Provincial Grand Lodge Of Buckinghamshire.

Provincial Grand Lodge of Buckinghamshire .

THE annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Buckinghamshire was held on June 28 th , and attracted a large number of brethren of the province , being held in the Temple of Grand Lodge , Freemasons' Hall . A London Meeting being quite an experimental one , it was proved conclusively that it is a popular move , as all the lodges in the

province ( except one ) were represented , and the attendance at the banquet held after at the Holborn Restaurant was a record one . The R . W . Bro . Lord Addington , Prov . Grand Alaster , presided , supported by Bro . J . C . Bowen , P . A . G . D . C , Dep . Prov . Grand Master , and the officers , with Bro . the Rev .

C . E Roberts , P . G . Chap ., the Prov . Grand Secretary . After the routine business of Prov . Grand Lodge was accomplished , the following officers Avere appointed and invested : —Bros . W . J . Levi , 2812 , S . W . ; R . J . Elliston , 591 , J . W ., ; the Revs . H . T . Cart , 3111 , and C . E . bandriclge , 94 8 ,

Chaplains ; C . F . Roundell , 631 , Registrar ; J . D . Carter , 18 94 , Treasurer ; the Rev . C . E . Roberts , P . G . Chap ., Secretary ; J . W . Grist , 2 4 , S . D . ; J . Youldon , 2262 , J . D . ; J . H . Hooker , 16 39 , Supt . of Works ; A . E . Holt , 2430 , D . C . ; A . Carpenter , 2966 , Asst . D . C . ; A . Marshall , 3077 , Swd . Br . ; R . C . R . Potter , 1501 , and F . B . Dunton , 840 , Std . Brs . ;

H . Dearth . 3062 , Organist ; C . T . Hoskins , 18 94 , Asst . Secretary ; W . A . E . Holdup , 2039 , Purst . ; F . Tompkins , 3089 , Asst . Purst . ; and T . Osborne , 1787 , C . A . Nedley , 2244 , E . S . Midass , 2492 , H . F . Hambling , 2732 , J . H . Smith , 94 8 , and J . Cohen , 3111 , Stewards . Fifty guineas were voted to the Royal Masonic Benevolent

Institution as the Rt . Hon . Thos . F . Halsey , Dep . G . M . ling ., Prov . G . M . Herts , was presiding as Chairman at the next Festival . The brethren , at the close of the proceedings , adjourned to the Holborn Restaurant for Banquet , Lord Addington presiding , accompanied by Bros . j . T . Morland , P . G . M .

Berks ., Canon Garry , M . A . P . G . Chap ., Rev . C E . Roberts , P . G . Chap ., J . K . Bowen , D . Prov . G . M ., Rev . Dr . Cochren , P . G . D ., A . Burnett Brown , G . Supt . of Works , J . J . Thomas , P . G . S . B ., and James Stephens P . D . G . D . C and a large number of Provincial Grand Officers and brethren . During the Banquet Bro . Karl Kaps' Band played a

charming selection of music and the speeches were interspersed with songs and part songs contributed by The Barossa Quartette , Miss Alice Stroud , Miss Jessie Wood , Bro . R . Debonnaire and Messrs . John Bardsley and Charles Mott .

Province Of Bristol.

Province of Bristol .

INSTALLATION OF PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER .

AN event of considerable interest to Freemasons of the Province of Bristol took place on June 19 th at the Victoria Rooms , Avhen Lieut .-Colonel James R . Bramble , Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies , was installed Prov . Grand Master by the Right Hon . the Earl of Cork and Orrery , the Prov . Grand Master of Somersetshire . The

position became A-acant through the death of Bro . W . A . F . Powell , AVIIO had been Prov . Grand Master of Bristol for seventeen years , and officiated in Prov . Grand Lodge within a few days of his attaining his 92 nd birthday . The mantle of the Prov . Grand Master fell upon his deputy , Colonel

