Provincial Grand Masters Under The Grand Lodge Of England.

all parts of West Yorkshire to witness the important ceremony , which took place in the Albert Hall , Leeds , the number of those present being in excess of 1500 , while among the distinguished visitors were several Prov . G . Masters and officers of Grand Lodge . In 1 S 95 Bro . Jackson was appointed to succeed the late Comp . Tew ,

who did not long survive his resignation of the Prov . G . Mastershi p as Grand Superintendent of R . A .. Masons , while since the occurrence of the foregoing events , our distinguished brother has been advanced to the Mark Degree , been installed in the chair of A of a Mark Lodge , and been appointed Prov . S . G . W . of the Prov . G . Mark

Lodge of his native Province . He has also rendered most valuable service to the R . M . Institution for Boys , by presiding at its Annual Festival at Brig hton in 1895 , when the subscriptions reached upwards of £ 19 , 000 , liis own Province contributing over £ 4500 towards that splendid total . In the internal affairs of AVest

Yorkshire , Bro . Jackson has also exhibited the liveliest interests , and though as a public man , the claims upon his time are both numerous and exacting , he never fails to preside at the consecration of a new lodge or chapter in his Province , or be present at . a centenary celebration or other important Masonic function , if it is possible , for him to enter an appearance . R . W . Bro . the Right Hon . Earl of RADNOR , Provincial Grand

Master of Wiltshire , was W . M . of the Bard of Avon Lodge , No . 778 , Hampton , in 1891 , and M . E . Z . of the Bard of Avon Chapter attached to it in the following year . In 1891 he was installed Provincial Grand Master of Wiltshire in succession to the late Lord Mcthueii ; wliile in 1892 he was appointed Grand Superintendent in place of

Comp . Lord Henry Thymic , resigned . Towards the close of last year he was installed as lirst W . M . of the Radnor Lodge , No . 2287 , Folkestone , of which both his lordshi p and his son , Vicount Folkestone , were founders , and which had his sanction for the use of liis

title as its designation . Be it added that his lordship was appointed Provincial Grand Master of Wiltshire for the Mark Degree on the 31 st October , 1 S 92 , onl y a few months after he had been appointed and invested as S . G . W . in Mark Grand Lodge .

R . W . Bro . A . F . GODSON 7 . M . P ., Prov . G . Master of Worcestershire , has for several years past taken an active part in Masonry , not only in Worcestershire , of which he is tho present ruler , but in London , where liis professional and Parliamentary duties have necessitated his presence during a considerable portion of the year .

At the Masonic Commemoration of the Queen ' s Jubilee in 1887 . Bro . Godson , who was Deputy P . G . M . of Worcestershire , had conferred upon him fhe brevet rank of Past (! . Deacon in Grand Lodge , together with that of Past Asst . G . Sojourner in Supreme G . Chapter : while in 1895 , on the sudden and lamented death of R . W . Bro . Sir

K . A . H . Loch mere , Hart ., Prov . G . M . and G . Superintendent , he was chosen to lill the vacant oiliccs , liis patent of appointment as Prov . G . Master dating from the ! Mh April and as G . Superintendent from the 9 th May . Jn 1881 , lie was appointed Prov . G . Mark Master of Worcestershire , so that Craft , Royal Arch , and Mark Masonry in

the County ol Worcester are all under his rule . In the Order of the Temple , he is Prov . Prior for the same count y and a member of the St . Aninud Preceptory , No . ( 58 , Worcester ; while in the A . and A . Hite he is a Past . M . W . S . of the Oxford and Cambridge Universit y Chapter of Hose Croix , No . 45 . and lias taken the . *! 2 " . As regards

our Institutions , lie lias served ipute a number ol Stewardships for each , and is a I ^ atron of the Hoys' School , a Vice-President of the IJenevolent Institution , and a Life Governor of ihe Girls' School . In short , the record is a good one , and we trust the services which Bro . Godson lias rendered freel y for so many years may be long continued .

Our Brother's Bed.

Our Brother's Bed .

