ABBOTSFORD ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER.

Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1663, 29 April 1874, Page 2

ABBOTSFORD ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER.

A Icp^|Ajrch^Chapteriiirithj%ei aboy^ name was opened in the Freemasons' Hall last evening by Companion:! Willian Me* Cullough, acting under authority from

Proyjjincial Grand Superintendent Cald^ well, Dunedin, jr|o holds supreme power^ ill New Zealaridfunder;the Grand;GhapteY .of Scotland. The chapter is opened Jin conndctMCwjlb/ 'iketSir J^ebtt liodge; it was therefore- considered that AbbritsfW^wouldr; be ;i, atf i c approbate 1 name % ami a, sjjotrt;tim^«ni»^^^|auw^; McCullough proceeded A to Dunedin for the pnrpose-of?;being"affiliated-: $o r the Scottish Eoyal'^rch: WMir there he 1 received a number of higher degrees in xnasoniy^^ald?^rM?SwiMO?fulKau. thority to constitute the chapter and ■invest the officers, himself being First; principal. „At the convocation last night; Companions Hay, Jenkins,iHewar, 6p.id- \ smith, Kadford and Bawdon jjjrerej affiliated, after which some other business \ was transacted.^ .We h|ve been^per- \ mitted to view the interiorrbf^the Chaptsr, • 4nd it certainly,, is, welp arranged. 'The necessary paraphernalia has bfeen all made onPthe Thames under the supeirTisioii oi the First; Principal, it isV exceedingly T^ell choseni!and those who know the!in-" tjerior of the Freemasons' Hall under-USS Ordinary guise would be surprised;to^ see the transformation whjich habVbeen ©fleeted;; The dresses of the Jomcersl/are gorgeous—rthe jewels and other; ornaments} dhaste and massive. C But'toi be brief, those who hare been, permitted to p*ne« trite the sanctum may be iold that the, whole accessories $re perfect; while ihbse who belong to the outside world; inust be content with what has been said. Thel robes and furniture hare been made after the pattern of those iwed in Dunedin and under instructions receired from - the Chapter there. The Auckland riifitors were, we jirel lnformedv; more than'strprised. The following Companions filled the offices-laStSnlght: lit£P., W^l£o-f eullough ;is3n#- &, J. 3»i m T.< Jenkins; p., E. H. Power; N., J. M. Cowell; lai S., H. Goldamith; 2nd*., |. Campbell; 3rd S., H: frfL. iiadfordiJ., T. Kawdon. After the closing of the. Chapter the visitors were entertained byjf the resident-CotopjUiions, -and: afterwards c attended the concert in aid of the BenetolenrFundSirWalterSieott "Lodger at' : the Academy of Music.