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United Grand Lodge.
United Grand Lodge .
'HP HE September Quarterly Communication of Grand I Lodge was held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday the 5 th . There was a huge attendance , and the proceedings were so prolonged that a motion to adjourn the debate on the vexed question of the rebuilding of the Tavern
to a special meeting at a convenient date was carried unanimously . After the minutes had been confirmed the Grand
Registrar expressed his warm appreciation of the unsolicited , unanimous , and geneious vote of the brethren at the last meeting of Grand Lodge , to whom he now tendered his thanks . The Grand Registrar then reported that applications for recognition as Sovereign Grand Lodges had been received
from two Masonic bodies on the American continent . One of these—the Grand Lodge of Alberta—embraced the lodges in the recently-formed Province of Alberta in the
Northwest of the Dominion of Canada , which lodges had been warranted by the Grand Lodge of Manitoba . The inauguration of the new Body having taken place with the approval and in the presence of the M . W . Grand Master of Manitoba , who installed the presiding officer of the new Grand Lodge ,
His Royal Highness the Grand Master of England had been pleased to assent" to the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Alberta as having sole and sovereign Masonic jurisdiction within the Canadian Province of that name , and recommended the United Grand Lodge of England to accord such recognition .
The second application was from Mexico , where the want of unity , and the claims of an unrecognised Rite to control the lodges , had for some years operated to prevent the acknowledgment of a supreme Masonic authority in the country . The Gran Dicta Simbolica de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos , which repeatedly asked to be recognised as the
Mexican Grand Lodge , failed to satisfy our Grand Master ' s advisers ; and it was recently announced that it has been locally " suppressed " or " extinguished , " leaving two rival bodies as claimants for the supreme authority . Of these , the Grand Lodge Santos Degollado professed to be subordinate
to a Supreme Council of the unrecognised Rite , and therefore could not be acknowledged as " independent and sovereign " ; while the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico refused to acknowledge the Supreme Council as having any jurisdiction in what is known as Craft and Royal Arch Masonry . The views of the latter Body had prevailed , and in December ,
1905 , the two bodies amalgamated as the "Grand Lodge of A . F . and A . M . Valle de Mexico , " recognising no superior authority , but , in their own words , " after many years the Mexican Blue Lodge Masons are united under one Grand Lodge which is free and independent . " Their laws were founded on the Constitutions of England , and the lirst article
of their Instructions to Lodges read thus : "The Ancient Landmarks and Charges of the Fraternity are dogmatic precepts , and therefore unalterable . " Of the total of forty lodges , twenty-one work in Spanish and nineteen in English . The previous difficulties having been removed ,
His Royal Highness the Grand Master of England had been pleased to assent to the recognition of the Grand Lodge Yalle < le Mexico as having sole and sovereign Masonic jurisdiction within the South-American country of Mexico , and recommended the United Grand Lodge of England to accord such recognition .
The Grand Registrar moved and the Acting Grand Master seconded , that recognition in both cases he accorded , and the resolution was carried unanimously . The next business was the nomination of the Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year . \ V . Bro . W . Lestocq , P . M . 1319 , & c , nominated W . Bro . Thomas Eraser , Banker , of No . 37 , Threadneedle Street , London . Bro . Eraser was initiated on November
3 rd , 18 92 , in the Eccentric Lodge , No . 24 88 . He is Worshipful Master of the Jubilee Masters' Lodge , No . 2712 ; P . M . of the Eccentric Lodge , No . 24 88 ; a member of the St . Alban ' s Lodge , No . 29 ; a brother of the Dene Lodge , No . 2228 ; a member of the Grafton Lodge , No . 2347 ; a
member of the Marcians' Lodge , No . 26 4 8 ; and a founder of tlie Richard Clowes Lodge , No . 293 6 . He is also founder and lirst M . E . Z . of the Marcians' Chapter , No . 26 4 8 , and a Vice-Patron of each of the three Masonic Charitable Institutions , having served a total of twenty-one
Stewardships . W . Bro . Albion George Collins , P . M . 2041 , nominated for the post Bro . Augustus Alfred Frigout , P . M ., P . Z . He was a company ' s secretary residing at Dudley House , Brockley , Kent . His Masonic service covers a period
exceeding twenty-three years . For many years he had served as Steward to the Masonic Institutions , to each of which he is at present Vice-Patron . He had already served thirty Stewardships , ten to each Institution . Bro . Frigout was initialed in May , 18 S 3 , in the Lodge of Amity , No . 171 . He joined the West Kent Volunteer Lodge ,
No . 2041 , in 1 S 86 , and became W . M . in 1890 . He joined Excelsior Lodge , No . 1155 , in 1888 . He was a founder and lirst S . W . of the Kentish Lodge , No . 3021 , of which he became the W . M . in 1905 , and is at present I . P . M . He was also Prov . Grand Supt . of Works for Kent . Bro . Frigout
was exalted into Arch Masonry in the Robert Burns Chapter , No . 25 , in 1886 , and has twice occupied the position of M E . Z . Founder and lirst M . E . Z . of the Excelsior Chapter , No . 1 155 , and was now its Treasurer .
