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p REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . THE * ' DIRECT" ROUTE TO EAST COAST WATERING PLACES . EXPRESS TRAIN SERVICE 2 nd JULY , AND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE , _ - — j -j WEEKDAYS . . 1 . 111 . ft . m . a . m . a . m . a . m . a . m . a . m . a . m . London ( King's Cro » s ) ... aep . 5 15 7 15 8 45 1115 11 ) II 10 15 11 ) 851 ( 1 115 Shcringham arr . 10 10 10 2 !) 2 * 28 Cromer ( Beach ) , 10 20 1 8 2 20 2 * 35 Yarmouth ( Beach ) II 50 2 1 ( 1 . 1 * 30 Tilly „ 10 17 12 38 3 X 8 ... 5 17 Harrog ' & t * 10 51 1 ( I ... 12 ( 1 ... 3 : « l t 28 Seari 2 ro" II S » " ¦ 10 , ... 8 « « j W ] , tliv „ 12 '•) ' 30 ••5 U Rl " v i " II 38 3 HI 3 S 3 I « BriiHinUton 11 30 2 27 3 1 3 21 I 35 Shltlmro , 12 W * ' SB 8 II . — - ¦ p j f WEEKDAYS . a , m . ii . in . p . m . p . m . p . m . p . m . p . m . p . m . Lomloit ( King's Cvosa ) ... dep . 11 15 ISO 2 30 » II 3 211 5 II 5 1510 111 Shcringham : arr 7 7 ... WO Cromer ( Beach ) , 7 IS ... !>}*• Yarmouth ( Beach ) „ ... S 35 Ilkley « 3 8 57 8 » IS Harrogate ... 11211 8 27 ... 12 0 5 a « l Scarboro' „ 0 3 A 50 7 50 ... ! l KJ ... 11 15 5 35 Whitby „ ... .,. 8 Hi ... 10 19 B 20 raw ......: •,. r > vr " 27 ss 7 ,,. o « <•«« Bridlington II 18 ( i 311 :. . ! . 9 11 7 al 8 Saithnrn 8 7 ... S 58 ... HO 57 fiaHS A—Until 22 nd September inclusive . B—On Saturdays due Saltburn 6 . 22 p . m . a—On Sunday mornings arrives Harrogate S . 5 , Filey S . 54 , Bridlington 8 . 16 , and Saltburn 8 . 6 . * Saturday nights excepted . § Will not run to these stations after 29 th September . f Through carriages to Sheringham and Cromer by these trains . HENRY OAKLEY , King's Cross , August , 1894 . General Manager .

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TJEPBURN AND COCKS , DEED , CASH BOX , WROUGHT IRON FRAME AND STRONG-ROOM DOOR MANUFACTURERS , For many years in CHANCERY LANE , respectfully beg to inform the pnblic that they have removed to 49 A , LINCOLNS' INN FIELDS , ( s . w . CORNER ) , LONDON , W . C . Works—50 , WYCU STREET , STRAND . Over a hundred years' reputation for Quality and Good Value . Estimates given . Established sjqo . Price Lists .

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F ? R A N K HASWELL , v , k ., „ ,. ( EsyABHsnsp 1817 ) ,. .... , SIGN AND GLASS WRITER TO THE TRADE . 4 , SOHO STREET , OXFORD STREET , LONDON , W . ARTISTIC WRITER TO THE FINE ARTS . TESTIMONIALS AND HERALDIC WORK , & C .

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/ CRITERION RESTAURANT . EAST ROOM FOR RECHERCHE DINNERS & SUPPERS A LA CARTE . THE WEST ROOM , 5 s . PARISIAN DINNER ; SUPPER , s . Instrumental Music it to 12 . 30 . GRAND HALL 3 s . 6 d . DINNER , AT SEPARATE TABLES , C to 9 , Accompanied by the Celebrated "S 1 MERPON" ORCHESTRA .

