FREEMASONS' TEMPLE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21548, 20 July 1933, Page 11

FREEMASONS' TEMPLE

DEDICATION CEREMONY DISTINGUISHED GATHERING LONDON, July 18 The Albert Hall was packed to-day with 9000 Freemasons from all parts of the world, especially members of the Grand Lodge, to celebrate the dedication of the wonderful £1,000,000 memorial Temple of Honour to Fallen Brethren. The Duke of Connaught presided and those present included the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, Prince Arthur, and Prince George, who was invested a Senior Grand Warden. New Zealand was not represented owing to the ill-health of Earl Jellicoe and Sir James Fergusson. The Duke of Connaught was obviously affected when he declared, that he was proud to have been spared to seo the consummation of that great scheme. The spirit of Freemasonry was never more needed than at present, he said. The Freemasons' magnificent headquarters in London, the £1,000.000 Peace Memorial Building, has been erected to the memory of of the craft who fell in the Great War. Lodges throughout the Empire and British lodges in foreign countries contributed "stones" for the buildingin the form of donations. The building occupies a commanding position at the west end of Great Queen Street, and has a frontage to Long Acre, down which a vista is obtained from the main entrance.