MASONIC GRAND LODGE

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9043, 14 May 1915, Page 5

MASONIC GRAND LODGE

A REMARKABLE MAR FUND ' . . ‘EFFORT. JCIOOO RAISED IN TWO DAYS- ! At its final sitting yesterday the! Masonic Grand Lodge did dittlo actual 1 . business, but devoted its attention n fliiefly to the augmentation of tho | special ( war) ■ benevolent fund which i had been instituted by tho Grand Master. After his , installation tho previous evening that gentleman had made an impassioned- appeal to the brethren to-assist the fund -to the .fullest-exteht-of their ability. Then he had caused slips of paper to bo circulated through the hall, with the re-’ suit; [that when they were collected .'»■ largo sum of money was in hand. Then came yesterday ; morning’s sitting. The Grand Master (M.W. Bro. Bengali),-in thanking the members for '■* their support of his scheme, made it clear that it was proposed to utilise i the fund, as regards the maimed, not in the way of charity doles, but in practical schemes to sot disabled men up in' business suitable to them. . At this tho wave of enthusiasm began to roll; afresh. . Further;subscriptions were freely handed in t and tho spirit of emulation caused members to double and redouble amounts they find premised on the previous evening. Eventually by means of ’ an ' auction sale of a well-known white “topper” and a Masonically historic funtain pen, the handsome. Unfit of £IOOO was raised, to supplement a fund which ali ready stood at ahout.£2soo.