The Grand Registrar as Chairman of the Special Committee appointed to consider and report on the question of Freemasons' Tavern , moved that the Report as printed be received and entered on the Minutes . This having been seconded and duly carried , the Grand Registrar proceeded to review the position in which Grand Lodge now stood
with regard to the Tavern property and the scheme recommended in the Majority Report of the Special Committee , and moved : " That the works be carried out by the Board of General Purposes at a cost of not exceeding £ 50 , 000 , and that steps be taken by the Board of General Purposes " ( which is the proper authority ) "to carry that out . " He
said if the recommendation of the Report be carried it still left it open for further instructions to be given to the Board . He wished to read to them the opinion of the Grand
Superintendent of Works . He says : "The securing of a lessee should in my opinion be a condition precedent to the execution of the work unless indeed the Grand Lodge , failing a tenant , is prepared to assume the management of the business—an enterprise which would end in disaster . " It fully supported the view he had expressed , that they
should see what the intending tenant required and spend no more than might be found necessary . Some objection had been made to a Tavern being associated with Freemasons ' Hall ; but all the advantages of licensed premises may be had without using the word " Tavern . " They could call the place " The Masonic Rooms" or the "Connaught Rooms , "
just as certain licensed property in Piccadilly was known as " Prince ' s Rooms . " But whatever they did , let them get to work as soon as possible to get the lodges back . He moved the adoption of the Committee ' s recommendation .
At the request of the Acting Grand Master the Grand Registrar read the terms of the Resolution : — " That Grand Lodge delers the question of alteration lo the Freemasons ' Hall premises , including the erection of a new Temple , until provision has been made for the necessary funds ; and that the alterations to the licensed premises as advised by the
Grand Superintendent of Works be forthwith carried out by the Board of General Purposes at a cost of not exceeding / . " 5 o , ooo . Further , that steps be taken by the Board when
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United Grand Lodge.
United Grand Lodge .
'HP HE September Quarterly Communication of Grand I Lodge was held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday the 5 th . There was a huge attendance , and the proceedings were so prolonged that a motion to adjourn the debate on the vexed question of the rebuilding of the Tavern
to a special meeting at a convenient date was carried unanimously . After the minutes had been confirmed the Grand
Registrar expressed his warm appreciation of the unsolicited , unanimous , and geneious vote of the brethren at the last meeting of Grand Lodge , to whom he now tendered his thanks . The Grand Registrar then reported that applications for recognition as Sovereign Grand Lodges had been received
from two Masonic bodies on the American continent . One of these—the Grand Lodge of Alberta—embraced the lodges in the recently-formed Province of Alberta in the
Northwest of the Dominion of Canada , which lodges had been warranted by the Grand Lodge of Manitoba . The inauguration of the new Body having taken place with the approval and in the presence of the M . W . Grand Master of Manitoba , who installed the presiding officer of the new Grand Lodge ,
His Royal Highness the Grand Master of England had been pleased to assent" to the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Alberta as having sole and sovereign Masonic jurisdiction within the Canadian Province of that name , and recommended the United Grand Lodge of England to accord such recognition .
The second application was from Mexico , where the want of unity , and the claims of an unrecognised Rite to control the lodges , had for some years operated to prevent the acknowledgment of a supreme Masonic authority in the country . The Gran Dicta Simbolica de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos , which repeatedly asked to be recognised as the
Mexican Grand Lodge , failed to satisfy our Grand Master ' s advisers ; and it was recently announced that it has been locally " suppressed " or " extinguished , " leaving two rival bodies as claimants for the supreme authority . Of these , the Grand Lodge Santos Degollado professed to be subordinate
to a Supreme Council of the unrecognised Rite , and therefore could not be acknowledged as " independent and sovereign " ; while the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico refused to acknowledge the Supreme Council as having any jurisdiction in what is known as Craft and Royal Arch Masonry . The views of the latter Body had prevailed , and in December ,
1905 , the two bodies amalgamated as the "Grand Lodge of A . F . and A . M . Valle de Mexico , " recognising no superior authority , but , in their own words , " after many years the Mexican Blue Lodge Masons are united under one Grand Lodge which is free and independent . " Their laws were founded on the Constitutions of England , and the lirst article
of their Instructions to Lodges read thus : "The Ancient Landmarks and Charges of the Fraternity are dogmatic precepts , and therefore unalterable . " Of the total of forty lodges , twenty-one work in Spanish and nineteen in English . The previous difficulties having been removed ,
His Royal Highness the Grand Master of England had been pleased to assent to the recognition of the Grand Lodge Yalle < le Mexico as having sole and sovereign Masonic jurisdiction within the South-American country of Mexico , and recommended the United Grand Lodge of England to accord such recognition .
