SIR CHARLES FERGUSSON

Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1930, Page 9

SIR CHARLES FERGUSSON

OPENING OF MASONIC TEMPLE.' GIFTS FROM NEW ZEALAND, The fprmajl. opening of the new sonic Temple, recently erected in th* village of .Dailly (.Scotland), by Fer-v gusson St. James Lodge, No. 566, and.'; recently dedicated, took place six weeke ago, in the presence of a large number; of local members and visiting The interior furnishings are perhaps finest to be found in any building the kind in Scotland, says the Fre*-.-masons’ Chronidle, and were a gift fro»4 New.-Zealand, as a tablet .in bronze the hall indicates. The . inscription';: is: *’The furnishings of the\Lodge presented 'by the Brethren of the Newi: Zealand- Constitution in recognition the valuable services given by Bro. Gen* S oral Sir Charles Fergusson during hit;., term of office as Grand Master of New? Zealand,. 1925-26?’- ■-’ j *'.j The Master’s chair is made of . from the pulpit of the Old Pariah Church when it was reconstructed. Th* piano is. also a gift. .from Sir Charlee Fergusson, jvho also gay* to the Lodge a number of working tools made out *f the finest. New Zealand wood, also bolic emblems in metal work presentedto him on. leaving New Zealand. Th* ' hall contains adequate retiring rooms ■ and kitchen and is well lighted ■ heated. ' When the Brethren were a 11 outside the hall,-the R.W.M.; Bro. PfeM Kerlie, called upon. Sir Charles eon formally to open the Temple Sir Charles unlocked the door. On assembling in the hall Sir Charlei| referred to the three operations—-wie* 1 doin, strength and beauty. that we may undertake the work, strength to enable us to undertake s*l work,, and the beauty of virtue so that'; we might ', ba moved to use thia - r r«» to. tha Glory q£ Gad,” z — ~