MASONIC BANQUETS.
A masonic banquet took place in London recently, which docs indeed, in the language of a penny-a-liner, " deserve notice." The members of the Great City Lodge meet at the Cannon street Hotel, and which to the disgust, we should imagine, of the chief of that establishment, dined sumptuously off bread and cheese and ale. When the officers and visitors had partaken of the repast, the \V.M\ explained to the visitors that the lodge had determined to give up banquets (which cost between £lO and £6O), and to give the amount thus saved to the charity fund of the lodge. The banqueters do not seem to have suffered so frightfully from indigestion as one might be supposed, for most of the visitors were able to speak and express themselves highly gratified with the novel experiment, and trie members were so delighted with their unexpected success that they at onco resolved to give up four out of six monthly banquets, and so increaso the charity fund to the extent of about £2OO. . « "Young man, do you believe in a future state ?"—" Iu course I duz J and what's more, I intend to enter it as spou as Betsy gets her things ready."
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WEST18740602.2.14
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1181, 2 June 1874, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
202MASONIC BANQUETS. Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1181, 2 June 1874, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.