MASONIC.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1821, 22 December 1879, Page 3

MASONIC.

The consecration of the lonic Lodge, No. E. 0., took place in the Town Hall, Leeston, on Friday, the ceremony being performed by D. D. G. M. Bro. H. Thompson, assisted by P.G J.W. Bro. James Fleming, and the officers and several of the members of the Lodge of Progress, E. 0., 1631. P.M. Bro. Webb acting as G S.W.: P.M. Bro. Webster, G.J.W.; Bro. W. J. G. Bluett, Grand Chaplain, and Bro. Desborough, Grand Secretary. The consecration being concluded, Bro. Thompson installed Bros. John M'Lachlan as W.M.; W. Spring as S.W.; D. Hill, J.W.; R. Lockheed, Treasurer; W. J. G. Bluett, Secretary.; G. F. S. Makeig, S. Deacon,, Henry Kennedy, J.D., and John Bennett, J.E., after which four new members were proposed, and Lodge closed at 3 p.m. An adjournment was then made to Bro. Spring’s Leeston Hotel, where a banquet had been prepared, to which about thirty brethren sat down. W.M. Bro. M'Laehlan occupied the chair. The usual loyal and Masonic toasts followed. In reply to the toast, Bro. Donald, District Grand Master, Bro. H. Thompson returned thanks, and addressed a few remarks to the Lodge, in which he referred to the numerical increase of Masonic Lodges in Canterbury, Since he took office the number had been more than doubled, and he hoped to be present in a few days at the opening of another Lodge at Lincoln. He also remarked that in Canterbury almost every Lodge had a hall, some of which would bo a credit to almost any lodge in England, whilst in Dunedin and in the North Island most of the lodges were held in public buildings. He congratulated the lonic Lodge on the very favorable auspices under which they were opening. An adjournment was made at an early hour to allow the visiting brethren to catch the four o’clock train to Christchurch.