MASONIC ORDER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 280, 26 November 1931, Page 11

MASONIC ORDER.

ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

CENTRALISATION ISSUE.

REFERENDUM TO BE - TAKEN",

(By Telegraph.—Press-.Association.)

' WELLINGTON, Wednesday. At the' annual communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge of New Zealand, under the presidency of, Lord .Bledisloe, . in his capacity as Grand Master, practically, the whole afternoon was devoted v to a debats on the motion for the centralisation of the Grand Lodge office in g: Wellington. After discussion the amfendment was deferred in favour of an' amendment emanating from the board ■ of general purposes directing the board ,to take a referendum of lodges for and against the direct question of centralisation in Wellington, as distinguished .from the referendum of two or three y«ars ago, which was mainly on / the general question of centralisation in one or another of the four chief • cities. Installation Ceremony. The re-installation of Lord Bledisloe as Grand Master and the investiture of the other officers took place in the Town Hall -this evening in the presence of a ycry large attendance of local and visiting Freemasons. ? The list of officers is as follows: — Grand Master, Lord Bledisloe; Prowand Master,'- Mr. J. H. Harkness (Westport); deputy-Grand Master, Mr. • S. Allen (Morrinsville); Provincial wand Masters, Mr. J. N. Du Feu (Can?ff). Mr. 0. Nicholson, P.G.M. l^ C , nd) > Mr. E. J. Guinness (Wel§ton), Mr. J. H. Moir (Otago), Mr. A. ? m ? (Southland), Rev. R. D. B. Waugh irv Tr 6 , 8 Ba y)' Mr - E. S. Wood (West '? Hin/ 5 * H. Edwards (Nelson and t b °r°«gh), Mr. J. McAllister (Taraa«), Mr. F. Symes (Ruapehu). , ; ■p r S n . ior ( S ratld warden, Mr. J. A. P. i ■ UDe din); junior grand warden, ' r , Renaud (New Plymouth); chaplains, Rev. A. J. Petrie IftfT 6 -* )' and Rev. G. K. Moir , r 7 kl ): grand treasurer, Mr. 0. W. B. ristchurch);. grand 'regisnroe.'j / T. Weston (Christchurch); l, 81 * 6 ?? of the board of general purHarris" (Christchurch); secretary, Mr. G. H. Barclay . v ; president of the board 5 e ? e^ V 0^ ellce, Mr. C. S. Thompson t w urc k) ; grand lecturers, Messrs. ■ (Wanganui) and A. E. 10 (Wellington); grand directors of . .. Messrs. F. Stowell (ChristOdr Po Plo (Onehunga), C. C. ' (Dunedi^) ellinSton) ' and J ' E ' Dreaver Provincial Grand Masters.— $ fA ckl^ nd = Messrs. H. E. Hart (Samoa) .'■ftr-i.. , MacDiarmid (Hamilton). Wy 1 llr * A ' H " Herbert (Eketa-

Other Officers Invested. Senior grand deacons, Messrs D. S. Middleton (Cromwell) and W. Dobson (Dannevirke); junior grand deacons, Messrs. R. Hay (Auckland) and T. Quinn (Seddonville); - grand superintendents of works, Messrs. F. A. Pickett (Morrinsville) and J. W. Deem (Palmerston North); assistant grand directors of ceremonies, Mrs. S. C. K. Smith (Invercargill), E. L. Ironmonger' (Hunterville), C. Si Palmer (Hastings), A. C.| Nathan (Blenheim), F. C. Boustridge (Greyipouth), and J. C. Barclay (Okaiawa) ; grand Bible-hearers, Messrs. G. F. Lane (Auckland) and S. L. McNeill (Riverton); grand - sword bearers, Messrs. A. McLaren (Wellington), and A. S. Mcintosh (Kaitangata);. grand organist, Mr. J. Cowley (Auckland); grand pursuivants, Messrs. G. F. L. Lenzini * (Wellington) and J. Young (Oaonui). • ■ ' Graiid' stewards, Messrs. G. Cowens West (Eyreton), Al McPherson (Cave), H. NY Forsythe (Hamilton), F. Kirton (Papakura), A. A. Tod'd"'(Mititai), D. F. Liindon (Runciman), :W. J- Bell (Kamo), T. W. McCowri (R'awene), L.C. Gibbins and A. Burgess (Wellington), A. L. Webster (Greytown), J. W. Timmins (Wai-| kouaiti), A. Cannon (Dunedin), D. Mackenzie (Waikaka), F. Gluyas (Lumsden), A. Mabbott (Raetihi), E. Q. Lightband (Qhakune), J. H, Wilkins (Hastings), W.:E. Davies H. P. Stephenson and A. De T. Gould (Nelson), J: Neioson (Cobden) and A. H. Guy (Hawera). Members of the board in general purposes, Messrs. G. Yemra, J. E. Dunstan, J. W. Beanland, C. H. Burson and W. Ji. Rogers (Christchurch.),' R. Bell ' (Ot°ro_* hanga), Wi K. Williams (Ohura), C. N. Cathie (Wellington), J. Quaile Dunedin) , J. S.' Lipscombe (Invercargill), _A. Clark (Palmerston North), E. C. Hurdsfield (Waipukurau), W. C. Lucas (Blenheim), A. B. Franklin (Ngakawau) and E C. Hay ton (New Plymouth) members of the board of benevolence, Messrs. F. L! Adams, S. K. Bassett, J. E.Cooper, D. Crozier, M. Dorreen, A. E. Fisher and J. A. Stables (Christchurch), W.. V. Mockett (Culverden), H. H. Mountain (Waimato North), E. R. pilkingto? Tamaki), W. H. -Tones (Wellington), W. R. Brugh (Dunedin), W. S. Rob '"®° n (Invercargill), W. W. Andrews (Feild-J incr), S. W. Smith (Napier), 0. E. Banon (Picton), W. E. Richards (Hokitika), and J. Hewson (Opunake).