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Consecration Of The Khartoum Lodge, No. 2877.
simultaneously r . dmit of the extension of the Craft into the Sudan . These lodges were keenly alive to the fact that the most popular and jinlluential Mason to suggest for the position of District Grand Master was R . W . Bro . Lord
Kitchener of Khartoum . On the resignation of Lord Kitchener , consequent on his appointment as Chief of the Staff of Lord Roberts in the Transvaal , the choice of his successor fell on the equally popular Sir Reginald Wingate , on whom the Grand Master had recently hestoAved the Grand Lodge honour of P . G . Warden .
R . W . 1 SRO . SIR REGINALD WINGATE , llISTRIUT ORAXD MASTKR . OF EGYPT AND THE SUDAN . —( Vhntu Elilr l ' orlmll Cn . )
At Cairo , on the 12 th July last , the R . W . Brother was , under the provisions of his patent , duly invested and installed into his chair of District Grand Master of Egypt and the Sudan , the ceremony being most ably conducted by V . W .
Bro . Raph Borg , C . M . G ., British Consul . The Khartoum Lodge was very tastefully arranged , and the ceremony of consecration , as well as that of the
installation of W . Bro . Captain W . E . Bailey , was carried out in a manner which elicited warm expressions of commendation from all who were present . The Charity-bag when circulated produced a sum far in excess of the most sanguine
expectations . As soon as the ceremony Avas concluded the brethren repaired to a steamer , which was moored alongside the Palace , to convey them to the Grand Hotel , where a banquet was held , and the proceedings of the evening were enlivened by the presence of the Sudanese Military Band , which
rendered a most excellent programme . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given , Bro . Col . Sir Arthur Mackworth responding for " The Visitors . " The interest which is evinced in the Craft since the new
lodge was consecrated is very considerable , and there seems every prospect of the number of Masons in the . Sudan being largely augmented in a comparatively short time .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Consecration Of The Khartoum Lodge, No. 2877.
simultaneously r . dmit of the extension of the Craft into the Sudan . These lodges were keenly alive to the fact that the most popular and jinlluential Mason to suggest for the position of District Grand Master was R . W . Bro . Lord
Kitchener of Khartoum . On the resignation of Lord Kitchener , consequent on his appointment as Chief of the Staff of Lord Roberts in the Transvaal , the choice of his successor fell on the equally popular Sir Reginald Wingate , on whom the Grand Master had recently hestoAved the Grand Lodge honour of P . G . Warden .
R . W . 1 SRO . SIR REGINALD WINGATE , llISTRIUT ORAXD MASTKR . OF EGYPT AND THE SUDAN . —( Vhntu Elilr l ' orlmll Cn . )
At Cairo , on the 12 th July last , the R . W . Brother was , under the provisions of his patent , duly invested and installed into his chair of District Grand Master of Egypt and the Sudan , the ceremony being most ably conducted by V . W .
Bro . Raph Borg , C . M . G ., British Consul . The Khartoum Lodge was very tastefully arranged , and the ceremony of consecration , as well as that of the
installation of W . Bro . Captain W . E . Bailey , was carried out in a manner which elicited warm expressions of commendation from all who were present . The Charity-bag when circulated produced a sum far in excess of the most sanguine
expectations . As soon as the ceremony Avas concluded the brethren repaired to a steamer , which was moored alongside the Palace , to convey them to the Grand Hotel , where a banquet was held , and the proceedings of the evening were enlivened by the presence of the Sudanese Military Band , which
rendered a most excellent programme . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given , Bro . Col . Sir Arthur Mackworth responding for " The Visitors . " The interest which is evinced in the Craft since the new
lodge was consecrated is very considerable , and there seems every prospect of the number of Masons in the . Sudan being largely augmented in a comparatively short time .