The Grand Registrar moved and the Acting Grand Master seconded , that recognition in both cases he accorded , and the resolution was carried unanimously . The next business was the nomination of the Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year . \ V . Bro . W . Lestocq , P . M . 1319 , & c , nominated W . Bro . Thomas Eraser , Banker , of No . 37 , Threadneedle Street , London . Bro . Eraser was initiated on November
3 rd , 18 92 , in the Eccentric Lodge , No . 24 88 . He is Worshipful Master of the Jubilee Masters' Lodge , No . 2712 ; P . M . of the Eccentric Lodge , No . 24 88 ; a member of the St . Alban ' s Lodge , No . 29 ; a brother of the Dene Lodge , No . 2228 ; a member of the Grafton Lodge , No . 2347 ; a
member of the Marcians' Lodge , No . 26 4 8 ; and a founder of tlie Richard Clowes Lodge , No . 293 6 . He is also founder and lirst M . E . Z . of the Marcians' Chapter , No . 26 4 8 , and a Vice-Patron of each of the three Masonic Charitable Institutions , having served a total of twenty-one
Stewardships . W . Bro . Albion George Collins , P . M . 2041 , nominated for the post Bro . Augustus Alfred Frigout , P . M ., P . Z . He was a company ' s secretary residing at Dudley House , Brockley , Kent . His Masonic service covers a period
exceeding twenty-three years . For many years he had served as Steward to the Masonic Institutions , to each of which he is at present Vice-Patron . He had already served thirty Stewardships , ten to each Institution . Bro . Frigout was initialed in May , 18 S 3 , in the Lodge of Amity , No . 171 . He joined the West Kent Volunteer Lodge ,
No . 2041 , in 1 S 86 , and became W . M . in 1890 . He joined Excelsior Lodge , No . 1155 , in 1888 . He was a founder and lirst S . W . of the Kentish Lodge , No . 3021 , of which he became the W . M . in 1905 , and is at present I . P . M . He was also Prov . Grand Supt . of Works for Kent . Bro . Frigout
was exalted into Arch Masonry in the Robert Burns Chapter , No . 25 , in 1886 , and has twice occupied the position of M E . Z . Founder and lirst M . E . Z . of the Excelsior Chapter , No . 1 155 , and was now its Treasurer .
The Grand Registrar as Chairman of the Special Committee appointed to consider and report on the question of Freemasons' Tavern , moved that the Report as printed be received and entered on the Minutes . This having been seconded and duly carried , the Grand Registrar proceeded to review the position in which Grand Lodge now stood
with regard to the Tavern property and the scheme recommended in the Majority Report of the Special Committee , and moved : " That the works be carried out by the Board of General Purposes at a cost of not exceeding £ 50 , 000 , and that steps be taken by the Board of General Purposes " ( which is the proper authority ) "to carry that out . " He
said if the recommendation of the Report be carried it still left it open for further instructions to be given to the Board . He wished to read to them the opinion of the Grand
Superintendent of Works . He says : "The securing of a lessee should in my opinion be a condition precedent to the execution of the work unless indeed the Grand Lodge , failing a tenant , is prepared to assume the management of the business—an enterprise which would end in disaster . " It fully supported the view he had expressed , that they
should see what the intending tenant required and spend no more than might be found necessary . Some objection had been made to a Tavern being associated with Freemasons ' Hall ; but all the advantages of licensed premises may be had without using the word " Tavern . " They could call the place " The Masonic Rooms" or the "Connaught Rooms , "
just as certain licensed property in Piccadilly was known as " Prince ' s Rooms . " But whatever they did , let them get to work as soon as possible to get the lodges back . He moved the adoption of the Committee ' s recommendation .
At the request of the Acting Grand Master the Grand Registrar read the terms of the Resolution : — " That Grand Lodge delers the question of alteration lo the Freemasons ' Hall premises , including the erection of a new Temple , until provision has been made for the necessary funds ; and that the alterations to the licensed premises as advised by the
Grand Superintendent of Works be forthwith carried out by the Board of General Purposes at a cost of not exceeding / . " 5 o , ooo . Further , that steps be taken by the Board when