the Institution .

The annual report of the Committee of Management , which was read by Bro . James Terry P . G . S . B . Secretary , among other things stated that the amount of subscriptions at the fifty-ninth Annual Festival on . 27 th February last ,

when the Earl of Warwick Deputy Grand Master presided , was £ 25 , 930 , a sum more than £ 4 , 000 larger than had ever before been contributed in any one year , with the exception of the Jubilee year , 1892 . The report also stated that the amount paid tx > Annuitants last year was £ 17 , 016 .

On . the motion of Bro . C . E . Keyser P . G . D ., seconded by Bro . H . Lovegrove P . G . S . B ., Bro . J . A . Farnfield was again elected Treasurer .

The Audit and Managing Committee were afterwards elected , and Bro . James Stephens P . D . G . D . C . was elected a Trustee of the Sustentation Fund , in place of Bro . Thos . Fenn P . G . W . deceased .

The election of twenty-two aged Brethren and seventeen Widows , the former to annuities of £ 40 each and the latter of £ 32 each , was then proceeded with , the list of those successful being given in our advertisement pages .

The Fund started some time since as a memorial to the late Bro . Walter Martin , whose death at an early age was so generally regretted , has resulted so successfully as to allow of the investment of an amount sufficient to provide a permanent annual income of £ 3 10 s , which jt has been

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decided shall be given each year to the fourth highest among the unsuccessful Male candidates of this Institution . As there was an odd amount to be disposed of this year the fortunate recipient received £ 5 4 s 8 d .

The following' is a list of the unsuccessful candidates , with the number of votes recorded on behalf of each , the figures being corrected since the announcement made at the time of the election , as the result of the scrutiny then arranged for :

MEN . No . Name . Forward . Polled . Total . 50 Humphreys , John George 20 2791 2811 27 Kerry , Cornelius — 2602 2602 35 Ames , Edward 20 2353 2373 10 Gale , John 1416 6 90 2166 5 Truelove , William Henry 798 1206 2004

14 Wyatt , John 9 85 743 1728 48 Collins , James Dead 1360 1360 22 Brouard , Nicholas Falla — 1237 1237 1 Nichol , Robert 976 175 1151 45 Scheu , John — 1090 1090 41 Oldroyd , Allen — 995 995

16 Badger , Edward William 237 660 8 97 7 Carman , Samuel 481 279 760 n Chappell , George Frederick 161 361 522 2 Stockman , Thos . S . 219 53 272 46 Smith , John — 179 179 30 Tones , Tosiah George 20 142 162

28 Jenner , John Newton — 72 72 43 Horn , Francis Charles —¦ 6 9 6 9 34 Mason , James Eardley — 39 39 23 Arnold , Francis — 6 6 26 Spurling , Samuel Covil Dead K C

32 Fryde , Emanuel — 44 44 Sandham , George — 22 3 6 Caines , George — 11 9 . . Hollands , Charles Frederick — — — 40 King , William — — — 42 Wood , John Withdrawn . — — WIDOWS .

No . Name . Forward . Polled . Total . 15 Dale , Martha 1468 1393 2861 27 Stephens , Mary Ann Eleanor — 2782 2782 49 Mills , Ellen — 2 7 9 2 7 9 19 Wallington , Frances Maria 8 97 1438 2335 54 Sutton , Ellen — 2318 2318

34 Satch , Harriot — 2171 2171 53 Millis , Mary — 1 746 1746 40 Norris , Ann — ¦ 1728 1728 7 Claisen , Maria 126 3 424 1687 i Salisbury , Jane 1266 398 1664 5 Dickinson , Eliza Emma 966 115 1081

17 Hedges , Elizabeth Mary 391 530 921 21 Sissons , Emma 216 312 528 43 Jones , Elizabeth E . — 523 523 8 Allan , Louisa Anne 464 43 507 3 8 Boulton , Mary — 3 81 381 50 Read , Mary Ann A . 20 101 211

35 Culver , Elizabeth — 136 136 4 Snart , Mary Ann 74 14 88 : 22 Thomas , Lcetitia 3 8 45 83 12 Acton , jane Ellen 80 1 81 2 Lemon , Charlotte 42 33 75 3 Miller , Margaret 55 20 75

33 Phillips , Charlotte — 63 6 3 42 Lewis , Fanny — 62 62 11 Smart , Martha 45 15 60 13 Pratt , Caroline 30 26 56 18 Gunn , Charlotte 46 10 56 6 Wadsworth , Hannah 27 12 39 9 Moore , Mary Ann Smith 17 11 28

25 Simmonds , Mary Jane iS 1 19 39 Pearson , Margaret — 15 15 26 Hall , Sarah E . C . — 44 37 Bird , Eliza Rebecca — 44 46 Wildgoose , Sophia E . — 3 3 16 Ollis , Jane — — 3 6 Britton , Mary Jane — — —

Masonic Temple For Dulwich.

MASONIC TEMPLE FOR DULWICH .

A CONTRACT has been entered into for the erection of a new Public Hall for Dulwich , on a site in Grove Vale , East Dulwich , and building operations have commenced . The

building , which will include large and small Halls , Masonic Temple , Club Rooms , & c , is to be completed in time for the coming winter season , commencing in November . The plans have been passed and approved by the London County

Council , and a provisional music and dancing license granted . The Hall ( to be called the New Imperial Hall ) will , without doubt , meet a long felt want in this rising suburb . The projected L . C . C . electric trams from all the Bridges and the Old Kent Road to Forest Hill , & c , will pass the doors ,