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Dr . Goodchild , P . M ., assisted by his son , Bro . Dr . N . J . Goodchild , P . M . It would be ungrateful to pass unnoticed the services rendered by Bro . Jno . Simpson , whose whole care was to add to the comfort of the passengers on board the Favourite , and owing to whose untiring zeal the pleasure of the whole party was much enhanced , while

Bro . C . Gammon , Stwd ., contributed to their enjoyment by the singing of his popular comic songs throughout the trip . On reaching East Molesey the company adjourned to the Castle Hotel , and partook of a good dinner , provided by Bro . Mayo , after which the W . M . proposed the usual toasts , and an impromptu dance brought a most enjoyable day's outing to a close .

The officers and brethren of the lodges in Doncaster , with their lady friends , held their annual picnic . recently . Arrangements were made under the presidency of Bro . Langbridge , of the Mark , and Bro . Fitzgerald , of the Craft , to visit the Dukeries . The party , numbering over 70 , left for Worksop and Retford

in saloon coaches at 9 . 45 , having a special from Retford , and before 11 o ' clock were fairly on their way , mounted on char-a-bancs drawn by four horses each , towards the seat of his Grace the Duke of Portland . After the wonders of Welbeck Abbey had been viewed , the friends went forward to Edwinstowe , and

dined in the midst of forest scenery , and a well pre pared dinner here received justice at the hands of the visitors . The Principal of the chapter , Comp . H . T . Bellerby , presided , and after a sojourn of nearly two hours , Bro . Pawson , the M . C , gave instructions to go forward to Clumber .

No description need be attempted 01 this magnificent residence , church , or library , for no one can fairly well conceive the splendour of Welbeck and Clumber , or the beauty of the surrounding scenery without a personal visit . After Welbeck Abbey , Sherwood Forest , Edwinstowe , Thoresby , and Clumber were " done , " the party

drove back to the house of Bro . Knight , at the Station Hotel , Worksop , where tea was provided . After a pleasant repast of 40 minutes , the brethren escorted the gentler majority to their saloons for home , and arrived in Doncaster shortly after eight o ' clock . Bros . Rayner and Blake , the Treasurers , and Bro .

J . F . Hanson , the Secretary , contributed to making the excursion an enjoyable and successful one ; while the Worshipful Masters and Scribe E . received the wellmerited approval both of brethren from home and other towns , including Wakefield , Thorne , Crowle , he , who had joined the party .

ANOTHER HONORARY MEMBERSHIP FOR BRO . W . J . HUGHAN . Bro . Hughan has been elected to honorary membership in the Anchor and Hope Lodge , No . 234 , Calcutta . We understand that the brethren have , through several of the prominent members , presented an illuminated testimonial , containing the vote of the lodge , signed and sealed , to the following effect :

" To all whom it may concern . "Thesearetocertifythat Worshipful Brother William James Hughan , of Torquay , England , Past Master of Lodge Fortitude , No . 131 , English Constitution , and Past Senior Grand Deacon of the United Grand Lodge of England , has been elected an Honorary

Member of this Lodge by the unanimous votes of the members , at a Regular Meeting held on Tuesday , the 21 st day of April , 1891 , at Freemasons' Hall , 55 , Bentinck-street , in the Town of Calcutta , Province of Bengal , Empire of India . " In testimony whereof , we . the Master , Past Masters ,

and officers , have hereunto subscribed our names and affixed the Seal of the Lodge at Calcutta , this 7 th day of May , A . D . 18 91 , A . i .. 5891 . " Amongst the signatories are Bros . 0 . C Mookerjee , B . A ., the W . Master ; S . N . Dutt , D . Dist . G . D . C , the LP . Master ; S . P . Sarbadhicary , Dist . J . G . W . ; J . C . Banerjee , P . D . Dist . G . D . C , P . M . ; Prosonno

C . Dutt , P . Dist . J . G . W ., P . M . ; His Highness the Maharajah of Cooch Behar , P . S . G . W . of England and P . Dep . Dist . G . M . of Bengal ; P . Mallik , P . Dist . A . G . Sec , P . M . ; K . G . Sircar , M . B ., Senior Warden ; B . R . Mukerjee , Junior Warden ; N . L . Dey , M . A ., Treasurer ; and B . N . Banerjee , Secretary .

SUMMER OUTING OF THE DONCASTER LODGES .

