IVY OF LINWOOD LODGE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18263, 23 December 1924, Page 4

IVY OF LINWOOD LODGE.

The installation of oScers was he!d in tea Orange Hall, A.IX Ero. Geo. Ironside being in the chair. There was a very Tii-ge attendance. D.P. Bro. M. O'Donohue (the installing officer) attended and, with the aid of G.V.P. Eto. J. Collins, conducted a moat impressive installation ceremony. The following officers were installed:— A.D., Bro. G. Eusaell; J.P.A., Bro. G. Ironside; V.A., Bro. W. Griffiths; secretary, Brx A. 12.' Palmer; treasurer, Bro. H. Ln.-ton; U.S., Bro. F. Lcffge; Jf.Gn., Bro. H. Tonkin; Ot. Gn., Bro. J. Owens; A.D. Barda, Bros. J. Child?, C. Drmford, and G. Fisher; - V.A. Bards, Broa. L. Smart and A. musician, Bro. H. Ballan. A hearty vote 01 thanks and appreciation was accorded the installing officer for the ezceltent manner in which he condncted the ceremony. 'One candidate wa3 balloted for and initiated into the Lodge. The Bards reported visiting the brothers on the. sick list, and sick pay totalling £lO wji-3 passed for payment. The «um of £1 Is each was voted to the widows on tho lodge list as a Christmas bos. A hearty vote of thanks and appreciation was accorded to P.A. Bro. T. Yi Burses* for his valuable services, he having passed through the- chairs for the second occasion.

As Oxford and Cambridge depend on the Universities, so Mecca depends on. the pilgrimage. There are no local industries, but plenty of money is made by the inhabitants who ]et lodgings, act as guides to the ceremonies, and as baggage agents. Fruit and vegetables come from Taif, rice and foreign products from Jeddah. Poultry is fairly cheap, and mutton, milk, and butter plentiful. The permanent, population is about 70,000, while the pilgrimage brings in about 200,000 vistora annually.