GRAND LODGE OF NEW ZEALAND

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 21020, 23 November 1933, Page 20

GRAND LODGE OF NEW ZEALAND

VORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION EXECUTIVE OFFICERS RETURNED tPBESS A.3SOCIATIOM TSLIGRAH.) DUNEDIN, November 22. The forty-fourth annual communication of Grand Lodge of New Zealand Freemasons opened at Dunedin in the Town Hall to-day. There was a large attendance of delegates from 305 lodges now on the register, and the Grand Master, Lord Bledisloe, presided. His Excellency was re-elected to the position of Grand Master, and Sir Stephen S. Allen as Pro Grand Master. Other executive officers were returned as follows: —Grand Secretary, Mr H. A. Lamb (Wellington); Grand Treasurer, Mr D. Duncan (Auckland); President of the Board of General Purposes, Mr A. G. Graham (Auckland); President of the Board of Benevolence, Mr W. F. Brook-Taylor (Auckland). Auckland District. Grand Chaplain, the Rev. G. Fraser; Grand Director of Ceremonies, Mr J. D. Mackay; Grand Standard-bearer, Mr J. E. Hammond; Grand Stewards, Messrs G. R. Magee, S. L. Spanhake, W. Reynolds, R. Bell, J. M. de Montalk, and T. B. McArthur; Members of the Board of General Purposes, Messrs F. W. Herbert, W. G. Mason, L. C. E. Hamann, W. W. Wright, and W. H. McKinney; Members of the Board of Benevolence, Messrs B. C. Chilwell, J. M. Knox, G. F. Lane, L. E. Rhodes, W. H. Keatley, W. Collins, J, R. O. Lochhead, and R. J. Patton. Canterbury Province. Grand Director of Ceremonies, Mr 'A. E. Smith; Grand Sword-bearer, Mr 3". E. Cooper; Grand Standard-bearer, Mr H. J. Barnard; Grand Pursuivant, Mr D. B. Halliday; Grand Stewards, Messrs W. Todd, R. W. R. Munro, J. Rinaldi, and R. Mcintosh; Members of the Board of General Purposes, Messrs A. J. Jones and S. Baird; Members of the Board of Benevolence, Messrs C. Hall and E. C. D. Withell. Wellington District. Grand Director of Ceremonies, Mr J. McArdle; Grand Superintendent of Works, Mr L. G. Lowry; Grand Biblebearer, Mr L. C. Gibbins; Grand Pursuivant, Mr C. D. Morpeth; Grand Stewards, Messrs Y. G. Carver, D. Parnell, and R. J. King; Member of the Board of General Purposes, Mr H. E. Leighton; Member of the Board of Benevolence, Mr G. F. Browne. Otago District. Grand Director of Ceremonies, Mr «T. G. Dykes; Senior Grand Deacon, Mr A. E. Brown; Grand Bible-bearer, Mr J. D. Jamieson; Grand Stewards, Messrs H. M. Barclay, M. K. Haig, and J. George; Member of the Board of General Purposes, Mr W. Couper; Member of the Board of Benevolence, Mr H. E. Barth. | Southland District. Senior Grand Deacon, Mr E. J. Race; Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies, Mr W. J. Watson; Grand Sword-bearer, Mr Jas. McDonald; Grand Steward, Mr W. G. Tait; Member of the Board of General Purposes, Mr J. Stobo; Member of the Board of Benevolence, Mr John McDonald. Ruapehu District. Junior Grand Deacon, Mr T. M. Remington; Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies, Mr W. H. Sandford; Grand Stewards, Messrs J. W. Gibson and H. B. Thompson; Member of the Board of General Purposes, Mr L. B. H. de Latour; Member of the Board of Benevolence, Mr R. E. Toogood. Hawke's Bay District. Junior Grand Deacon, Mr W. Taylor; Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies, Mr J. Gordon; Grand Stewards, Messrs W. Lunt and A. Parking; Member of the Board of General Purposes, Mr W. Dobson; Member of the Board of Benevolence, Mr W. G. Jarvis. Nelson and Marlborough District. Grand Superintendent of Works, Mr C. M. Collins; Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies, Mr J. J. Macfarlane; Grand Steward, Mr N. C. E. Knapp; Member of the Board of General Purposes, Mr G. Mitchell; Member of the Board of Benevolence, Mr R. McArtney. West Coast District. Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies, Mr A. W. Stavens; Grand Organist, Mr T. Crankshaw; Grand Steward, Mr W. Henderson; Member of the Board of General Purposes, Mr H. M. Coulson; Member of the Board of Benevolence, Mr W. J. Duff. Taranaki District. _ Grand Chaplain, the Rev. R. Miller; Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies, Mr J. R. G. Sutherland; Grand Steward, Mr A. W. Diprose; Member of the Board of General Purposes, Mr J. H. H. Holm; Member of the Board ©f Benevolence, Mr R. R. Tyrer. Past Grand Rank. Past Grand rank (honoris causa) was conferred on the following members:— Messrs J. J. Pickett (Hastings) and A. C. Andrews (Christchurch), Past Grand Junior Warden; Mr E. Goodbehere (Feilding), Past Grand Deacon; Mr C. H. Dement (Wellington), Past Grand Superintendent of Works; Messrs T. H. Hildreth (Wellington), F. G. Roe (Levin), and R. Scadden (Collingwood), Past Grand Bible-bearer; Mr T. J Sherborne (Gore), Past Grand Sword-bearer; Mr W. Miller (Auckland), Past Grand Ijeacon. The retirement from office of two Provincial Grand Masters was announced, that of Mr H. H. Edwards (Nelson and Marlborough) and Mr F. Symes (Ruapehu District). Acknowledgment was made of the valuable services to the craft of Colonel George Barclay, who has been Grand Secretary for the last 12J years, and ■who is retiring from Office at the conclusion of the present communication. Wellington city was fixed as the place for the communication of 1934. On reassembling in the evening, the Past Grand Master, Mr J. J. Clark, of Dunedin, carried out the reinstallation of the Grand Master. The investiture and induction of the proGrand Master, Sir Stephen Allen, was performed by Past Grand Master Mr T. Ross, of Dunedin. The Grand Master announced his appointment of Mr D. J. F. McFarlane, of Wanganui, as Deputy-Grand Master, and he also was duly invested. Provincial Grand Masters. Provincial Grand Masters for the year were appointed as follows: Canterbury: Mr C. Flavell, in virtue of his office as Provincial Grand Master of the Masonic Province of Canterbury. Auckland: Mr Oliver Nicholson, Past Grand Master. Wellington: Mr E. J. Guiness. Otago: Mr G. R. Henderson. Southland: Mr J. Manson. Hawke's Bay: The Rev. R. D. B. iWaugh. West Coast: Mr F. S. Wood. Nelson and Marlborough: Mr C. A. Eckford. Taranaki: Mr J. McAllister. Ruapehu: Mr W. H. McLean. Further prerogative appointments by the Grand Master were those of Mr J. W. Beanland, of Christchurch, as Senior Grand Warden, and Mr J. A. Sparrow (Dunedin) as Junior Grand Warden. Another feature of the proceedings was the presentation to retiring Grand Secretary, Colonel George Barclay, of the regalia of a Past Deputy Grand Master. Colonel Barclay was also appointed to represent Grand Lodge of New Zealand at the golden jubilee celebrations of Grand Lodge of South Australia in April next