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Business Of Grand Lodge.
Royal Masonic Boys' School , towards tho enlargement of tlie school house at Tottenham" we believe there can lie but one reply . Grand Lodge is not in a position to make the sacrifice , having regard to tho proposed improvements in the property of the Graft . Moreover it is to be hoped that tho liberality of the brethren at the approaching festival , on the 30 th inst ., will render any such grant or loan altogether unnecessary .
We now come to the last and most important notice of motionmost important , because we look upon it as an attempt to overrule the decision of last Grand Lodge , for devoting a portion of our property solely to Masonic purposes , by a side word—and giving a clue to what was tho real intention of Bro . Wliitmore ' s motion for the
appointment of a committee to act in concert with the Board of General Purposes , at last Grand Lodge . The words of this resolution , as now proposed by Bro . Whitmore , are as follow : — " That , inasmuch as tho property of the Masonic body in Great Queen-street does not in its present state , afford sufficient facilities for the transaction of Masonic
business—and inasmuch as it is not desirable to devote that portion of it known as the ' . Freemasons' Tavern and Hall' exclusively to Masonic purposes—a committee be appointed to examine and report to tho Grancl Lodge , as to the best means of providing for the necessary requirements ofthe Craft at large . " Should this resolution bo affirmed —and we trust it will not—all that Grancl Lodge determined upon at its last meeting , will lie wholly set aside , and rendered of no avail ,
Tasmania.
TASMANIA .
WE had hoped to have been spared the necessity of again roferrinn * to the unfortunate disputes between the Rev . Bro . Ewino-, tlie Provincial Grand Master for Tasmania , and the members of Lodge No . 781 at Hobavfc Town , unless to congratulate all parties upon a display of mutual forbearance , and an amicable settlement of the matters in
dispute . But it is not so ; and two notices on tlie business paper for Grand Lodge on Wednesday next , ancl the various communications we have received , compel us to break our silence . In the Grancl Lodge agenda we find first , a notice that "The Most Worshi pful Grand Master will lay before Grancl Lodge a communication received from Bro . Charles Toby , accompanying the return of the warrant of the Tasmtmian Union Lodge , iso . 783 , at Ilctert Town ; " and secondly ,
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Business Of Grand Lodge.
Royal Masonic Boys' School , towards tho enlargement of tlie school house at Tottenham" we believe there can lie but one reply . Grand Lodge is not in a position to make the sacrifice , having regard to tho proposed improvements in the property of the Graft . Moreover it is to be hoped that tho liberality of the brethren at the approaching festival , on the 30 th inst ., will render any such grant or loan altogether unnecessary .
We now come to the last and most important notice of motionmost important , because we look upon it as an attempt to overrule the decision of last Grand Lodge , for devoting a portion of our property solely to Masonic purposes , by a side word—and giving a clue to what was tho real intention of Bro . Wliitmore ' s motion for the
appointment of a committee to act in concert with the Board of General Purposes , at last Grand Lodge . The words of this resolution , as now proposed by Bro . Whitmore , are as follow : — " That , inasmuch as tho property of the Masonic body in Great Queen-street does not in its present state , afford sufficient facilities for the transaction of Masonic
business—and inasmuch as it is not desirable to devote that portion of it known as the ' . Freemasons' Tavern and Hall' exclusively to Masonic purposes—a committee be appointed to examine and report to tho Grancl Lodge , as to the best means of providing for the necessary requirements ofthe Craft at large . " Should this resolution bo affirmed —and we trust it will not—all that Grancl Lodge determined upon at its last meeting , will lie wholly set aside , and rendered of no avail ,
Tasmania.
TASMANIA .
WE had hoped to have been spared the necessity of again roferrinn * to the unfortunate disputes between the Rev . Bro . Ewino-, tlie Provincial Grand Master for Tasmania , and the members of Lodge No . 781 at Hobavfc Town , unless to congratulate all parties upon a display of mutual forbearance , and an amicable settlement of the matters in
dispute . But it is not so ; and two notices on tlie business paper for Grand Lodge on Wednesday next , ancl the various communications we have received , compel us to break our silence . In the Grancl Lodge agenda we find first , a notice that "The Most Worshi pful Grand Master will lay before Grancl Lodge a communication received from Bro . Charles Toby , accompanying the return of the warrant of the Tasmtmian Union Lodge , iso . 783 , at Ilctert Town ; " and secondly ,