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GRAND LODGE OF NEW SOUTH WALES . Bro . the Earl of Jersey , Past Grand Warden of England , Governor of New South Wales , and recentl y Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire , was installed Grand Master of New South Wales on the nth of June . The important ceremony took place in the

spacious new Centennial Hall , Sydney , in the presence of some 3000 brethren , including Bros . Sir W . J . Clarke , Bart ., M . W . Grand Master of Victoria , the Deputy Grand Master of Tasmania , and the Provincial Grand Master of Queensland ( I . C . ) . Apologies were

received from Bro . the Earl of Kintore , M . W . Grand Master of South Australia , and others . The installation ceremony was performed b y Bro . Dr . Tarrant , Pro Grand Master , who was re-appointed to that hi gh office . Amongst the invested officers we note the name

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of Bro . Dr . Camidge , Lord Bishop of Bathurst , and well-known in England as one of the Grand Chaplains . The subsequent banquet was attended by over 600 brethren , and the proceedings were altogether of a most enthusiastic character , despite the fact that the colony at the time was in the throes and turmoil of a general election . ^ UNITED GRAND LODGE OF VICTORIA .

The following notice of motion was on the agenda for a special communication of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria , held in Melbourne on the 26 th of May last : " That the United Grand Lodge of England be informed that by a resolution of a majority of the Combermere Lodge , No . 752 , the representatives of

that lodge duly tendered its allegiance to the United Grand Lodge of Victoria at the time of its establishment ; but notwithstanding the minority have retained the warrant and have since been working as an irregular lodge in this territory . " Eventually , on the advice of the R . W . Deputy Grand Master , Bro . Geo .

Baker , P . G . M ., who presided , the motion was withdrawn . As a matter of fact a majority of the Combermere Lodge did not tender allegiance to the Grand Lodge of Victoria . The voting at an informal meeting of the members was 25 for , to 24 against , out of a total of 103 members in good financial standing .

* . : AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS . GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . The arrangements recently made by the Great Western Railway Company for the issue of ordinary as well as excursion tickets at their principal City and West End offices have probably never been so much appreciated as they are likely to be during the week preceding the Bank Holiday , when large numbers of people are certain to

avail themselves of the opportunity thus afforded for obtaining tickets at their own time and without the crowding and worry inseparable from a large railway station at holiday seasons . The fares charged arc the same as at Paddington , and the tickets are available for use under precisely the same conditions as those issued at that station . The following are the offices at which tickets are

issued , viz ., 193 and 407 , Oxford-street ; 23 , New Oxfordstreet j 26 9 , Strand j Holborn Circus , 29 , Charing Cross j 2 ( 3 , Regent-street j 5 , Arthur-street East , London Bridge j 82 , Oueen Victoria-street j 43 and 44 , Crutched Friars ; 67 , Gresham-street j and 4 , Cheapside . The booking offices at Paddington station will be open for the issue of tickets all day on Wednesday , Thursday ,

Friday , and Saturday , July 29 th , 30 th , 31 st , and August ist , and the tickets issued ( except those for specified excursion trains ) will be available for use on any of those days . To meet the expected additional traffic by the ordinary trains on Saturday , August ist , the Company will run in duplicate , the 11 . 45 a . m ., 1 . 0 , 3 . 0 , 5 . 0 and 9 . 0 p . m . trains to the West of England j and the 12 . 0 noon and 5 . 45 p . m .

trains to Weymouth , Hereford , and South Wales . The first portion of the 5 . 0 and 9 . 0 p . m . trains will leave Paddington at 4 . 55 and S . 57 p . m . respectively , but the first portions of the other trains will leave at the advertised times , and the second a fesv minutes afterwards , the long distance passengers being as far as possible taken in the lirst portion , but with a few exceptions both trains

will stop at the advertised stations to take up and set down passengers . On Friday , July 31 st , an excursion train will leave Paddington at ; 7 . 45 a . m . for Gloucester , Cardiff , Newport , Swansea , New Milford , & c , passengers will also be booked at excursion fares to certain stations in the South of Ireland . Fast excursion trains for the West of England will leave Paddington at 7 . 45 a . m . and

3 . 15 p . m . on Saturday , August ist , reaching Exeter in 5 ^ - hours and Plymouth in j \ hours , and excursions wil also be run on the same day to Bath , Bristol , Dorchester , Weymouth ( for the Channel Islands ) , Cheltenham , Worcester , Malvern , Hereford , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Shrewsbury , Chester , Liverpool , Manchester , and other stations on

the Great Western system . On Sunday , August 2 nd , excursions will be run to Cirencester , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c , and on Monday cheap trains will be run to Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Bath , Bristol , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Reading , Pangbourne , Goring , Wallingford , & c .

