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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND THE COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES OFTHE BRITISH CROWN . THE RIGHT HON . LORD HENN 1 KE .- * , M . W . Grand Master . THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF KINTORE , R . W . Deputy Grand Master . CONSECRATION OF THE "GRAND MASTER'S LODGE" BY H . R . H . THE DUKE OF ALBANY , K . G ., M . W . Past Grand Master . PRESENTATION OF WEDDING GIFT TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS . THE WINTER HALF YEARLY COMMUNICATION Of this Grand Lodge will be held in the LARGE HALL , FREE MA SON ' TAVKR . V , GREAT ( JUEEN STREET , LINCOLN ' INN FIELDS , Ou TUESDAY , the 5 th of DECEMBER , 1 SS 2 . When and where all Grand Officers ( Past and Present ) , VV . Masters , Past Masters , Wardens , and Overseers of Private Lodges are hereby summoned to attend , and at which , by permission , all regularly registered Mark Master Masons may be present . Grand Lodge will be opened at Four o ' clock p . m . By command of the M . W . Grand Master , FREDERICK BINCKES , P . G . J . W ., Grand Secretary . Office—SA , Red Lion-square , Holborn , London , W . C . 22 nd November , 1 SS 2 . N . B . —A Banquet will be provided at Seven o ' clock . The Tickets will be 15 s , each , inclusive ot Wine j and it is requested that every Brother intending to dine will forward his name to the Grand Secretary not later than Saturday , 2 nd of December , after which no Tickets can be issued .
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R OYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY , MARGATE . ESTABLISHED 1791 . THE ONLY ONE EXCLUSIVELY FOR SCROFULOUS POOR . COL . CREATON , TREASURER . JOHN M . CLABON , Eso ., HON . SECRETARY . This Hospital requires aid . An extra liberal diet table is of necessity required on account of the exhausting nature of this terrible disease . Donors of £ \ o ios ., Annual Subscribers of £ 1 is ., can recommend patients . 250 beds . Average number of Inpatients per year , 750 , and of applicants over 1000 . Bankers , the Bank of England ; Coutts and Co . ; and Cobb and Co ., Margate . Offices : No . 30 , Charing Cross , VV . JOHN THOMAS WALKER , Secretary .
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DREADNOUGHT SEAMENS ' HOSPITAL , Greenwich , S . E ., and DISPENSARY , Well-street , London Docks , E ., for Sailors of all Nations . No admission ticket or voting papers of any sort required , but both are entirely free to the whole maritime world , irrespective of race , creed , or nationality . Since establishmentupwardsof 225 , 000 have been relieved from no less than forty-two different countries , and the number of patients during 1 SS 1 , was 7132 , as compared with 4245 , the average of the preceding ten years . Qualification of a governor one guinea annually , or a donation of ten guineas . New annual subscriptions or contributions will be thankfully received by the bankers , Messrs . Williams , Deacon and Co ., 20 , Birchin-lane , E . C , or by the Secretary at the Hospital . Funds are urgently needed tor this truly Cosmopolitan Charity , which is supported by voluntary contributions . VV . T . EVANS , Secretary .
Ad00606
STABLING . —TO BE LET , excellent THREE-STALL STABLE and CARRIAGE HOUSE , in Parker-street . —Apply , Freemason Ofiice , iC , Great Queen-street , VV . C .
Ad00607
FOUNDRY TO LET , with Smiths ' Shop . Stables can be had adjoining . F ' ormerly occupied by Messrs . Cutler , Parker-street , Little Queenstreet , Holborn . Apply at the Freemason Office , 16 , Great Queen-street ( opposite Freemasons' Hall ) .
Ad00608
CAN a Brother assist Advertiser to obtain SITUATION as Carpenter and Joiner . Would be very thankful . Highest references . —L . B ., care of Mr . Williams , 554 , Old Kent Road .
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Twelfth Edition , post-free , is . DR . WATTS on ASTHMA and BRONCHITIS . A Treatise on the only Successful Method of Curing these Diseases . By ROBERT G . WATTS , M . D ., F . R . S . L ., F . C . S ., Sic , 5 , Bulstrode-street , Cavendish-square , London . London : C . Mitchell and Co ., Red Lion-court . Fleet-stree / .
