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Provincial.
Cholera rag * ed within tlie walls of this city ; and he felt assured that there was but one opinion , that their conduct reflected the highest credit and lasting- honour on that body . The Provincial Grand Master concluded by stating that he had received communications from the Secretaries of the Boys' and Girls' Schools , relative to the appointment of two Stewards to those festivals , and should be pleased if any brethren would undertake those duties . Bro . PortalAVorshi pful Master Elect
, of the Apollo Lodge , consented to accept the Stewardship at the Girls ' School Festival , and Bro . Best that of the Boys ' . This announcement afforded great satisfaction , anil was received with much applause . The usual subscriptions to the different charities before alluded to were then voted by the unanimous voice of the lodge ; and a new subscription of 2 t . 2 s . to the Medical Dispensary and Lying-in Charity , and of \ l . Is . to the Blue Coat School , were also voted unanimously .
The Provincial Grand Master then appointed the following - brethren to be his officers for the year : — Provincial Senior Grand Warden , Bro . R . J . Spiers ; Junior AVarden , Bro . G . R . Portal , Christ Church ; Chaplain , Bro . Rev . E . Moore ; Registrar , Bro . Jas . AVyatt ; Secretary , Bro . F . Symonds ; Senior Deacon , Bro . F . Thomas ; Junior DeaCon , Bro . A . P . Cust , Brasenose College ; Superintendent of AVorksBro . T . Randall ; Director of
, Ceremonies , Bro . R . E . AVilmot , Christ Church ; Sword Bearer , Bro , Lane , Christ Church ; Organist , Bro . Dr . Elvey ; Pursuivant , Bro . Bossom ; Stewards , Bros . Gardener , S . J . Tyrwhitt ( Christ Church ) , Brockliss , Meynell ( Brasenose ) , Martin and Boiling ( University ) ; Tyler , Bro . Tipton . Bro . Blake was unanimously re-elected by the lodge to the office of
Treasurer . As each officer was appointed , the Director of Ceremonies , Bro . Jennings , invested bim with the badges and jewels peculiar to the post of honour , mid the Provincial Grand Master addressed a few words of commendation and encouragement , which was acknowledged by each newly-appointed officer . The business of the meeting being concluded , the Provincial Lodge
closed , and the brethren separated . Apollo University Loclge and Installation of the Worshipful Master . —At three o ' clock in the afternoon the brethren of the Apollo Lodge assembled , when Bro . Burstall , of University College , occupied for the last time the chair of AVorshipful Master , and brought his three years'labours to a close by initiating SirH . A ane ; AV . J . Evelyn , Esq ., M . P . for AVest Surrey ; and the Rev . M . Bayley , of Christ
Church , into the Order of Masonry . At the conclusion of this ceremony , Bro . Col . G . Vemon , Past Provincial Senior Grand AVarden of Staffordshire , presented the AVorshi pful Master Elect , Bro . G . R . Portal , of Christ Church , to ihe AA'orshipful Master for installation . The ceremony , which is highly interesting and impressive , was conducted in the most praiseworthy and efficient manner b y Bro . Burstallwho bestowed the utmost pains to give effect to itaiid was
, , loudly applauded by the brethren when he brought his labours to a close . The AVorshipful Master , on assuming the chair , proceeded at once to appoint bis officers for the year , when the following brethren were selected for these distinctions : — S . AV ., Bro . St . John Tyrwhitt , Christ Church ; J . W . , Bro . Cust , Brasenose ; Chaplain , Bro . Rev . C . R . Pettat , University ; Secretary ,
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Provincial.
Cholera rag * ed within tlie walls of this city ; and he felt assured that there was but one opinion , that their conduct reflected the highest credit and lasting- honour on that body . The Provincial Grand Master concluded by stating that he had received communications from the Secretaries of the Boys' and Girls' Schools , relative to the appointment of two Stewards to those festivals , and should be pleased if any brethren would undertake those duties . Bro . PortalAVorshi pful Master Elect
, of the Apollo Lodge , consented to accept the Stewardship at the Girls ' School Festival , and Bro . Best that of the Boys ' . This announcement afforded great satisfaction , anil was received with much applause . The usual subscriptions to the different charities before alluded to were then voted by the unanimous voice of the lodge ; and a new subscription of 2 t . 2 s . to the Medical Dispensary and Lying-in Charity , and of \ l . Is . to the Blue Coat School , were also voted unanimously .
The Provincial Grand Master then appointed the following - brethren to be his officers for the year : — Provincial Senior Grand Warden , Bro . R . J . Spiers ; Junior AVarden , Bro . G . R . Portal , Christ Church ; Chaplain , Bro . Rev . E . Moore ; Registrar , Bro . Jas . AVyatt ; Secretary , Bro . F . Symonds ; Senior Deacon , Bro . F . Thomas ; Junior DeaCon , Bro . A . P . Cust , Brasenose College ; Superintendent of AVorksBro . T . Randall ; Director of
, Ceremonies , Bro . R . E . AVilmot , Christ Church ; Sword Bearer , Bro , Lane , Christ Church ; Organist , Bro . Dr . Elvey ; Pursuivant , Bro . Bossom ; Stewards , Bros . Gardener , S . J . Tyrwhitt ( Christ Church ) , Brockliss , Meynell ( Brasenose ) , Martin and Boiling ( University ) ; Tyler , Bro . Tipton . Bro . Blake was unanimously re-elected by the lodge to the office of
Treasurer . As each officer was appointed , the Director of Ceremonies , Bro . Jennings , invested bim with the badges and jewels peculiar to the post of honour , mid the Provincial Grand Master addressed a few words of commendation and encouragement , which was acknowledged by each newly-appointed officer . The business of the meeting being concluded , the Provincial Lodge
closed , and the brethren separated . Apollo University Loclge and Installation of the Worshipful Master . —At three o ' clock in the afternoon the brethren of the Apollo Lodge assembled , when Bro . Burstall , of University College , occupied for the last time the chair of AVorshipful Master , and brought his three years'labours to a close by initiating SirH . A ane ; AV . J . Evelyn , Esq ., M . P . for AVest Surrey ; and the Rev . M . Bayley , of Christ
Church , into the Order of Masonry . At the conclusion of this ceremony , Bro . Col . G . Vemon , Past Provincial Senior Grand AVarden of Staffordshire , presented the AVorshi pful Master Elect , Bro . G . R . Portal , of Christ Church , to ihe AA'orshipful Master for installation . The ceremony , which is highly interesting and impressive , was conducted in the most praiseworthy and efficient manner b y Bro . Burstallwho bestowed the utmost pains to give effect to itaiid was
, , loudly applauded by the brethren when he brought his labours to a close . The AVorshipful Master , on assuming the chair , proceeded at once to appoint bis officers for the year , when the following brethren were selected for these distinctions : — S . AV ., Bro . St . John Tyrwhitt , Christ Church ; J . W . , Bro . Cust , Brasenose ; Chaplain , Bro . Rev . C . R . Pettat , University ; Secretary ,