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FIRST PRIZE MEDALS . Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition , 1887 ; Sydney Centenary Exhibition , 1888 . MASONS' CERTIFICATES , & c , FRAMED TO ANY DESIGN . H . MORELL , 17 & 18 , GREAT ST . ANDREW ST ., BLOOMSBURY , LONDON , W . C . Manufacturer and Importer of all kinds of Pic : u » Frame and Decorative Mouldings ( Two Million feet always in stock ) . Every requisite for the Trade and Exportation . Illustrated Rook of Patterns , Sj pages 4 to demy , revised for 189 :, post fret for three pennv stomas . TELEGRAPHIC A DDRESS—RABBITRV , LONDON .

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WANTE D at Abergavenny a Serving Brother as TYLER to Lodge ( Philanthropic , 818 ) and STEWARD to Club House provided with Stipend and Fees . Apply , stating age , present occupation , number in family , with references , to the Secretary , J . T . WILLIAMS , Birchfield , Abergavenny .

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PARTRIDGE & COOPER "THE" STATIONERS , 191 & 192 , FLEET STREET , LONDON , Would invite attention to their LARGE AND WELL - SELECTED STOCK OF GENERAL & FANCY STATIONERY , Suitable for presents , such as Inkstands , Stationery , Cabinets , Ladies' and Gentlemen's Dressing Bags , Travelling and Brief Bags , & c , all of which are enumerated in their New Illustrated Catalogue , sent free on appli . cation .

Our Portrait Gallery Of Worshipful Masters.

OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY OF WORSHIPFUL MASTERS .

In future numbers of the Freemason we purpose giving a series of portraits of Worshipful Masters who have been recently installed . Recognising the fact that no greater honour can be bestowed On a brother than to be elected the Master of his lodge , we

desire to do our part towards creating a permanent record of such event in his Masonic history by placing his portrait before our readers . We shall be pleased to furnish Secretaries of lodges and others who may take an interest in our project whatever information may be desired as to our proposed method of procedure .

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A correspondent informs us that in our recent Notes , in which we criticised an article from the Liverpool Porcupine oi the 14 th ult ., we were wrong in our surmise that the lodge referred to by our contemporary was No . 1505 , which meets nine times in the year . It was , he tells its , No . 823 , which meets 12 times . This only makes the case worse as against the Porcupine ,

which jumped unscrupulously to the conclusion that because £ 135 was expended in the year in " refreshments , " the bulk of such refreshments must have been " intoxicants . " If six shillings per meeting per member leave little or no margin for intoxicants , still less does the smaller sum of four shillings and six pence per member . » * »

As for the number of lodges and the aggregate membership of the Province , they in no way affect our argument . We took the number of lodges as stated in the issue of Grand Lodge Calendar for the current year , while as to the membership , we stated it roundly as " upwards of 7000 , " and our correspondent , though a trifle more precise , corroborates our estimate .

However , we are greatly obliged to our Lancashire friend for the information he has furnished , and we trust the next time we hear of our Liverpool contemporary it will be to find it has made a graceful apology to Lodge No . 823—firstly , for having criticised its private affairs , and secondly , for having wantonly charged it with an excessive devotion to intoxicants .

# # # We never cease to wonder , as , almost week by week , we receive the printed proceedings of the various Grand Lodges of the United States , at the vast amount of painstaking energy displayed in the compilation of these wonderful records . No subject seems too

insignificant , no occurrence too trivial to be dealt with , in the minutest fashion . There are rulings on every conceivable point , and grave discussions on matters only of passing moment ; and we rise from the perusal of one of these collosal records with the feeling that the American Mason is not the least remarkable product of that hive of industrious energy .