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ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY , LIMITED . 7 , BANK BUILDINGS , LOTHBURY , E . C . General Accidents . I Personal Injuries Railway Accidents . | Deaths by Accident . C . HARDING , Manage--.
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NOW READY . THIRTEENTH ANNUAL ISSUE . T JJ P COSMOPOLITE MASOHIG CALENDAR AND POCKET BOOK FOR 1883 . Price as . ; Post Free , 2 s . id . ; About 280 pages , Roan , Gilt Edges , Elastic Band or Tuck . "The most comprehensive Masonic Book of Reference issued . " THE C OSMOPOLITAN MASONIC C ALENDAR contains full particulars of all Grand Masonic Bodies in England , Scotland , and Ireland , with complete lists of Craft Lodges , giving Dates of Constitution , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Rose Croix Chapters , Knights Templar Preceptories , Red Cross Conclaves , Colleges , Sec . There arc also Lists of London C RAFT AND MARK . LODGES , AND ROYAL ARCH C HAI-TERS . Those Meeting in the Country are shewn in towns alp habetically arranged . Tables are given shewing the different Lodges and Chapters grouped under their respective Provinces ; and a List of Lodges and Chapters meeting on Foreign Stations . The London Meetings of the Craft , Royal Arch , Mark , Ancient and Accepted Rite , Knights Templar , and Red Cross are noted in thc Memorandum space of each day . Meetings of thc various Committees of Grand Lodge , Grand Chapter , and Charitable Institutions are also given . Also thc Grand Bodies , with their Officers , in France , Belgium , Switzerland , German }' , Spain , Portugal , Italy , the Netherlands , Sweden and Norway , Denmark , Hungary , Greece , Turkey , Egypt , Canada , Quebec , New Brunswick , British Columbia , United States , Hayti , Central and South America , Republic of Liberia , Cuba , New Zealand , Sec , giving in most cases also Lists of Lodges , & c . It also contains thc Three Charges and Entered Apprentice ' s Song . Maybe had of all UooUseUets , or at GiioKUE KE . N'SI . ' S Estahlishments—LONDON : 16 , GREAT QUEEN STREET , Opposite Freemasons' Hall ( Ofiice of Publication ) , i , _• , - „ . 1 , LITTLE BRITAIN , & 197 , ALDERSGATE STREET . LIVERPOOL : 2 , MONUMENT PLACE . MANCHESTER * 47 . BRIDGE STRREET . GLASGOW : y , WEST HOWARD ST .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
A notice of the Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Book , and of the Cosmopolitan Calendar and Pocket Book will appear next week .
BOOKS , & c . RECEIVED . "The Broad Arrow , " "The Voice of Masonry , "The Citizen , " Bull s Process Iron and Steel Company , "The Keystone , 55 " Le Monde Maconnique , 55 "the Freemasons Chronicle ( Svdney ) , "The Freemason 55
( Sydney ) , "La Revista Masonica , "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "The Jewish Chronicle , " "The Hull Packet , " Masonia , ' " The Masonic Review , " " The Freemason ( Toronto ) , "The Chamber of Commerce Journal , " "El Taller , " "Grand Lodge Calendar , 1 SS 3 , " Amberg ' s System of Letter Filing .
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^ T ^ fjKjt ^ Kii ^^ ZS ^ i ^^ SS ^ SS ^ S ^ S ^^ S ^ r-TprV ^ r - S * r- * - ** ** s * ri < ifi ^ i ' ' ^^ J ^^ Z L ^^¦~ i-J ^^! f ^ iiu ' . •^• ¦ ' ' :- ' fIi ^' ' l ' ,, ' * i ** -A "' .. I ** H W^ w ^ w ^^^^^^ ^ M^ S^^^ SSATURDAY , NOVEMBER 25 , 1882 .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by nurcorfespondents , but we wish in aspirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion ' . !
OBSOLETE WORDS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — The derivation of the word "hole" may hc as Bro . Chalmers suggests ; but one rather looks for examples of the use of the word in our literature . I venture to send two quotations from early writers , in which the word " hole " is used in precisely the same sense as in our ceremonies .
Original Correspondence.
