THE ESCORT.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 10, 9 April 1869, Page 3

THE ESCORT.

The following ws.-e the amounts Iforwardecl to from the various -dunWusa>bv. tb& I last escort:—-

: His Royal HigTmess.: the "Prince of leaving Sfeockaplm,. was apprentice.to Freemasonry, "and, having speedily "passed" to trie rant of,a-''fellow .craft," was;raised to' Jhe full degree of a Master Mason, as recognised by the Order all; over; the world. -It-is stated.that. : the newly £ niade Royal Brother entered upon some of the fancy degrees ihore practised on the :than- in England -and ; was made a Eiught r of -the Masonic .of Charles 4fte ;The presehVG^ r Order, Lord Zetland has "held jor a quarter of a "cehtury, : and -Jthe ! : ar.eip6ntributing to a fund for, thepresentation of a testimonial to him, in celebration of his long "service j and following the precedent ;set in the presentation ;Of;,plate{/weighing 1800 ozs. to the late GVanci Master ; the Duke of Sussex, who held: fhe office for "25 ; years: "'lt is ihonght srop?ible that t&e fPrince will become affiliated to English Order, and will rise to the position held by several of his princely predecessors, it .beii& understood that the present Grand Master desires ..retirement. The position of Grand Mas- %. the of the eraft,,can only be held by a Prince of the. Blood .Royal, a member of a .noble v house r orman of j" l&rfers:* Kas-gfveh her active patronage to seve--charities. -,-.-.,,--.-' The cajfeelof the^j&eseftii^'^k^d^tof; from !A.ustralia and California." is stated by be found in the J £act Msfc sxk Imperial-; Chinese Gp vernmehi; lias caused letters to the Chinese inboth these countries offering great induce^ a ment . : jba skilled an& " work" on newly discovered Chinese goldfieldsv _ ■■>. s\.

ozs. dwts. -:;■--;- Mount Icla.A ;H vr! 830 0 St. Bathans .;. ... 629 0 Blacks.. -.<■ ...vN.f-:'.; ■ v..■;- 302 0 -,A:t -' : v) Teviot..; ,'i..^'^ -' ...258 19 i Alexandra ... ... ... 224 0 , Dunsfcan :.. ... ... 354 Ci'omwell ... . ... 554 0 ". • ArroTv... ... :.- : . -' .:. 832 4 Queensto/vvii: p. .:'. ■j\:.: 172 16 4756 19