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We have received the report of the quarterly communication of the District Grand Lodge of Bengal , which , although not presenting any marked features , is a record of good Masonic work in that district . The District Grand Master , Bro . Sir H . T . Prinsep , was absent on a well-earned holiday in England , and the

Deputy District Grand Master , Bro . W . B . Mactanish , presided . He summed up the state of the District in the satisfactory announcement that " the returns for the first quarter received from the lodges show steady work and all of them seem to be doing well , while harmony prevails throughout the district . "

* * * At the Quarterly Communication of the District Grand Lodge of Canterbury , New Zealand , which was held in St . Augustine ' s Masonic Hall , Christchurch , on the 18 th April last , the subject of English . Masons visiting lodges under the unrecognised Grand Lodge of New Zealand was referredto , and after a long

discussion it was resolved— "That the attention of the Board of General Purposes be called to the indiscriminate manner in which members of the N . Z . C . were being admitted , as visitors , to lodges in England ! that the said Board be requested to give the matter full consideration ; and should it be deemed necessary , to communicate the decision arrived at to the Grand Lodge . "

* # # The subject is one which undoubtedly requires to be brought to the notice of the authorities of Grand Lodge . The so-called Grand Lodge of New Zealand is not recognised by the Grand Lodge of England , nor , having regard to the fact that the establishment of

this unrecognised body in the face of a very formidable opposition from numerous sections of the Craft in the Colony has resulted in the complete disorganisation of Freemasonry in New Zealand , for the time being , at all events , is it entitled to much consideration . Whatever differences may have previously existed

among the three Constitutions , a means of tiding them over was always found sooner or later , and generally sooner rather than later . They were , in fact , nothing else than family jars , and the exercise of a little tact soon restored harmony . Now there are five Constitutions

almost at "daggers-drawn" with each other , and poor Freemasonry , with its geniality and kindness , its anxious desire to do unto others as it would be done unto , has become the laughingstock of the whole community . The men who have caused this merit no sympathy from those who love and respect Freemasonry .

Craft Masonry.

Craft Masonry .

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PROVINCIAL MEETINGS .

CHINGFORD . Thomas Railing Lodge ( No . 2508 ) . —When this lodge was consecrated on the 1 st May last , the Prov . G . M ., the Right Hon . the Earl of Warwick , was unable to attend , owing to a sudden call to America , and in a letter written at the time his lordship promised to pay a visit to the lodge on the earliest opportunity . This

promise his lordship redeemed on Monday , J une 30 th , when , at an emergency meeting at the lodge room , Victoria Hall , Chingtord , he was an honoured guest . The W . M ., Bro . Thomas J . Railing , P . A . G . D . C , Prov . G . Sec . Essex , presided , and there were between 30 and 40 brethren present , who greeted his lordship most heartily as he entered the lodge room , accompanied bv several Past and

Present Provincial Grand Officers . Two brethren having been raised to the sublime degree of M . M ., the W . M ., in the name of the lodge , invited the Provincial Grand Master s acceptance of a founder ' s jewel as a msmento of the occasion , remarking that although it was a matter of great regret to them that Lord Warwick was unable to be present at the consecration meetimr . thev all felt much

honoured that he had graciously consented to be present that evening . Having been for some years intimately associated with the R . W . P . G . M . in the work of the province , he ( the W . M . ) could speak from personal experience of the deep interest his lordship took in the welfare of the province , and the result of that interest was to be seen in the prosperity and unanimity which prevailed there . The

Earl of Warwick , in reply , thanked the brethren for their hearty greeting . No one regretted more than himself that urgent business prevented his attendance at the opening of the lodge , and he was particularly glad that they had given him the present opportunity of paying them a visit . They would quite understand that he was not able often to witness the working of a degree in a lodge , and he had

therUore bsen much interes ed in the ceremony of that evening . He congratulated the W . M . on the manner in which he had carried out the work , and the officers for the ready way in which they had done their parts . He trusted that they would all take to heart the lesson of fortitude and fidelity which was inculcated in the Third Degree . In conclusion , his lordship said he was very proud of the position he held in the province , and as long as he could be