First , from "Piers the Ploughman , passus v ., line iCS ( the whole passage is quoted to show the clear meaning of the word ) : "Seynt Gregoric was a gode pope , and had a gode fonvit , "That no priouresse were prest , for that he ordeigned , "Thei had thanne ben infamis the firste day , thei can so
yuer- * - ' hele conseille . " This is not very complimentary to the ladies ; of whom men , in all times since speech was invented , seems to say the same thing . My second example is from Chaucer ; and , singulary enough contains the same reflection on the fair sex , though
in this case made by one of themselves , who has good claims to be an authority . In the " Wyf of Bathes Tale , " line 6532 , this Mrs . Brown of the fourteenth century , says : " Pardy , we wymmen can right nothing hele . " And then relates the classical story of Midas , to clench her assertion .
the word is found in the German " Hchl , " secrecy ; " Hehlen , " to conceal ; and their derivatives , " Verhehlen , ' to hide , conceal , secrete ; and " Verhehler , " a hider , a concealer , a dissembler . I have not met with it in Spencer nor in Shakespear ; and probably the word dropped out of use by writers at the end of the fifteenth century . Yours fraternally , G . T . BUDDEN .
THE GRAND PRIORY OF CANADA . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — The Great Prior of Canada has sent me a copy of the allocution recently delivered by him to the Great Priory of Knights Templar at Montreal , and I venture to
think that there are many of your readers who will be interested to read the loyal address of Col . McLeod Moore . I have , therefore , ( forwarded it to the office of the Freemason , in the hope that you will give it insertion at an early date , either verbatim or in part . A small number of ambitious agitators are seeking to
make the office of Great Prior elective , with a view to securing the entire independence of the National Great Priory . These brethren apparently consider that no honour attaches to the Order from its connection with the Prince of Wales as Grand Master ; but I feel sure that all loyal Knights Templar in Canada , as in England , will applaud the
venerable , learned , and gallant old officer , who rules the Order in the dominion , in his determination to show unswerving allegiance to His Royal Highness as Most Eminent and Supreme Grand Master . The fratres in Canada appear to think Convent General no longer exists , and Col . Moore evidently looks upon it as moribund .
I am assured , however , on the highest authority , that this is not so , and that the Prince may at any time exercise his prerogative by calling it together , " mero motu , " and as the jurisdiction of thc Grand Master extends over thc kingdom of England and Ireland , and all possessions , colonies , and dependencies of the British Crown , including
Canada , it would be a great advantage to the Order generally if His Royal Highness would summons a meeting of that body , if only to show the interest lie continues to take in the United Orders of the Temple and Hospital . Trusting you will insert this letter , I am , dear Sir and Brother , fraternally yours ,
EMRA HOLMES , K . C . T . Hon . Prov . Prior of Canada ; Representative of Canada at the Great Priory of England . P . S . —I still live in hopes that our brethren in Scotland will one day join the Convent General under the banner of our future King .
THE BOYS' PREPARATORY SCHOOL . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Has any decision been arrived at in the competition . ' Because , if so , I should advise that the premiums be paid and another competition arranged , limited to architects
who are supporters of the charity , the conditions being altered so as to leave the competing architects more freedom to provide the necessary accommodation at a cost strictly limited and fixed . I think that vcry few architects of position submitted designs ; they rarely do in open competitions ; and the result
appears to be a number of ornate drawings , but wanting "' experience and economy . Do we not want a Building Committee for each of our charities , composed of brethren skilled in matters of construction , and thus prevent muddles in competitions , ^ ^^
defective drainage , and some other matters in which our worthy House Committees seem deficient , although deserving all praise for their energy and attention to the work of the institutions ? Yours & c , LIFE
GOVERNORPROVINCIAL PREFERMENT . To the Editor of thc "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — From circumstances personally known to myself- ** well as loud expressions of dissatisfaction made use of hy members of our lodge and others on thc subject of
preferment made by Provincial Grand Lodges , it seems to rue very desirable that a clause as to the selection of brethren should be incorporated in the new constitutional laws of ow order . I would suggest that when the Provincial Grand M aster ' sees fit to confer a distinction upon any lodge in his * III .
