THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7975, 15 June 1887, Page 5

THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE.

MASONIC CELEBRATION. [337 ELECTRIC! TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] London, June 13. A meeting of Freemasons was held at the Albert Hall last night. Fully one thousand were present. The Prince of Wales, Prince Albert Victor, and the Duke of Oonnaught attended, and a congratulatory address to the Queen was adopted. In honour of the Jubilee, thirty-five Indians and Colonials were admitted to the past rank of grand officers. The following are the colonial appointments :—New South Wales : Mr. Charles Stokes, deacon; Mr. Francis Wright, sword-bearer Mr. Arthur Bray, standard-bearer. Queensland: Mr. Barronßarnett, deacon. Victoria : Dr. Clarke, junior warden ; Dr. Wilmott, deacon; Mr. Thos. Lempriere, sword-bearer. Tasmania : Mr. George Smith, sword-bearer. New Zealand : Dr. Deamer, Ohristchurch ; Sir Robert Stout and Mr. George S. Cooper, assistant directors of ceremonies; Messrs. James Kerr and William Lodder, sword-bearers. The Queen will be escorted to Westminster Abbey by four thousand troops, and eight thousand more will line the streets. The Agents-General illuminations in honour of the Jubilee will be one of the best effects to be witnessed in London. London, June 14. It is announced that the procession to Westminster Abbey on the occasion of the Queen's Jubilee will be divided inter three parts, and will comprise upwards of forty carriages. The Queen's carriage will be preceded and followed by a mounted escort composed of all the English Princes, and 13 others closely related to the Royal Family, among them being the Marquis of Lorne Berlin, June 13. The Crown Prince and Princess started to-day for London to attend the celebration of the Queen's Jubilee.