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? SATURDAY , APRIL 20 , 1901 . . - * -

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

Grand Festival will be celebrated on Wednesday , ' ^ instant . Grand Lodge will meet at the usual , pr of six p . m ., and H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , ^•G ., having been proclaimed M . W . G . Master , the ' rand Officers for the ensuing vear will be appointed and

invested . Subsequently the brethren will adjourn 0 the Freemasons' Tavern , and hold their Grand ^ ' . under the presidency of Earl Amherst , M . W . will f " Master - The proceedings throughout ollow precisely the same course as in past v \\\\ ° ° y difference bcin 2 that Grand Lodge have a new Presiding Officer in place of his

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Majesty King Edward VII ., who had governed the Craft for more than a quarter of a century , and who will still retain his connection with it as its " Protector . " * * # As the recent School Quarterly Courts were the first that have been held since the lamented death of her

Majesty Queen Victoria , it is no more than might have been expected from the known loyalty of the brethren that those present at the meetings should have availed themselves of the opportunity afforded them of passing resolutions —( 1 ) of sympathy with the King in the loss which he and the empire at large

had sustained by the death of Queen Victoria , the chief or grand Patroness of , and subscriber to , both our Schools ; and ( 2 ) of congratulation to his Majesty on his accession to the throne . The resolutions expressive of these feelings were very similarly worded ,

and it is needless to say were unanimously passed , the brethren being upstanding as a mark ot respect to his Majesty , who , though he has ceased to be ex-ojjicio President of the Institutions , is still their Protector and well-wisher , as he is of the rest of English Freemasonry .

* * * No one , of course , can have had the slightest doubt that the Quarterly Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls would accept the Perpetual Presentation which the Province of Kent resolved on founding as a memorial of the Chairmanship of Earl Amherst

—who has ruled it as its Grand Master for more than 40 years—at the approaching Festival in behalf of that Institution . Hence the motion for its acceptance , of which Bro . Attenborough had given notice , was accepted unanimously , but with the addition of a few words suggested by Bro . Frank Richardson , in order to ensure the observance of the forms customary in these

cases . * * » It may be of interest to mention that the distribution of prizes and calisthenic display which form a necessary part of the Festival celebration will take place , as usual , in the "Alexandra" Centenary Hall of the Girls' Institution , at Battersea Rise , on Monday ,

the 6 th May . The Countess Amherst has very kindly arranged to present the prizes , and if the weather will only prove favourable , there will no doubt be the usual numerous muster of Stewards and ladies , the presence of the latter in particular making it one of the brightest and most enjoyable of the year ' s Masonic gatherings . * * *

•Of the business , outside the election of the children , the Treasurer , and the members of Council and Board of Management , which was transacted at the Boys ' School Court on the 12 th instant , the only matter that calls for any remark is the information furnished by Bro . C . E . Keyser , who presided , as to the progress

that has been made with the erection of the new Schools at Bushey . From this it appears that the contractors are behindhand as regards the main building and there was no likelihood of its being completed by Michaelmas . A large amount of work , however , had been done , and Bro . Keyser was not

without hope that they might have the buildings finished next year and so be in a position to commence their preparations for the removal from Wood Green . Bro . Keyser promised that the Board would use all possible expedition to have the removal accomplished , and then to endeavour to get their successors to take possession of the Wood Green property . The chapel , it seems

which is being erected at Bro . Keyser's cost—is well in hand and its completion by Michaelmas may be looked for . If those who have been inspecting the buildings have been astonished and even frightened by the magnitude of the operations , the fact of the contractors being somewhat behind the time is not , perhaps , altogether surprising .

* * # This ( Friday ) evening Bro . VV . G . Kentish , P . G . Std . Br ., has very kindly arranged to give a Lantern Entertainment to the pupils of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys at Wood Green . The doors will be open at 6 . 30 , and the proceedings commence at

seven p . m . The Entertainment is entitled " Pictures of Switzerland , " and will include more than a hundred views taken at great heights in that country . This is a class of entertainment which is greatly appreciated by our School children , and in giving it Bro . Kentish has our best wishes for a successful meeting .