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Ad00603
GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND THE COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES OFTHE BRITISH CROWN . THE RIGHT HON . LORD HENN 1 KE .- * , M . W . Grand Master . THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF KINTORE , R . W . Deputy Grand Master . CONSECRATION OF THE "GRAND MASTER'S LODGE" BY H . R . H . THE DUKE OF ALBANY , K . G ., M . W . Past Grand Master . PRESENTATION OF WEDDING GIFT TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS . THE WINTER HALF YEARLY COMMUNICATION Of this Grand Lodge will be held in the LARGE HALL , FREE MA SON ' TAVKR . V , GREAT ( JUEEN STREET , LINCOLN ' INN FIELDS , Ou TUESDAY , the 5 th of DECEMBER , 1 SS 2 . When and where all Grand Officers ( Past and Present ) , VV . Masters , Past Masters , Wardens , and Overseers of Private Lodges are hereby summoned to attend , and at which , by permission , all regularly registered Mark Master Masons may be present . Grand Lodge will be opened at Four o ' clock p . m . By command of the M . W . Grand Master , FREDERICK BINCKES , P . G . J . W ., Grand Secretary . Office—SA , Red Lion-square , Holborn , London , W . C . 22 nd November , 1 SS 2 . N . B . —A Banquet will be provided at Seven o ' clock . The Tickets will be 15 s , each , inclusive ot Wine j and it is requested that every Brother intending to dine will forward his name to the Grand Secretary not later than Saturday , 2 nd of December , after which no Tickets can be issued .
Ad00604
R OYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY , MARGATE . ESTABLISHED 1791 . THE ONLY ONE EXCLUSIVELY FOR SCROFULOUS POOR . COL . CREATON , TREASURER . JOHN M . CLABON , Eso ., HON . SECRETARY . This Hospital requires aid . An extra liberal diet table is of necessity required on account of the exhausting nature of this terrible disease . Donors of £ \ o ios ., Annual Subscribers of £ 1 is ., can recommend patients . 250 beds . Average number of Inpatients per year , 750 , and of applicants over 1000 . Bankers , the Bank of England ; Coutts and Co . ; and Cobb and Co ., Margate . Offices : No . 30 , Charing Cross , VV . JOHN THOMAS WALKER , Secretary .
Ad00605
DREADNOUGHT SEAMENS ' HOSPITAL , Greenwich , S . E ., and DISPENSARY , Well-street , London Docks , E ., for Sailors of all Nations . No admission ticket or voting papers of any sort required , but both are entirely free to the whole maritime world , irrespective of race , creed , or nationality . Since establishmentupwardsof 225 , 000 have been relieved from no less than forty-two different countries , and the number of patients during 1 SS 1 , was 7132 , as compared with 4245 , the average of the preceding ten years . Qualification of a governor one guinea annually , or a donation of ten guineas . New annual subscriptions or contributions will be thankfully received by the bankers , Messrs . Williams , Deacon and Co ., 20 , Birchin-lane , E . C , or by the Secretary at the Hospital . Funds are urgently needed tor this truly Cosmopolitan Charity , which is supported by voluntary contributions . VV . T . EVANS , Secretary .
Ad00606
STABLING . —TO BE LET , excellent THREE-STALL STABLE and CARRIAGE HOUSE , in Parker-street . —Apply , Freemason Ofiice , iC , Great Queen-street , VV . C .
Ad00607
FOUNDRY TO LET , with Smiths ' Shop . Stables can be had adjoining . F ' ormerly occupied by Messrs . Cutler , Parker-street , Little Queenstreet , Holborn . Apply at the Freemason Office , 16 , Great Queen-street ( opposite Freemasons' Hall ) .
Ad00608
CAN a Brother assist Advertiser to obtain SITUATION as Carpenter and Joiner . Would be very thankful . Highest references . —L . B ., care of Mr . Williams , 554 , Old Kent Road .
Ad00609
Twelfth Edition , post-free , is . DR . WATTS on ASTHMA and BRONCHITIS . A Treatise on the only Successful Method of Curing these Diseases . By ROBERT G . WATTS , M . D ., F . R . S . L ., F . C . S ., Sic , 5 , Bulstrode-street , Cavendish-square , London . London : C . Mitchell and Co ., Red Lion-court . Fleet-stree / .
