FREEMASONRY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8438, 9 May 1907, Page 5

FREEMASONRY.

NEW ZEALAND GRAND LODGE. By Telegraph—Press Association. INVERCARGILL, May 8. The annual communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge of New Zealand was held in Invercargill, to-day, M. W. Bro. Lord Plunket presiding in the capacity of Grand Master. There was a large muster of brethren from all parts of the colony. The i balance-sheet showed the accumulated funds to be £12,425, of which £6,841 belonged to the Widows ;and Orphans and Aged Masons' Fund, £2,744 to the Fund of Benevolence,, and £2,124 to the General Fundi M.W. Bro. Fred. C. Bions, of Christchurch, was re-elected Pro. Grand Master. The other elective officeswere filled as follows:—Grand .Chaplain, V. W. Bros. Revs. McK. Gibson, Canterbury, and A. M. Johnson, Masterton; Grand Treasurer, V.W. Bro. F. W. Hobbs, Canterbury; Grands Registrar, R.W. Bro. J. J. Dougall, Canterbury; President of the Board of General Purposes, R.W. Bro. C. A. C. Hardy, Canterbury; Grand Secretary, M.W. Bro. M. Ni?col, r t Canterbury; President of the Board of Benevolence, W. Bro. G. W. Hulme, Canterbury; SeniorGrand Deacons, W. Bros. Ernest Page Lee, Oamaru, and P. S.- Brodie, Invercargill; Junior Grand, Deacons,. W. Bros. Adam Moore, Auckland, and Jas. Godber, Wellington; Grand Superintendent of Works, W. Bro. Joseph Little, New Plymouth; Grand Directors of Ceremonies, W r Bros. Jj J. Dennis, Canterbury, and R. R. Martin,' Auckland; Grand Bible Bearers, W. Bros. Augustus Thompson, Wellington, and Alf A. Andrews, Hokitika; Grand Sword Bearers, W. Bros. /E. E. Papprill, Canterbury, and 0. H. Moller, Dunedin; Grand Standard Bearers, W. Bros. Walter Strang, Invercargill, and Richard Bestell, Napier; Grand Organist, W. Bro. A. M. Hartley, Auckland; Grand Pursuivants,, N W. Bro. C. Albertson, Wellington, and Alfred Anderson, Dunedin; Grand Stewards,;W. Bros. T. H. Davies and Grant, Canterbury, Anthony May and A. Pollard, G. T. Stutter and H. A. Parkinson. Wellington, T. Gallher, junr., Otago, H. J. Riddell, Southland, Wm. Haines, Hawke's Bay, J, H. Scott, Blenheim, W. E. Williams, West Coast, and C. A. Larcombe, Taranaki; Members of Board of General Purposes, R. W. S. Bros. H. J. Hobden, F. J. Smith, T. J. Withers, W. Bers, F. E. Jones; and* H. Hopkinson, Canterbury, D. W. Jones and Hugh M. Ray, Auckland, Jas. Mackay and Walter Norrell, Wellington; W. H. Hopkins, Otago, F. H. Johnson, Southland; J. L. Russell, Hawke's Bay, J. G. Middlebrook, Nelson. Joseph Noble, West Coast, andH. Caplin, Taranaki; Members of the Board of Benevol- > ence, W. Bros., W. A. Tribe, W. Cumming, H. Hepburn,fcWm. Brown and A. H., Webb, Canterbury, A. T. - Ellis and R. W. Gallagher,(jAuckland, J. Robertson and McG. B. Wright, Wellington; John McKnight, Otago, Jas. 'Walker, Southland, W. A. Carter, Hawke's Bay," L. D. Easton, Nelson, G. A. Scott, West Coast, and J. W. Winfield\ Taranaki.

At the eve..lng sitting, W. Bro. Lord Plunket was installed with elaborate ceremony. A.L.M.W. BroBinns was similarly inducted as Pro Grand Master. The M.W. Grand Master then announced the appointment "of Senior Grand officers as follows:—Deputy Grand "Master, R.W. Bro. Murdoch McLean, Auckland; Grand Superintendents, R. W. Bro: 0. Nicholson, Auckland, R. W. Bro. R. Fletcher, Wellington; R. W. Bro. C. Bingham/Canterbury, R. W. Bro.; C.J. Ronaldson, OtagO, R.W. Bro: W. Moyes, Nelson and Marlborough, R.W. Bro. Morrice Thompson, Southland, R.W. Bro. J. W. McDougall, Hawke's Bay, R.W. Brp. P. P. Corkhill, Taranaki, R.W. Bro; J. H. Harkness, West Coast; Senior Grand Warden R.W. Bro. W. G. P. O'Callagahan, junr.,; Grand Warden, R.W. Bro. W. H. Smith.