Bramble , the announcement being received with satisfaction by the brethren of the Province . Spacious as the Freemasons' Hall in Park Street is , it Avas insufficient to accommodate all those desirous of being present , and the Victoria Rooms had to be engaged for the occasion . A large

number of present and past officers of Prov . Grand Lodge , together with the Worshipful Masters , Past Masters and Wardens of the several lodges in the province , as members of Prov . Grand Lodge , attended , wearing the insignia of their present or past office and rank in the Order . All

Alaster Masons who are subscribing members to a lodge within the province were invited to attend , and the gathering numbered about 300 . While the brethren were assembling a selection of music on the organ was given by Bro . C W . Steer . The brethren arranged

themselves under their respective lodge banners , and at 5 o ' clock the Present and Past Provincial Grand Officers entered the hall in procession . The Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in due form by Bro . Pierrepont Harris , as Acting Provincial

Grand Master , supported by Bro . J . Gard , as Acting Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and Bro . W . J . Cullimore , as Acting Provincial Grand Secretary . The Right Worshipful the Installing Master was then received , and accompanying him were Bros , the Revs . J . A . Lloyd and Vitruvius B . Wyatt ,

P . G . Chaps . ; Colonel Long , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M . Somerset ; W . T . Page , P . A . G . D . C , P . D . G . M . Worcester ; and C . E . L . Wright , P . G . D . The Installing Master addressed the brethren with reference to the object of the gathering , referring to the active interest W . Bro . Bramble had taken in Masonry , and stating that he was sure he Avould fulfil his important duties Avith credit to himself and the satisfaction of the Province . Bro .

Bramble ' s arrival Avas shortly afterwards announced . Six Masters of Lodges retired with Bro . W . J . Cullimore , P . P . S . W ., Prov . Grand Director of Ceremonies , and introduced the Prov . Grand Master Designate . The ceremony of installation Avas impressively performed , and at the conclusion the Prov . Grand Master appointed as his deputy W . Bro . Pierrepont

Harris , P . A . G . D . C , who has for 23 years acted as Prov . Grand Secretary . After his proclamation as the R . W . Prov . Grand Master , he addressed the brethren , and appointed as Prov . G . Sec , in succession to R . W . Bro . Pierrepont Harris , W . Bro . I . C Gilmore . The Provincial Grand

Lodge Officers present included , in addition to the names already given , Bros . E . T . Collins , S . W . ; Albert Petter , J . W . ; Rev . J . Fountain , Chaplain ; A . W . Taylor , Registrar ; F . Stone , S . D . ; andC . H . Makepiece , J . D . ; J . Butler , Swd . Br . ; Caleb Harris and G . Langford , Std . Brs . ; and F . S . Phillpott , A . D . C After the ceremony there was a banquet at the Masonic Hall .

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One of the most gratifying phases of Masonic life in the colonies and India is the readiness shown by our kith and kin to establish charitable funds on the lines of the central institutions . In submitting the report of the annual meeting of ( he Benevolent Institution of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales held in May , the president , R . W . Bro . Shipway ,

said that the year had opened with forty-four annuitants ; seven had died , and six were added to the list , leaving fortythree now in receipt of relief from the institution . Their rules provided that the committee might grant £ 1 per week to an aged or distressed Freemason , 25 s . to a Freemason and his wife , and £ 26 per year to the widow or relative of a deceased member of the Order . It would be seen that efforts

were made not to separate the aged Freemason and his wife , a principle that might be followed by officers of the State . In the year , the income resulting from voluntary subscriptions amounted to £ 1 , 565 , whilst the expenditure for relief totalled " 911 and the accumulated funds were now £ 9 , 000 .

^ , Thus the year ' s operations might be said to have achieved records , as the income exceeded all former years , with but one exception , the relief was greater , and the expenditure for administration— . £ 74—was ( he lowest . The

annuitants , whose last days were made easy by the assistance rendered , comprised three old couples , twentyone Freemasons , and sixteen relatives of deceased members of the Craft .