MASONIC GRAND LODGE

Southland Times, Issue 23674, 24 November 1938, Page 6

MASONIC GRAND LODGE

Opening Of Annual Communication LORD GALWAY CHOSEN AS MASTER (United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, November 22. The annual communication' of the Masonic Grand Lodge of New Zealand opened in the Masonic Temple this morning. There are 302 lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge and practically all of these were represented either by sitting masters or delegates. The first item of importance was the election of Grand Master. The unanimous choice of the lodges was the Governor-General (Lord Galway), whose reappointment was duly confirmed and he thus enters upon his third term of office as head of the craft in the Dominion. The elective officers were chosen as follows under the scheme of distribution submitted by the Board of General Purposes.. As the grand secretary’s office for the next two years is to be situated in Christchurch, having just been removed from Dunedin, the principal executive officers are selected from this district:—

Canterbury province.—Grand treasurer, Mr A. F. Fisher; grand registrar, Mr A. H. C. Cavell; president of board general purposes, Mr C. G. Curtis; president of board of benevolence, Mr A. T. C. Sellars; grand director of ceremonies, Mr J. C. Ring; grand superintendent of works, Mr B. C. Wilson; grand stewards, Messrs E. C. Buthurst, F. W. Gifkins, W. Kemp and F. Ward; members of board of general purposes, Messrs C. H. Burson, J. C. Forsyth, A. G. W. Pearson, J. G. Stephens and W. Tuck; members of board of benevolence, Messrs G. A. Blackmore, O. W. Eastwood, G. Henry, C. J. Jones, S. V. Massey, J. Olds, W. H. Smith and T. W. Wallis. Auckland district.—Grand director of ceremonies, Mr F. G. Alpe; grand swordbearer, Mr J. J. A. Howie; grand organist, Mr J. J. B. Blakemore; grand pursuivant, Mr C. C. Turner; grand stewards, Messrs A. Donaldson, J. H. Keith, C. B. Kerr and D. Penman; members of board of general purposes, Messrs V. Kirk and H. H. Thompson; member of board of benevolence, Mr H. Baxter.

Wellington district.—Grand chaplain, Mr A. B. Kilroy; grand director of ceremonies, Mr S. M. Stone; assistant grand director of ceremonies, Mr R. J. King; grand standard-bearer, Mr W. A. Ramsay; grand stewards, Messrs L. Crow, J. C. Davis and K. L. Freeman; members of the board .of general purposes, Mr A. E. Brice and Mr T. H. Sherwood; member of the board cf benevolence, Mr G. A. Clark. Otago district.—Grand director of ceremonies, Mr G. K. Neill; senior grand deacon, Mr J. D. Fletcher; grand Bible bearer, Mr J. B. Arnott; grand stewards, Messrs T. L. Roberts, J. Robertson and H. E. Barth; members of the board of general purposes, Messrs F. W. A. Clayton and T. Tomkins; member of the board of benevolence, Mr E. Goodly. Waikato district.—Junior grand deacon, Mr J. R. O. Lochhead; assistant grand director of ceremonies, Mr A. J. Prescott; grand sword-bearer, Mr W. R. Oxenham; grand stewards, Messrs A. B. Mollgaard and T. H. Hall; member of board of general purposes, Mr R. H. A. Cushman; member of the board of benevolence, Mr T. A. Bradley.

Southland district. —Assistant grand director of ceremonies, Mr H. J. J. Pierce; grand standard-bearer, Mr W. Irvine; grand stewards, Messrs J. McDonald and R. A. Garden; member of board of general purposes, Mr W. D. Warren; member of board of benevolence, Mr J. G. Imlay. Ruapehu district. —Grand chaplain, Mr W. Raine; assistant grand director of ceremonies, Mr A. C. Buist; grand stewards, Messrs W. H. Andrews and P. W. Morris; member of board of general purposes, Mr D. M. Watkins; member of board of benevolence, Mr R. S. Roberts.

Hawke’s Bay district.—Assistant grand director of ceremonies, Mr R. Bly; grand Bible bearer, Mr J. E. Jones; grand steward, Mr E. C. Hurdsfield; member of board of general purposes, Mr W. Dobson; member of board of benevolence, Mr E. C. Pirie. Nelson and Marlborough district.— Senior grand deacon, Mr A. O. Renner; assistant grand director of ceremonies, Mr C. M. Rout; grand steward, Mr A. M. Thomson; member of board of general purposes, Mr N. McConochie; member of board of benevolence, Mr T. A Kirby. Taranaki district.—Junior grand deacon, Mr J. C. Ekdahl; assistant grand director of ceremonies, Mr R. S. F. Craig; grand steward, Mr F. J. Young; .member of board of general purposes,

Mr A. C. Drury; member of board of benevolence, Mr W. H. Humphrey. West Coast district—Assistant grand director of ceremonies, Mr J. F. Potter; grand pursuivant, Mr S. Braithwaite; grand steward, Mr T. J. Wilton, member of board of general purposes, Mr H. Griffiths; member of board of benevolence, Mr W. J. Caldwell. It is intended that the Grand Lodge communication next year will be held , in Wellington. ' —