FREEMASONRY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10898, 12 May 1921, Page 3

FREEMASONRY

GRAND MASTER, INSTALLED CONVOCATION OF GRAND LODGE. fxb rxm association. AUCKLAND, Alay 1L The attendance at the gnnll »l convocation of the Masonic Grand Lodge of New Zealand is the largest on record. At this morning’s sitting the reports of the various boards were considered in detail and adopted. Christchurch was chosen ats the centre for the next meeting. Bro- Malcolm Niccol’s resignation from the office of Grand Secretary was received with regret, and it was decided to grant him a pension of JBiOO per annum for life. The business session was adjourned until *—-morrow. In the evening Bro. Thomas Ross was reinstalled Grand Master and the other officers installed, or inv—ted, were—Deputy-Grand Master, Bro. J. J. Bason (Wellington), Provincial Grand blasters, Bros. Oliver Nicholson (Auckland), George Russell (Wellington i, H. B. Bishop (Canterbury), A. Fieldwilds (Otago), H- Warnes (West Coast), R. W. Stiles (Nelson and Marlborough). B. Hovgitt (Southland), J. At- Ritchie (Hawke’- Bay), H. W. Ewing (Taranaki), and J H. Perritt (Ruapehu); Grand Secretary, Bro. Col. George Barclay; Senior Grand Warden, Bro. J. Armstrong (Auckland); Junior Grand Warden, Bro. K. McKenzie (South Canterbury); Senior Grand Deacons. Bro 6. J. E. Wade (West Coast), J. L. Ching (Nelson); Junior Grand Deacons, Bros. A. H. Waring (Auckland) and H. L- Ironmonger (Ruapehu) ; Grand Chaplains, the Revs. A. V. Chandler (Dunedin) and A. MacDonald (Auckland).