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The Masonic Mirror
the Brethren § . gain how happy I have been this evening amongst you . Although this is the first , I hope it will not be the last time I shall have the honour of being in this Hall , to prove to you how much pleased I am to have the honour of belonging to your most respectable Order . " ( Loud applause . ) His royal highness then retired midst the hearty plaudits of all the Brethren .
THE COLONIAL BOARD . Bro . Havers then rose to explain that he had not moved the rejection of any portion of . the report , and called upon the G . Sec . to read the minute which recorded his motion . The G . Sec . : " Moved by Bro . Havers , and seconded by Bro . Slight ., that the two first and three concluding paragraphs be received , adopted , and entered on the minutes . "
Bro . Henderson said it was not competent in such a case to move the non-confirmation of the minutes , and if the motion were carried , the effect would be that no portion of the report of the Colonial Board would be carried , and he felt sura this w as not what Bro . Binckes wished to do . Bro . Binckes said that he held in his hand the Freemasons' Magazine , the reports of which were now authorized , as he understood , by the G . M ., and it said : —
" Bro . Havers then read the paragraphs which he proposed should be omitted . " ( Hear , hear . ) / What other conclusion , therefore , could he come to than that at which he had arrived—that a porton of the report had been rejected ? A Brother on the dais was Understood to say that the reports in the Magazine were permitted by Grand Lodge , hut that Grand Lodge was not responsible for theni in the sense understood by Bro . Binckes .
The G . M . : " The reports , as printed in the Magazine , are certainly not authorized . ' The editor has permission of the G . M . to take notes in order to make a report ; but it is on his own responsibility that these should be correct , The G . M . is certainly not answerable for their accuracy . " Bro . Savage : " Or Grand Lodge either . " ( Laughter . )
Bro . Binckes said , that desiring that certain paragraphs should be received , and passing over the rest , was tantamount to the rejection of the paragraphs so passed over . ( Hear , hear . ) Certain papers were referred to the Colonial Board to consider and report upon , and in the report the Board of course did not content themselves with a mere abstract of these documents , but communicated to Grand Lodge the opinion they formed upon them ; and if there was nothing in those sentiments
( as he contended there was not ) which was contz'ary to the facts -placed before the Board , why should any portion of their report be rejected ? ( Hear . ) It was not a sufficient reason for rejecting them , that some Brethren objected to the terras in which certain of the clauses were expressed . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Binckes went on to complain of the term " monstrous , " as applied by Bro . Havers to the report of the Colonial Board .
Bro . Henderson rose to order , and said , that a general discussion could not be raised in this way on a motion for the non-confirmation of the minutes . Bro . Binckes said it was useless for him . to make that or any other motion if he was not allowed to state his reasons for doing so . ( Hear , hear , and loud cries of " Time ! time ! " ) Bro . Dobie thought that as the Colonial Board was only a subordinate committee of Grand Lodge , it was perfectly competent to Grand Lodge to adopt such portions of its report as it thought fit , and to let the others pass .
The G . M . : * ' You move the non-confirmation of the minutes so far as they relate to the rejection of a part of the report of the Colonial Board . Now as there is no part of the minutes which relate to the rejection of part of that report , I apprehend your motion falls to the ground . " ( Hear . ) Bro . Binckes : " This shows the necessity for a recognized record of what renlly does take place . '' The G . ST . : "It shows you the misfortune of your not being present on the occasion / Bro . Binckes . " ( Laughter . )
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The Masonic Mirror
the Brethren § . gain how happy I have been this evening amongst you . Although this is the first , I hope it will not be the last time I shall have the honour of being in this Hall , to prove to you how much pleased I am to have the honour of belonging to your most respectable Order . " ( Loud applause . ) His royal highness then retired midst the hearty plaudits of all the Brethren .
THE COLONIAL BOARD . Bro . Havers then rose to explain that he had not moved the rejection of any portion of . the report , and called upon the G . Sec . to read the minute which recorded his motion . The G . Sec . : " Moved by Bro . Havers , and seconded by Bro . Slight ., that the two first and three concluding paragraphs be received , adopted , and entered on the minutes . "
Bro . Henderson said it was not competent in such a case to move the non-confirmation of the minutes , and if the motion were carried , the effect would be that no portion of the report of the Colonial Board would be carried , and he felt sura this w as not what Bro . Binckes wished to do . Bro . Binckes said that he held in his hand the Freemasons' Magazine , the reports of which were now authorized , as he understood , by the G . M ., and it said : —
" Bro . Havers then read the paragraphs which he proposed should be omitted . " ( Hear , hear . ) / What other conclusion , therefore , could he come to than that at which he had arrived—that a porton of the report had been rejected ? A Brother on the dais was Understood to say that the reports in the Magazine were permitted by Grand Lodge , hut that Grand Lodge was not responsible for theni in the sense understood by Bro . Binckes .
The G . M . : " The reports , as printed in the Magazine , are certainly not authorized . ' The editor has permission of the G . M . to take notes in order to make a report ; but it is on his own responsibility that these should be correct , The G . M . is certainly not answerable for their accuracy . " Bro . Savage : " Or Grand Lodge either . " ( Laughter . )
Bro . Binckes said , that desiring that certain paragraphs should be received , and passing over the rest , was tantamount to the rejection of the paragraphs so passed over . ( Hear , hear . ) Certain papers were referred to the Colonial Board to consider and report upon , and in the report the Board of course did not content themselves with a mere abstract of these documents , but communicated to Grand Lodge the opinion they formed upon them ; and if there was nothing in those sentiments
( as he contended there was not ) which was contz'ary to the facts -placed before the Board , why should any portion of their report be rejected ? ( Hear . ) It was not a sufficient reason for rejecting them , that some Brethren objected to the terras in which certain of the clauses were expressed . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Binckes went on to complain of the term " monstrous , " as applied by Bro . Havers to the report of the Colonial Board .
Bro . Henderson rose to order , and said , that a general discussion could not be raised in this way on a motion for the non-confirmation of the minutes . Bro . Binckes said it was useless for him . to make that or any other motion if he was not allowed to state his reasons for doing so . ( Hear , hear , and loud cries of " Time ! time ! " ) Bro . Dobie thought that as the Colonial Board was only a subordinate committee of Grand Lodge , it was perfectly competent to Grand Lodge to adopt such portions of its report as it thought fit , and to let the others pass .
The G . M . : * ' You move the non-confirmation of the minutes so far as they relate to the rejection of a part of the report of the Colonial Board . Now as there is no part of the minutes which relate to the rejection of part of that report , I apprehend your motion falls to the ground . " ( Hear . ) Bro . Binckes : " This shows the necessity for a recognized record of what renlly does take place . '' The G . ST . : "It shows you the misfortune of your not being present on the occasion / Bro . Binckes . " ( Laughter . )