Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad .

MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD .

At the regular assembly of the Godfrey de Bouillon Encampment and Priory of the United Orders of the Temple and Hospital under England and Wales , & c , Hamilton , Ontario , after the usual preliminary business , the following officers were installed for the

ensuing year : — V . E . Sir Knight Thomas Bird Harris , 33 ° , Eminent Commander and Prior ; E . Sir Knight William Reid , 32 % Past Eminent Commander and Prior ; Sir Knig hts Alex . Mitchell , Prelate ; Charles Mag iH , First Captain , C . C . ; J . Kennedy , Second Captain ,

CO . ; Alfred J . Nuthall , Registrar and Treas . ; B . G . Tuckett , Almoner ; E . G . Conklin , Expert ; George James , 1 st Standard-Bearer C . W . Smith , 2 nd Standard-Bearer ; Robert Grant , Captain of Lines ; George McKenzie , 1 st Herald ; Peter J . Brown , 2 nd Herald ; and W . W . Summers , Equerry .

In Tennessee the Masonic Fraternity have projected a novel plan for taking care of the widows and orphans of deceased brothers of the " mystic tie . " In each grand division of the State a thousand or more acres of land are to be acquired by gift or purchase

and this land will he cut up into small lots of one or two acres , with a small cottage on each lot . A portion of the land will be reserved for a school- ^ ouse and church , thus making the locality a sort of community by itself . In most cases there will be children

old enough to care for the land , raising vegetables and fruits for the market , and any deficiency of food and raiment will be supplied from the benevolent fund of the grand division . The seventy-two Masonic lodges of the State have already raised nearly eighty thousaud dollars toward the object , and by another year will have raised the amount desired , before making a practical test of the project .

A Freemasons' Club has been established at the New Masonic Building just erected at Sydney , New South Wales , It is announced that sitting , bed and bath rooms will be suitably and comfortably furnished ; that proper and prompt attendance will be ensured . In

the house will be billiard , card , Avriting , and chess tables , illustrated papers from England , the Colonies , & c . ; and that the Masonic and other Magazines will be provided , as also a large collection of valuable Masonic works of reference . The affairs of the club will he managed by a house committee of nine ; viz :

three from each Constitution , by whom candidates wishing to join the club will be passed . No responsibility whatever will be incurred by members of the

club . Annual Subscrip tion , £ 1 Is . ( for town members ) , 10 s . 6 d . for country members . All charges for beds , meals , refreshments , & c , will be in accordance with a scale approved by a house committee , and will be at the lowest possible limit . For country

members , the club has many attractions as a residence , from its central position , and the quiet , respectable , and comfortable mode in which it will be conducted , while for town members , it will be most convenient for luncheons , dinners , & c , and the desirable facilities

it will afford for amusements , writing , and the keeping of appointments , as also the easy access afforded to a large and valuable Masonic Library .

The " Gavel" objects to the " Courier ' s " remarks about American Lodges "holding communication with suspended Masons , " in official capacity , by sending Grand Representatives to the Grand Lodge of Quebec , and says the Grand Master , Dep . Grand

Master and Grand Secretary of Canada , exchanged fraternal courtesies with the suspended officers of Quebec , in the Grand Chapter . This would seem strange to us did not the " Gavel " also say on page 379 that " expulsion iu that country from the Blue Lodge would not cut off , " such expelled member

" from Masonry , as he would still remain a member of his Royal Arch Chapter , a Frater of the Temple and in the A . & A . Rite . Consequently suspended Masons are and must be recognised in Chapter in Canada ; but Canadians laws do not govern the American Grand Lodges .

So it seems expelled Masons in Canada are at a premium . AEoyalArch Mason and a Sir Knight may be recognised — that is the word — as a chapter member , aud a Sir Knight in good Masonic standing while he stands as expelled , in a Blue Lodge .

" There ' s richness : " an expelled Mason in the Commandery and Chapter , and recognized as such . —Keystone .

We learn from the " New York Courier " that the elections of the Grand Lodge of Quebec resulted in the choice of M . W . Bro . J . H . Graham , of Richmond , Grand Master ; R . W . Bro . J . W . Pratton , of Quebec , Deputy Grand Master ; Bros . M . R . Meigs , of

Stanstead , G . S . W . ; Thomas Milton , Montreal , G . J . W . ; I . H . Stearns , D . D . G . M . Montreal District ; Thomas Wood , of Dunham , D . D . G . M ., Bedford District ; J . Milles , of Quebec , D . D . G . M ., Stadaeona District ; S . J . Foss , of Sherbrooke , D . D . G . M ., St . Francis

District ; C . P . Reade , of Sherbroooke , G . Chap . ; H . M . Alexander , of Montreal , G . Treas . ; C . P . Tabor , of West Famham , G . Reg . ; and J . H . Isaacson , of Montreal , G . Sec .