MASONIC GRAND LODGE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10764, 12 May 1911, Page 4

MASONIC GRAND LODGE.

CONCLUSION OF THE SESSION. (Per Press Association'.) Christchijrcli,_ May 11. TJhev.annual communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge of New Zealand was, hroiightjfto a conclusion this morning. W.N. Bro. Griffiths again presided as Grand Master. The Grand Lodge unanimously affirmed a resolution approving a proposal for the -creation of an office of Grand Lecturer,- whose duty it should be to deliver lectures oil matters of Masonic history and ethics, and directed tin- Board of General Purposes to introduce the necessary .amendment of the rules to provide for the appointment or election of such officers or officer.Another resolution was passed remitting to the Board the question of amending the laws of the craft- in the matter of giving encouragement to the working of lodges created for the purposes of Masonic research and instruction. The rank of Past- Grand Master, .honoris causa, was conferred upon M.W. Bro. F. C. Binns, who during Lord Plunket's term of office as Grand Master held the office of Pro. Grand Master. Other matters discussed were purely domestic. One of them —a motion for the creation of a Board of Advice to the Provincial Grand Masters —was withdrawn after considerable debate. The Grand Lodge was then closed until its meeting at Dunedin next May.