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . The London and North-Western Company announce that the ticket offices at Euston , Broad-street , Kensington , and Willesden Junction will be open throughout the day from Monday , July 27 th , to Monday , August 3 rd , inclusive , so that passengers wishing to obtain tickets fur any destination on the London and North-Western Railway can do so at

any time of the day prior to the starting of the train . Tickets , dated to suit the convenience of passengers , can be obtained at any time ( Sundays and Bank Holidays excepted ) at the following town receiving offices of the Company : 15 , Queen-street , E . C . j Spread Eagle , 3 , VVhittington-avenue , Leadenhall Market , E . C . j Swanwith-Two-Necks , 6 5 Gresham-street , E . C . j 13 Eastcheap j

, , Cross Keys , Wood-street , Cheapside , E . C . ; 22 , Aldersgatestreet , E . C . ; 6 5 , Aldgate , E . ; 30 , West Smithfield , E . C j S and 9 , Clerkenwell Green , E . C ; Bolt-in-Tun , 64 , Fleetstreet , E . C j 116 , Holborn , E . C . j George and Blue Boar , 2 S 5 , High Holborn , W . C j 43 , New Oxford-street , W . C . j Universal Office , Spread Eagle , Piccadilly Circus , VV . ; Golden Cross , Charing Cross , W . C ; Hotel Windsor

Victoria-street , S . W . j Royal Albert and Victoria Docks ; Canning Town Goods Station ; 34 , Parliament-street , Westminster ; 231 , Edgwarc-road , VV . ; Atlas Office , 167 , Tottenham Court-road , W . C . j 70 , St . Martin ' s-lane , W . C . j Lion , 10 S , New Bond-street , W . j 496 , Oxfordstreet , W . j Griffin ' s Green Man and Still , 241 ,

Oxfordstreet , W . ; 33 , Hereford-road , Bayswater , VV . j Knightsbridge , 34 , Albert-gate , S . W . j Kensington , 33 , High-street , VV . j 117 , High-street , Borough , S . E . j 233 and 234 , Blackfnars-road , S . E . ; Surrey Railway Office , 13 S , Newingtoncauseway , S . E . j 194 , Westminster Bridge-road , S . E . j Islington , "Angel , " 5 , Pentonville-road , N . j 3 , Jamesstreet , Covent Garden j London , Brighton , and South Coast

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Office , 8 , Grand Hotel-buildings , Charing Cross . Tickets can also be obtained at Gaze and Son ' s , Tourist Office , 143 , Strand , W . C . The Companyalso announce that on Thursday , J uly 30 th , and Friday , J uly 31 it , special express trains will leave Euston at 6 . 25 p . m ., for Holyhead and Ireland . On Saturday , August 1 st , special trains will leave Willesden Junction at 2 . 45 p . m . for the Trent Valley Line and Stafford

, and from Euston at 4 . 25 p . m . for Birmingham , calling at Willesden , Rugby , Coventry , and _ Stetchford . The 4 . 10 p . m . train , Euston to Kendal , will _ be extended to Windermere . On the same date a special express train ( ist , 2 nd , and 3 rd class ) will leave Birmingham ( Newstreet ) at 4 . 5 p . m . for Northampton , calling at Stetchford , Coventry , and Rugby . On Saturday , Monday , and

Tuesday , August ist , 3 rd , and 4 th , the 7 . 0 p . m . express from Birmingham to London will travel via Northampton , thus affording an additional service from Birmingham' to Northampton , and Northampton to London . The train will arrive at Northampton at 8 . 20 p . m ., depart S . 23 arrive Bletchley S . 50 , depart S . 52 , arrive Willesden g . 47 p . m ., and London ( Euston ) at 10 . 0 p . m . On

Bank Holiday , Monday , August 3 rd , the following express trains will not be run from London ( Euston ) , viz ., the 9 . 30 a . m . to Birmingham and Wolverhampton ( passengers for this district must leave Euston at 9 . 0 a . m . ); the 3 . 0 p . tn . to Bletchley ; and the 4 . 30 p . m . to Birmingham , Melton Mowbray , Nottingham , and Coventry ( passengers for Melton Mowbray , and the Nottingham Line must leave Euston

at 3 . 15 p . m . ) , as well as the express trains to and from the City , St . Albans , Watford , and Kensington . Numerous residential trains will also be discontinued , particulars of which can be ascertained on reference to the Company ' s local notices . The up and down dining saloonsbetweenLondon , Liverpool , and Manchester , will not be run on Bank Holiday . Cheap excursions will be run by this company from London

to Birmingham , Coventry , Leamington , Kemlworth , Dudley , Walsall , Wednesbury , Wolverhampton , Leicester , Liverpool , Manchester , Huddersfield , Bradford , Shrewsbury , Hereford , Aberystwith , Borth , Abergavenny , South and Central Wales , Chester , North Wales , Bolton , Blackburn , Southport , Morecambe , Blackpool , Carlisle , the English

Lake district , and to various other places on the company ' s system . Similar trains will be run from many of the districts named to London , including bookings to Brighton , Hastings , St . Leonards , Portsmouth , Southampton , and also to Paris and the Continent . Bills and full particulars can be obtained on application at the railway stations and at the company's offices .

