GRAND LOUGE OF DRUIDS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2160, 28 May 1914, Page 3

GRAND LOUGE OF DRUIDS

BIENXIAL CONFERENCE BEGUN,

(Ss :MesriDli.-frasß AsnedMlos.)

iflo iirst bieqmal mebtjng of the giipT Q f% 6rw, * i ■ Led 6 e of 'Awstr&laeia, U.A.0.D., comflsencpd te-day. The dele* gates were welcomed to the city by the Mayor. . - •■

the chairman. (Vice-presidcMi B-eau-cftaiap) made feeling referetico to' the deatli of the Sttpreaie Gtaud President, Mr. J. J. Bream, of Victoria, and ii tnotion of sympathy to the .rciatives wns passai.; afso a motion of sympathy to tko Grand Lodgo of Victoria. Ilie repftrt ef Mr, B.ren.ari'g visit to the Intersatwnal Grand Jjodge, which met at liojidaii. was read by tbo seci-e* tary and reneiv-jd,

In connee-ticiii with the question of •.Mis status, privileges, ete., of tko Soyai Arch Chapter tfirmtghimt .Australasia, and the mafarniitj- of eetenieny and rrtaaltstic reork, ii as deeided that tho status; referred te had to bo defined. 816 ritual was submitted to e coiomittee coa,?isttn.j» of Messrs, Beatahaap, Barry, Sli-ields, awl Steel to draw up a report-, for presentation at a. later stage. A motion was approved its Mloive :— "That the Grafi4 Lodge coiisidei-s that ■the- Tanier Lodge (Lainsceston) should bo ander Ta.snra.matt jirrisdktjo-m. Fftiling this, the Grand Lodge of Victoria Should, sever its cormoottan and control with the braiicii under discussion." A motion was s-iiWitted from the I Grand .todge of OU&> aM«J Southland as follows; "Tliat the snbjecfi of interState olaatnnce. be co'ileidered, with tlie purpose of making eoutribiitioas eliatged :at initiiitMJi tho standard pa.yabto wharover a Wiember may deposit' Iris I clearance, and t<) affinii the principle of : a suffeffdw vatee for all elearances frrtin one jurisdiction to anotfier:" Aftef olis--ca_ssjon, the motion was withetatt-n, it boing peiiited out that jjreat d'tficultks arose ill getting actorisl balances Vα Austra.litt, ' The- eiflctton of officers re-suited a& Mloa-s;—Grand Pr*>sident,_ -M*. Beat}* champ' (West Australia); TiccsPreßidwt, Mr. Eichardsoß (goUtb Aast/aTM): sec»tary( Mr. Barry Qsef goiath Wales); tirea safer, Mr. .Ltstotl j