Ad00610
ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY , LIMITED . 7 , BANK BUILDINGS , LOTHBURY , E . C . General Accidents . I Personal Injuries Railway Accidents . | Deaths by Accident . C . HARDING , Manage--.
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NOW READY . THIRTEENTH ANNUAL ISSUE . T JJ P COSMOPOLITE MASOHIG CALENDAR AND POCKET BOOK FOR 1883 . Price as . ; Post Free , 2 s . id . ; About 280 pages , Roan , Gilt Edges , Elastic Band or Tuck . "The most comprehensive Masonic Book of Reference issued . " THE C OSMOPOLITAN MASONIC C ALENDAR contains full particulars of all Grand Masonic Bodies in England , Scotland , and Ireland , with complete lists of Craft Lodges , giving Dates of Constitution , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Rose Croix Chapters , Knights Templar Preceptories , Red Cross Conclaves , Colleges , Sec . There arc also Lists of London C RAFT AND MARK . LODGES , AND ROYAL ARCH C HAI-TERS . Those Meeting in the Country are shewn in towns alp habetically arranged . Tables are given shewing the different Lodges and Chapters grouped under their respective Provinces ; and a List of Lodges and Chapters meeting on Foreign Stations . The London Meetings of the Craft , Royal Arch , Mark , Ancient and Accepted Rite , Knights Templar , and Red Cross are noted in thc Memorandum space of each day . Meetings of thc various Committees of Grand Lodge , Grand Chapter , and Charitable Institutions are also given . Also thc Grand Bodies , with their Officers , in France , Belgium , Switzerland , German }' , Spain , Portugal , Italy , the Netherlands , Sweden and Norway , Denmark , Hungary , Greece , Turkey , Egypt , Canada , Quebec , New Brunswick , British Columbia , United States , Hayti , Central and South America , Republic of Liberia , Cuba , New Zealand , Sec , giving in most cases also Lists of Lodges , & c . It also contains thc Three Charges and Entered Apprentice ' s Song . Maybe had of all UooUseUets , or at GiioKUE KE . N'SI . ' S Estahlishments—LONDON : 16 , GREAT QUEEN STREET , Opposite Freemasons' Hall ( Ofiice of Publication ) , i , _• , - „ . 1 , LITTLE BRITAIN , & 197 , ALDERSGATE STREET . LIVERPOOL : 2 , MONUMENT PLACE . MANCHESTER * 47 . BRIDGE STRREET . GLASGOW : y , WEST HOWARD ST .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
A notice of the Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Book , and of the Cosmopolitan Calendar and Pocket Book will appear next week .
BOOKS , & c . RECEIVED . "The Broad Arrow , " "The Voice of Masonry , "The Citizen , " Bull s Process Iron and Steel Company , "The Keystone , 55 " Le Monde Maconnique , 55 "the Freemasons Chronicle ( Svdney ) , "The Freemason 55
( Sydney ) , "La Revista Masonica , "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "The Jewish Chronicle , " "The Hull Packet , " Masonia , ' " The Masonic Review , " " The Freemason ( Toronto ) , "The Chamber of Commerce Journal , " "El Taller , " "Grand Lodge Calendar , 1 SS 3 , " Amberg ' s System of Letter Filing .
Ar00612
^ T ^ fjKjt ^ Kii ^^ ZS ^ i ^^ SS ^ SS ^ S ^ S ^^ S ^ r-TprV ^ r - S * r- * - ** ** s * ri < ifi ^ i ' ' ^^ J ^^ Z L ^^¦~ i-J ^^! f ^ iiu ' . •^• ¦ ' ' :- ' fIi ^' ' l ' ,, ' * i ** -A "' .. I ** H W^ w ^ w ^^^^^^ ^ M^ S^^^ SSATURDAY , NOVEMBER 25 , 1882 .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by nurcorfespondents , but we wish in aspirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion ' . !
OBSOLETE WORDS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — The derivation of the word "hole" may hc as Bro . Chalmers suggests ; but one rather looks for examples of the use of the word in our literature . I venture to send two quotations from early writers , in which the word " hole " is used in precisely the same sense as in our ceremonies .
