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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2920, 25 June 1878, Page 2

NAPIER.

' Monday. The ddicatfon of the Hew Masonic Hall for the Vic;or:a Lodge, E.C., took place ihis afternoon. There were a very large number of brethren present. Bros. JLSalhaui ' and Harwood, r;ere delegates from the Provincial Grand Lodge. The ceremony of ded'eation commeicd by the reati ng of the first three verses of the Ist chapter ef Genesis, which was followed by the a«them^ "Father of Light." Oi» the application of Bio. P.M. Dransfiek!, the Lodge was formally examined, and Bro. Architect Dugleby having relumed the working tools, the D.P.G-.M. expressed his approval. Bro. P.M. Price then announced the desire of the brethren that the hall should be consecrated according to ancient form and urage; upon which the Eev. Chaplain re d the consecration p;aycr, and the following programme wa3 then observed : —Procession of officers ; at the termination of the first circuit in the East the hall was dedic;;!.cd <o Fieemasonry, and corn sp''inklrd, with grand honors, and an ode to Masonry ; at the terurnation of the second circuit, the wine was sprinkled, and Ibe h?ll dedicated to virtue; at the e>d of the th'rd circuit the oU was sprinkled, and the hall dedicated to cuaiity. The Uev. Chaplain then pronounced ll;.3 invocation, the choir responding. Afle" 1 the anthem "To Heaven's High Architect," had been sung, the D.P.G.M. delivered an address, and this concluding the ceremony the delegates of the District Grand Lodge retired. The proceedings were nurt impressively conducted from first to last, and occupied about two hours. . „ -