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At The Sign Of The Perfect Ashlar.
is truly Masonic work , the opportunity may be an inducement to the brethren to participate unitedly and generously , so that the response may prove worthy of the great province to which they belong . His lordship goes on to give voice to a strong feeling which exists that some special piece of work in connection with the cathedral should be undertaken by the
brethren of West Lancashire . Bro . J . C . Moor , who was appointed to succeed Bro . R . Hudson as Prov . G . Secretary of Durham at the last annual meeting of P . G . Lodge at South Shields in September , was , like Bro . Hudson , initiated in the Palatine Lodge , No . 97 , Sunderland . His esteemed predecessor , Bro . R . Hudson ,
HRO . . 1 . 0 . MOOR . was P . G . D . of C . from 1870 until 1882 , when he was appointed P . G . Secretary by the late Marquis of Londonderry , K . P ., and he had under successive Provincial Grand Masters
held the office for 21 years , with great satisfaction to the province and to the advancement of Freemasonry . As Lord Barnard said in appointing and investing Bro . Moor , he followed one whose zeal and ability was recognised on all hands . The new Provincial Secretary was installed as W . M .
of the Palatine Lodge in December , 188 3 , and succeeded Bro . Hudson , the first W . M . of the Londonderry Lodge , No . 2039 , in the chair of the lodge in 1885 . In 188 4 , Bro . Moor was appointed P . J . G . D . by the Marquis of Londonderry , P . G . M ., and in 18 95 he was appointed P . J . G . W . by the
late Sir Hedworth Williamson , P . G . M . In October , 1 9 , he became first W . M . of the Wearmouth Lodge , No . 2934 , of which his eldest son was ( he first initiate and his second
son is the J . D . Bro . Moor is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries , and has been a Fellow of the Institute of Journalists since its charter was granted by her late Majesty , and his name appeared in the first list of appointments . He lias been connected with the Newcastle press for 40 years past . Bro . Moor has been a Royal Arch Mason
for over 20 years , in the Strict Benevolence Chapter , No . 97 , and the De Lambton Chapter , No . 94 , of which he was Z . in 1887 . Last year , he occupied the chair of Second Grand Principal in the Provincial Chapter of Durham , and also the office of P . J . G . W . in the Mark Province of
Northumberland and Durham , at the head of both the Royal Arch and Mark Degrees the Rev . Canon Tristram is the highly respected head . Bro . Hudson was appointed as the P . S . G . W . by the Rt . Hon . Lord Barnard at the same time as Bro . Moor was appointed as Provincial Secretary , and his lordship has in them two most diligent and experienced officers .
The M . W . Grand Master , the Duke of Connaught , has appointed Sir James Meredeth , LL . D ., to represent the Grand Lodge of England in Ireland . The Marquis of Hertford performs a similar duty in England on behalf of the Grand Lodge of Ireland .
< 3 > < 5 . « S > The Right Hon . Lord Barnard was , on the 12 th November , installed at the Darlington Mark Lodge as the W . M . for the ensuing year , the ceremony being most ably performed by W . Bro . Richard Luck , P . G . D . of England , P . P . S . W ., and
there was a large attendance on the occasion , the officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Northumberland and Durham paying an official visit to the lodge . The retiring W . M ., Bro . R . M . Wilkes , presided .
© «© * An interesting , not to say unique , incident happened at the annual meeting of the Macdonald Lodge , No . 104 , of Mark Master Masons , at Mark Masons' Hall , on October 12 th . The occasion was the installation of W . M . for the current
year and advancement of candidates to the honorable degree-The member who had been unanimously chosen to rule the lodge was its Senior Warden , Bro . Charles George Butler , P . P . G . I . G . of Berks and Oxon , who , subsequent to his induction into the chair , advanced two of his sons , namely ,
Bros . Charles George Todd and Percival Harry Todd Butler , the first-named a member of the Cranbourne Lodge , No . 1580 , and of the St . Catherine ' s Park Lodge , No . 28 99 , both in the London District , and the other a member of the Alexandra Lodge , No . 993 Manchester . And this was not
all , for the newly-advanced brethren were respectively appointed and invested as Organist and Steward . There was wanting one ingredient only to fill the W . M . ' s cup of happiness , and that the honour of the presence of his former chief , the Earl of Jersey , who , when head of the Mark
Province of Berks and Oxon , had invested him with the collar of P . G . I . G . However , his lordship intimated in a pleasant letter that a prior engagement was responsible for his absence from the ceremonies of the evening . It may be added that Bro . Butler announced , ere closing the lodge , his
( I'lm / o Klile Portrait Cn . ) nuns . ... ( i . i . im . Ki ., c . (_ . r . I . UTI . I . I ., AND I > II . T . HUTI . KH . intention to represent the Macdonald Mark Masons at next year's festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund , which is to be presided over by R . W . Bro . Frank Richardson , P . G . W ., President of the General Board .
