Masonic

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 293, 14 May 1914, Page 5

Masonic

THE GRAND LODGE. INSTALLATION' OF GRAND MASTER. By Telegraph-Press Association. Christchurch, Lust Night. Ilie annual Communication of the -Masonic Grand Lodge of New Zealand opened here to-day, .feu Grand Master, M. \Y. Bro: Maurice Thompson. presidin ?*

The report of the Board of Benevolence showed that £409 had been distribl t''AoH rol ' K l dllri »g -t'be year, and sums of iiM) and £220 had been raised by two .circular appeals. The report of the Board of Managemcnt of tli e Widows and Orphans' and the Aged Masons' fund showed that .a •y 01lr Wi ] s J> p ing paid in annuities. J lie increase of the fund during the year !n £22 634 ' m "' ,te »t»Od

According to the annual statement of accounts, the total funds of the Grand Lodge amount to £31,924, distributed as follows:—General Fund, £3881; Fund 0 f Benevolence, £:),jo4; Widows' and Orphans and Aged Masons' Fund £22.834Circular Appeal Fund, £lB9. ' ' ' The report of the Board of General 1 urposes stated that thive lodges had been opened during the year, viz., two at Oamaru, and one at Middlemarch, and a charter had .been issued for a sew lodge at Whakatane.

The Board recommended that the next annual communication b e held at Wellington. >

■R. W. Bro. ,T. ,1. Dougall, of Christchurch, was unanimously elected Grand ! Master

The Lodge adopted the reports of the various Boards.

A motion to rescind a resolution of !, - veiu ' 3 communication in favor of the centralising of the Grand Lodge Oflice was carried by a large majority. At the evening Right Wor. Bro, R. Dougall was installed as Grand Master and the following officers were invested, in addition to those elected in the morning: Deputy-Grand Master R. W Bro. Ernest Page Lee, of Oamarti; Prov. a,u J Masters, W.M. Bro. Oliver Nicholson, Auckland District; R.W. Bro T A. I eterkiii, Wellington District;' R.w! triof-T? u' a i! Ti i> n, Southland Distnct, R. A\, Bro, R. \\, Sargent,Tnranaki district; W.M. Bro. F. 0. Binns Canterbury Province; R.W". Bro. J. J. Clarke Hawk-e?"n' kt k^-- Br0 " K L Harston ' Havkes Bay District; R.W, Bro. W E "r"' 1 Marlborough Digr I V. I!l ' 0 ' H. Harkncss West Coast District; Senior Grand Warden, Hml' T ' Jo f s ,°P h of Auckwt' 'I c Grand War 'len, R.W. Bro. Herbert W. Seaton, Wellington.