The New Grand Officers.

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DEPUTY GRAND DIRECTOR OK CEREMONIES . Bro . E . Roehrich was initiated in Alount Moriah i Lodge , No . 34 , in 1872 , and subsequently joined the Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 ; the Old Masonians Lodge , No . 27 C 0 ; the Verity Lodge , No . 2739 ; the Jubilee Masters' Lodge , No .

2 7 , and Lodge L'Entente Cordiale , No . 279 6 . He was installed W . M . of the Verity Lodge in 1899 ; the Old Masonians Lodge in 1900 ; and is at present W . M . of Lodge

HHO . K . llOKHKICII . —( i'Mo HI Hi- l '„ ,-l mil Co . ) L'lintente Cordiale . Bro . Roehrich became a Royal Arch Mason in the United Pilgrims Chapter , No . 507 , in 188 7 , and afterwards joined Prudence Chapter , attached to the P " ortiUide and Old Cumberland Lodge , No . 12 , of which

he is the present First Principal . Bro . Roehrich has been a munificent supporter of the Charities , having served several Stewardships , and qualified as a Patron of the Girls ' , Boys ' , and Benevolent Institutions .

ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES . Bro . William Albert Hart , the well-known and highly esteemed official of the Great Western Railway at Paddington Station , has a record of just a quarter of a century as a Mason , having been initiated in the Windsor Castle Lodge ,

No . 771 , in 1876 . His onerous and responsible duties for many years left little time at his disposal , and this accounts for his comparative quiescence Masonically until the year 18 90 , when he joined the Dene Lodge , No . 2228 ,

HHO . WILLIAM ALIiKRT 1 IA HT . ¦ - ( l'l , „ l „ Slmieliiiiu , Ciimjimh ) which meets at Cookham Dene , and of which lodge he

became W . M . in 18 97 . ^ t > 99 ^ ro . Hart was appointed Provincial Grand Superintendent of Works for Berks . It was not until 18 9 6 that he associated himself with Royal Arch Masonry , having been exalted in the Herschel Chapter , and in 18 9 8 he became both a Mark Mason and a

member of the 30 ° of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite , having been perfected in the Albert Victor Rose Croix Chapter in 18 90 , and joining the Studholme Chapter in 18 9 6 .

ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTOR OE CEREMONIES . Bro . John Stocker , during the twenty-nine years he has been a Mason , has rendered excellent service to the Craft in the important Province of Devon . He was initiated in 1872 in St . John the Baptist Lodge , No . 39 , Itxeter , and was

installed W . M . in 1877 . His 'ability and worth are perhaps better indicated by his election as honorary member of Lodges Nos . 70 , 1 4 , 26 55 , 26 39 , and 2806 , than if he had become a joining member . Of the value of his services to the province there can be no question , and thev have been recognised both by the Provincial Grand

Master , Lord Northcote , and his predecessor , Lord P 2 brington , by his appointment by the hitter as Provincial Grand Warden in 18 90 , and by the former as Provincial Grand Secretary in 18 9 6 , an office which he still holds ; while the Craft in Devon signified its appreciation by electing him , so long ago as 1881 , Provincial Grand Treasurer . Bro . Stocker

is a Royal Arch Mason of twenty-eight years' standing , having been exalted in 1873 in St . George ' s Chapter , No . 112 , ICxeter , filling the office of First Principal in 1881 . He is also Provincial Grand Scribe of Devon , and in 1882 was appointed First Assistant Sojourner in Provincial Grand Chapter . While interesting himself chiell y in local Masonic