Original Correspondence.
First , from "Piers the Ploughman , passus v ., line iCS ( the whole passage is quoted to show the clear meaning of the word ) : "Seynt Gregoric was a gode pope , and had a gode fonvit , "That no priouresse were prest , for that he ordeigned , "Thei had thanne ben infamis the firste day , thei can so
yuer- * - ' hele conseille . " This is not very complimentary to the ladies ; of whom men , in all times since speech was invented , seems to say the same thing . My second example is from Chaucer ; and , singulary enough contains the same reflection on the fair sex , though
in this case made by one of themselves , who has good claims to be an authority . In the " Wyf of Bathes Tale , " line 6532 , this Mrs . Brown of the fourteenth century , says : " Pardy , we wymmen can right nothing hele . " And then relates the classical story of Midas , to clench her assertion .
the word is found in the German " Hchl , " secrecy ; " Hehlen , " to conceal ; and their derivatives , " Verhehlen , ' to hide , conceal , secrete ; and " Verhehler , " a hider , a concealer , a dissembler . I have not met with it in Spencer nor in Shakespear ; and probably the word dropped out of use by writers at the end of the fifteenth century . Yours fraternally , G . T . BUDDEN .
THE GRAND PRIORY OF CANADA . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — The Great Prior of Canada has sent me a copy of the allocution recently delivered by him to the Great Priory of Knights Templar at Montreal , and I venture to
think that there are many of your readers who will be interested to read the loyal address of Col . McLeod Moore . I have , therefore , ( forwarded it to the office of the Freemason , in the hope that you will give it insertion at an early date , either verbatim or in part . A small number of ambitious agitators are seeking to
make the office of Great Prior elective , with a view to securing the entire independence of the National Great Priory . These brethren apparently consider that no honour attaches to the Order from its connection with the Prince of Wales as Grand Master ; but I feel sure that all loyal Knights Templar in Canada , as in England , will applaud the
venerable , learned , and gallant old officer , who rules the Order in the dominion , in his determination to show unswerving allegiance to His Royal Highness as Most Eminent and Supreme Grand Master . The fratres in Canada appear to think Convent General no longer exists , and Col . Moore evidently looks upon it as moribund .
I am assured , however , on the highest authority , that this is not so , and that the Prince may at any time exercise his prerogative by calling it together , " mero motu , " and as the jurisdiction of thc Grand Master extends over thc kingdom of England and Ireland , and all possessions , colonies , and dependencies of the British Crown , including
Canada , it would be a great advantage to the Order generally if His Royal Highness would summons a meeting of that body , if only to show the interest lie continues to take in the United Orders of the Temple and Hospital . Trusting you will insert this letter , I am , dear Sir and Brother , fraternally yours ,
EMRA HOLMES , K . C . T . Hon . Prov . Prior of Canada ; Representative of Canada at the Great Priory of England . P . S . —I still live in hopes that our brethren in Scotland will one day join the Convent General under the banner of our future King .
THE BOYS' PREPARATORY SCHOOL . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Has any decision been arrived at in the competition . ' Because , if so , I should advise that the premiums be paid and another competition arranged , limited to architects
who are supporters of the charity , the conditions being altered so as to leave the competing architects more freedom to provide the necessary accommodation at a cost strictly limited and fixed . I think that vcry few architects of position submitted designs ; they rarely do in open competitions ; and the result
appears to be a number of ornate drawings , but wanting "' experience and economy . Do we not want a Building Committee for each of our charities , composed of brethren skilled in matters of construction , and thus prevent muddles in competitions , ^ ^^
defective drainage , and some other matters in which our worthy House Committees seem deficient , although deserving all praise for their energy and attention to the work of the institutions ? Yours & c , LIFE
GOVERNORPROVINCIAL PREFERMENT . To the Editor of thc "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — From circumstances personally known to myself- ** well as loud expressions of dissatisfaction made use of hy members of our lodge and others on thc subject of
preferment made by Provincial Grand Lodges , it seems to rue very desirable that a clause as to the selection of brethren should be incorporated in the new constitutional laws of ow order . I would suggest that when the Provincial Grand M aster ' sees fit to confer a distinction upon any lodge in his * III .