FREEMASONRY

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18548, 25 November 1925, Page 8

FREEMASONRY

GRAND LODGE M§|9^ GOVERNOR-GENERAL l|9H GRAND MASTER. IIH For the third time in the Masonic Grand Lodge of JJM land, the office of Grand MsJhISH been accepted by the repres«||||H the Crown ia the Dominion. Piunkct tilled the chair fm. '■■uittJSß 1909, and Viscount JeUicoe frgj^W Charles Fcrgusson has cons«Si|fjH| nomination, and will be ed at the communication Lodge which opens at Duuedih *raMl row, and installed at the ent-wBH ting. Since the death of afrl&gffll who was installed as Grand ](BH Auckland in November last, tEpuHB Mastership has stood vacant, duties have been earned on lJagißß H. Richmond, of Greymoath,^3^H| The reports prepared for to the communication again stantial progress, both nunericajntflfl as to the accretion of the which are derived the means affiSß in/, on Masonic benevolence. cumulated funds show a' tnainH £88,891, an increase for tbo £4372, and the balances credit of the various funds aWfJs^H Widows and Orphans and Aged fjHj Special War Benevolent Fond * 'ftiHj Circular Appeal Funds St Paufs Cathedral Fund "3jjf|H The Central Board of expended during the year £VW||jgHH viding relief for 22 cases By means of circular appeals raised through the indrridua! I various sums to meet the ciai cases, mostly those of and orphans of members of^K^^H culars are given of the seven, which realised ing from £316 to £566, whifeflHH still current. Altogether of these appeal funds undttr *hflßßl of the Board, with £2135 to their credit. " Masonic annuities, granted 4M|bhH interest earnings of the. Orphans and Aged Masons still the main feature of fbvlfHHH benevolent system. No>fewepJMHflH persons are now in the ities ranging from £63 cording to the needs of The total annual disttibuti^uHHl The claims of the Craf|'ti||g|ffi^H past year the anQ augmented, by a one member, and twor £IOO each. Strong WBwWBJjHPwi made by the Board MH|fflpj|lM|BM tho fund to increasc<i^MHßt!^^M|B It is announced General Purposes vincial Grand a^B> o|i§|i§^^^H Marlborough), P. Q^"lm^^^^B Particulars are Board of the terms or trust, under the will of Kirkpatrick, of his home for the"priJ3pjft«||^^^^^| orphan daughters of New Zealand, constitutions, and for the establishing of and left the bulk or hia tho maintenance of *he total amount available be about £45,000, and have, been made among stitutions as to the Board of Governors. Expression is given ifi section of the roporto sorrow of the Craft *tl|m||^^^H while in office as also to appreciation of the late Mr Malcolm fathers of the New tion, and its second for over 20 years It is proposed that the communication shall l£*'|jfi|§9^^H