* # * It is not often that we have the pleasure of laying before our readers so interesting a report as will be found in another column of what is done from time to time in connection with the Irish Masonic Charities . The recent meeting in the Ulster Hall , Belfast , in

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behalf of the Charities established by the brethren in Co . Antrim and Co . Down appears to have been a very important one , and what is still more gratifying to have been carried out very successfully . There was a large concourse of brethren present , among them being the Officers of the Prov . Grand Lodges of

Antrim and Down , the representatives of nearly 100 Craft lodges and some 40 R . A . chapters , with many members of the Order of the Temple , and a small sprinkling of Prince Masons . When the business portion of the proceedings was over , an admirable concert vvas given , the principal items of which delighted the numerous audience .

The reports of the work accomplished by the Funds during the past year that were presented and adopted gave the utmost satisfaction , nor , though on comparing the receipts in 1900 with thoseof the previous years there appears a slight difference in favour of the latter , can there be said to have been any real diminution either

in the interest taken by the brethren in these Charities or in the amount that was forthcoming from them for their support . Without troubling the reader with a host of figures , it will suffice if we say that during the past year " 121 widows and nearly 500 individuals

in all have been assisted by the Funds ; " that there is a substantial amount of invested capital ; and last , but not least , that , according to one of the speakers , " the expenses amounted to only three or four per cent , on the total amount distributed . " All this is

most gratifying , and we have no doubt the appeal for further support in order to meet the increased demands on the Funds will prove successful . * * # Last week it was our mournful duty to record the death of one of the most distinguished among our Provincial brethren . Bro . Zillwood Milledge , who ,

though he had been for years a martyr to rheumatism , died somewhat unexpectedly on the 27 th ult ., had been a member of our Society for a quarter of a century , and it is no exaggeration to say that in him the Province of Dorsetshire , with which he had been connected during the whole of his Masonic career , has

lost one of its best and brightest members . It was in 1875 that our deceased brother was initiated in the All Souls Lodge , No . 170 , Weymouth , and thenceforward until his death he had taken a leading part in all the principal branches of Masonry . He was a Past Prov . G . W . in the Craft and Mark , Past Prov . G . J . in the

Royal Arch , and Past Prov . Sub-Prior of the Order of the Temple , as well as a Past M . W . S . of the All Souls Rose Croix Chapter , and had taken the 30 ° in the A . and A . Rite . He had served as Steward for all our Central Charities , and for years had acted as the

Charity Representative of his lodge . Under his supervision extensive alterations had been carried out in the Masonic Hall at Weymouth , and , indeed , he had generally rendered such services to Masonry in that town and in the Province of Dorset as it falls to the lot of but few brethren to render .

* * * In one respect he stood alone among his Dorsetshire brethren—as the historian of All Souls Lodge , No . 170 . In 1896 Bro . Milledge gave to the Craft what he very modestly described as " Historic Notes of All Souls Lodge , No . 170 , Weymouth , 17 67-1895 , "

but what is virtually a history of the lodge , in which are described not only the many and rare gifts which have been presented to it from time to time , but all the leading incidents in its career as they have been recorded in successive Minute Books . This History , which was restricted to an edition of 150 copies ,

makes quite a substantial volume of close upon 350 pages , and Us value is greatly enhanced by the many illustrations with which it is embellished , as well as by an Introduction from the pen of Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D ., who , in the course of his remarks , spoke in terms of well-merited commendation of the admirable

manner in which Bro . Milledge had fulfilled his task . We , too , at the time had the pleasure of bearing testimony to the value of the work , and none can regret more sincerely than we do that it should have devolved upon us to chronicle the death of so worthy and so eminent a Mason at the comparatively early age of 56 .

* * * The following resolution , which was proposed by John S . Kenny , Esq ., seconded by Charles O'Hara Trench , Esq ., J . P ., at the Easter Vestry , held in Clonfert Cathedral , was passed unanimously , namely : " That the Select Vestry of Clonfert Cathedral parish

desire to express their satisfaction with the various improvements carried out in connection with the restoration of the Cathedral by the Rev . Canon McLarney , B . A ., Rector of Clonfert , and to offer him their best thanks for his energy in collecting funds for the purpose . " We are g lad to see that our Rev . Bro . McLarney ' s work is appreciated .