To THR EDITOR OF THE Freemason . . The Managers of tiie Free Home for the Dying , 82 , The Chase Clapham , desire to thank the Fraternity for the kind and generous support they have hitherto given to the " Clarence " Bed in the above Home , and they trust that the friendly relations established by Captain Portlock-Dadson , may not in any way suffer by his withdrawal from the active work of Secretary , but may , indeed , be rather advanced by the fact that ho has left the post only to

attach himself more closely to the Masonic Brotherhood . It is , therefore , with coulidence that they bring the Homo again to their notice . A new ward has been opened , and now fifteen patients tan be accommodated instead of only nine , but this means heavier expenses on all sides , and it is t J meet these that they now make " an earnest and SPECIAL appeal for help .

OUR BROTHER'S BED ( THE CLARENCE ) . In the Free Home for the Dying , 82 , Tbe Chase , Clapham , S . W . Received in September and October , 1896 . £ s . d . Ecclesbume Lodge , No . 2425 ... ... ... 0 5 0 A P . M . of Lodge , Xo . 587 ... ... ... 110 United Pilgrims' Lodge , Xo . 507 ... ... 1 1 0

Lodge of Progress , No . 17 (>!) ... ... ... 1 1 0 Electric Lodge , Xo . 2087 ( collected ) ... ... 1 12 0 Eliot Lodge , Xo . 1164 ... ... ... 0 5 0 Horwich Lodge , Xo . 2324 ... ... ... 0 5 0 Fidelis Lodge , Xo . 180 !) ... ... ... 050 Peace and Harmony Lodge ... ... ... 1 1 0 Lovalty Lodge , Xo . 24 . 5 ... ... ... 0 10 0 Lodge of Union , Xo . 444 ... ... ( a ) 110 Contributions will be thankfully received at the Oflice , 82 , The Chase , Clapham , bv the Secretary , E . ' 1 ' . Cornish .

British Produce Supply Association (Limited).

BRITISH PRODUCE SUPPLY ASSOCIATION ( LIMITED ) .

This Association which has established its quarters at Winchelsea House , Long Acre , W . C , has been formed for the purpose of enabling tho British public to obtain British Produce of gaurauteed quality direct from the producer . As everyone knows , the British farmer , owing to many causes , the principals of which are the variable nature of our climate and the heavy charges hitherto levied for the conveyance of his produce , has been very heavily handicapped as against the Foreign producer . Fortunately , however , there is just now a chance of his

redeeming his position to a certain extent , one or two of our great Bailway (^ nnpanies having either modilied their rates for the conveyance of farm produce or expressed their intention of doing so at an early date . This will enable to compete under more favourable conditions with his foreign rival , and as there is untiling like combination in enterprises of this kind , this British Produce Supply Association has been formed in the well founded belief that the British paterfamilias , if he can purchase it on reasonable terms , will prefer to be supplied with

llritish home-grown produce rather than that , grown in foreign countries . The Chairman of the Association is the Karl of Winchelsea aud Nottingham , who , since his accession to the title , has devoted himself with marvellous energy to helping the cause of British Agriculture , while the other members of the Board of Directors are Lord Kesteven , and Messrs . E . Owing Greening , Richard 11 . 15 . Orlebar . 11 . Henry Heed , and Cornelius Thompson ; the manager being Mr . Frank Dewar , and the secretary Mr . William Broomhall , from whom all necessary '

information can be obtained . We gather from the Prospectus , which has been issued , that , the prices charged for meat , provisions—that is to say , bacon , hams , butler , cheese , eggs , & c . —poultry , game , sausages , fruit in syrup and in bottles , and jams , with fruit and vegetables are supplied at , reasonable prices , which bo it remarked , are necessarily subject to market fluctuation . They are one and all marked ' Cable " brand , which is of itself a guarantee of llritish origin aud quality . The terms on which business is dime is cash with order , aud cheques aud Post Oilice Orders must be made payable to William llroomhall , and crossed London and

County Hank , Xew Oxford Street . Special quotations will be made for clubs , hotels , Ac . As regards the delivery of orders the Association undertakes lo deliver them promptly—in London and suburbs , free of charge , while special rates are charged for country orders . Respectable tradesmen in every district are invited to act as agents , and we hope to hear before long that by means of lliis Association , the llritish consumer is able to obtain without paying exorbitant prices for it , the beef and mutton , the hams and bacon , and dairy and market garden produce which is grown in the United Kingdom .

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