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At The Sign Of The Perfect Ashlar.
is truly Masonic work , the opportunity may be an inducement to the brethren to participate unitedly and generously , so that the response may prove worthy of the great province to which they belong . His lordship goes on to give voice to a strong feeling which exists that some special piece of work in connection with the cathedral should be undertaken by the
brethren of West Lancashire . Bro . J . C . Moor , who was appointed to succeed Bro . R . Hudson as Prov . G . Secretary of Durham at the last annual meeting of P . G . Lodge at South Shields in September , was , like Bro . Hudson , initiated in the Palatine Lodge , No . 97 , Sunderland . His esteemed predecessor , Bro . R . Hudson ,
HRO . . 1 . 0 . MOOR . was P . G . D . of C . from 1870 until 1882 , when he was appointed P . G . Secretary by the late Marquis of Londonderry , K . P ., and he had under successive Provincial Grand Masters
held the office for 21 years , with great satisfaction to the province and to the advancement of Freemasonry . As Lord Barnard said in appointing and investing Bro . Moor , he followed one whose zeal and ability was recognised on all hands . The new Provincial Secretary was installed as W . M .
of the Palatine Lodge in December , 188 3 , and succeeded Bro . Hudson , the first W . M . of the Londonderry Lodge , No . 2039 , in the chair of the lodge in 1885 . In 188 4 , Bro . Moor was appointed P . J . G . D . by the Marquis of Londonderry , P . G . M ., and in 18 95 he was appointed P . J . G . W . by the
late Sir Hedworth Williamson , P . G . M . In October , 1 9 , he became first W . M . of the Wearmouth Lodge , No . 2934 , of which his eldest son was ( he first initiate and his second
son is the J . D . Bro . Moor is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries , and has been a Fellow of the Institute of Journalists since its charter was granted by her late Majesty , and his name appeared in the first list of appointments . He lias been connected with the Newcastle press for 40 years past . Bro . Moor has been a Royal Arch Mason
for over 20 years , in the Strict Benevolence Chapter , No . 97 , and the De Lambton Chapter , No . 94 , of which he was Z . in 1887 . Last year , he occupied the chair of Second Grand Principal in the Provincial Chapter of Durham , and also the office of P . J . G . W . in the Mark Province of
Northumberland and Durham , at the head of both the Royal Arch and Mark Degrees the Rev . Canon Tristram is the highly respected head . Bro . Hudson was appointed as the P . S . G . W . by the Rt . Hon . Lord Barnard at the same time as Bro . Moor was appointed as Provincial Secretary , and his lordship has in them two most diligent and experienced officers .
The M . W . Grand Master , the Duke of Connaught , has appointed Sir James Meredeth , LL . D ., to represent the Grand Lodge of England in Ireland . The Marquis of Hertford performs a similar duty in England on behalf of the Grand Lodge of Ireland .
< 3 > < 5 . « S > The Right Hon . Lord Barnard was , on the 12 th November , installed at the Darlington Mark Lodge as the W . M . for the ensuing year , the ceremony being most ably performed by W . Bro . Richard Luck , P . G . D . of England , P . P . S . W ., and
there was a large attendance on the occasion , the officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Northumberland and Durham paying an official visit to the lodge . The retiring W . M ., Bro . R . M . Wilkes , presided .
© «© * An interesting , not to say unique , incident happened at the annual meeting of the Macdonald Lodge , No . 104 , of Mark Master Masons , at Mark Masons' Hall , on October 12 th . The occasion was the installation of W . M . for the current
year and advancement of candidates to the honorable degree-The member who had been unanimously chosen to rule the lodge was its Senior Warden , Bro . Charles George Butler , P . P . G . I . G . of Berks and Oxon , who , subsequent to his induction into the chair , advanced two of his sons , namely ,
Bros . Charles George Todd and Percival Harry Todd Butler , the first-named a member of the Cranbourne Lodge , No . 1580 , and of the St . Catherine ' s Park Lodge , No . 28 99 , both in the London District , and the other a member of the Alexandra Lodge , No . 993 Manchester . And this was not
all , for the newly-advanced brethren were respectively appointed and invested as Organist and Steward . There was wanting one ingredient only to fill the W . M . ' s cup of happiness , and that the honour of the presence of his former chief , the Earl of Jersey , who , when head of the Mark
Province of Berks and Oxon , had invested him with the collar of P . G . I . G . However , his lordship intimated in a pleasant letter that a prior engagement was responsible for his absence from the ceremonies of the evening . It may be added that Bro . Butler announced , ere closing the lodge , his
( I'lm / o Klile Portrait Cn . ) nuns . ... ( i . i . im . Ki ., c . (_ . r . I . UTI . I . I ., AND I > II . T . HUTI . KH . intention to represent the Macdonald Mark Masons at next year's festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund , which is to be presided over by R . W . Bro . Frank Richardson , P . G . W ., President of the General Board .