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . The Great Northern Railway Company announce that , in addition to the ordinary service of express trains from London ( King's Cross ) to Scotland , arrangements have been made for the 7 . 30 p . m . and S . o p . m . express trains from King ' s Cross to Edinburgh , Glasgow , and the North of Scotland , to be run specially on the nights of Saturday ,

Sth , and Sunday , gth August . On Saturday , ist August , cheap six days' excursion trains will be run from London ( King ' s Cross Station ) to Huntingdon , St . Ives , Lynn , Wisbech , Norwich , Cromer , Yarmouth , Spalding , Lincoln , Nottingham , Derby , Sheffield , Manchester , Doncaster , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , Keighley , Halifax , York , Scarboro ' , Darlington , Durham , Newcastle , & c . On

Saturday , ist , and Monday , 3 rd August , cheap day excursions will be run from Moorgate-street , Aldersgatestreet , Farringdon-street , King ' s Cross , Holloway , & c , to Skegness , Sutton-on-Sea , and Mablethorpe . Three or four days' tickets will be issued by the excursion on Saturday , available for return by the excursion on Monday or by any ordinary train on Tuesday . On Sunday night , August 2 nd ,

a fast excursion for two days will be run from London ( King ' s Cross ) to Sheffield and Manchester . On Monday , 3 rd August , cheap day excursions will be run from Victoria ( London , Chatham , and Dover ) , Moorgate-street . King ' s Cross , Finsbury Park , & c , to St . Albans , Harpenden , Luton , Dunstable , and Cambridge . Cheap return tickets will also be issued from London to Biggleswade on

Monday ^ August 3 rd . Alexandra Park Races . —A frequent service of special and ordinary trains will be run between Victoria ( London , Chatham , and Dover ) , Moorgate-street , Broad-street , King ' s Cross , and the Wood Green Station . To prevent inconvenience from crowding at the Company's principal terminal station , King ' s Cross , tickets , dated in advance , will be issued at King ' s Cross ( Great Northern ) ,

Victoria ( London Chatham and Dover ) , Ludgate-hill , Moorgate street , Aldersgate-street , Farringdon-street , and Finsbury Park Stations , and at the following ticket offices : 2 S 5 , Oxford-street ; "Star" Office , 13 S , Victoria-street , Piml ' co ; Albert Gate Office , 1 , William-street , Lowndessquare ; 16 9 , Edgware-road ; Royal Oak Office , 6 , Porchester-road , Westbourne - grove ; Cambridge-circus ,

Shaftsbury-avenue , VV . ; 32 S , Strand ; "Bee Hive , Whitecross-street ; So , Bishopsgate-street Without ; Charles-street , Farringdon-street ; 264 , High Holborn ; 90 , Tottenham Court-road ; 230 , Essex-road , Islington ; 95 , High-street , Borough ; 190 A , Westminster Bridgeroad ; 44 , Bread-street , Cannon-street ; 1 ,

VVhittingtonavenue , Leadenhall-street ; 3 , King Edward-street , Newgate-street ; 22 , Wood-street ; 217 , Old-street ; iG , Fisn Street-hill ; 43 and 44 , Crutched-friars ; 7 , Beresfordsquare , South Woolwich ; Great Northern Company s Poplar Docks Station , Preston-road ; Royal Victoria and Albert Docks ( Great Northern Company ' s Office ) J and at the offices of Messrs . Swan and Leach , Limited , . "„ Charing Cross , and 32 , Piccadilly Circus .

A meeting of the Committee for raising a memorial to the late Bro . Sir J . Macdonald was held at the offices ot the Imperial Federation League , Charles-street , Berkeleysquare , on Monday , under the presidency of the Mai'l 11 13 of Dufferin and Ava .

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REYNOLDS . —Miss Louise Reynolds , aged 82 , at No . 3 . St . James ' s-square , S . W , after a long and paint "' illness .

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