Masonic

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 152, 24 July 1888, Page 2

Masonic

The ceremony of installing- tho . officers of the Feilding Lodge, 1940,, r E.O, for the ensuing year, took place last night in the Foresters' Hall. - There was a large attendance of • brethren from the various lodges ia p the district, while Auckland, Welling- " ton, Canterbury, and Hokitika, were; B also represented. The following comf posed the Board of Installed Masters ; r —P.M. Bros. G. Bray, W. Carthew, '*j ] W. G. Haybittle, G. Barton^ F. h.^ \ Monckton, and P. Thomson, of the > Feilding Lodge; P.M. Bro. L. O. ? Bryant, United Manawatu, 1721. E.C .; P.M Bro. T. button, Palmereton Eils winning Lodge, 690, S.C. Bro P.M. Carthew acted as lnatak ling master, and was ably assisted by P.M.'s Bray, Haybittle, and Thomson, Bro. P.M. Kirton officiating as > master of the ceremonies. The 1 brethren installed were— Bro 0. ■ Pleasants, W.M. ; Bro "William L. - Bailey, S.W. ; Bro E. Smith, J.W. ; Bro T. W. K. Foster, Secretary; Bro J. H. Stevens, Treasurer; Bro Walter L. Bailey, S.D. ; Bro — Lambert, J.D. ; Bro H. Worsfold, I.G. The O.G. was not invested owing to his unavoidable absence. Among, the \ visiting brethren were Bros N. Mangham, 1857, E.C. ; W. Light, 463. , 8.0. ; J. Hocking, 690, 8.0. ; 0. E- , Hosking, J. Hall, W. Keid, W. Macmillan, M. Cohen, J. Maclntyre, 1721, E.C.; W.H.Cook, 727, S.C; T. Jordan and F. Meyrick, 690, S.C • T. D. Brown, 1227, E. 0 .; E, Hescott, 1338, EC, At the conclusion of the ceremony the brethren retired to the supper room where the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given and duly responded to, and while this was going; on the room was prepared for the ball which followed, at which about forty couples assembled, and a most enjoyable evening was passed. Dancing was kept up with undiminished vigor until about three o'clock this morning when the party broke up. We may remark that all the arrangements were perfect. During the whole ceremony, and the ball, not a single hitch occurred as every possible contingency seemed to have been anticipated. At the dance the ladies supplied the music (piano and violin) and most efficiently they performed their arduous duties. The supper was laid out on a most liberal scale, every delicacy, solid and liquid, being provided in profusion. The only drawback was the dreadful weather whiob, however, very luckily did not come on until the ladies had arrived at the hall.