MASONIC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1950, 1 October 1889, Page 3

MASONIC .

,• ■, Dunedin, S*pf. 27. of the Masonic Union appointed to report on the grand lodge movement have submitted a report of a lengthy nature.. It states that the subordinate ' lodges j generally approve .of the formation- of'" a grand lodge. Thirteen principles were enumerated and shou'd ,be insisted be insisted on, five of ' which should be unalterable by the grand lodge I 'save with the consent of the district grand lodges. These are;—(l) That the grand lodge meet only ont o yearly ; (2) place of meeting to be changed yearly, and In; a different grand lodge district; (6) that the grand lodge should have full legistivo powers; and administration of the district grand lodges, but .should have no other administrative Inactions; (9)thatthe district grand lodges receive and administer all funds, ahd have power to grant 'dispensations, certificates, asd charters ; (10) that the grand lodge should have the power of levying from each district a sum not exceeding £4O per annum. The most important of the other principles were officers of the grand lodge should, be _ the same asinthe district lodges, E. 0., in the colony ; that no one but the P.M. 'shduldAbe eligible for office in the grand vlo.dge; that there should bs five 1 district grand lodges—Auckland, Wellington, Westland, Canterbury, and Otago, The committee regret that certain brethren have formed a grand lodge in Wellington as the question was not ripe for actiofi. The committee believe that the.-constitution prepared in Wellington is unworkable, and would tend to the ' centralisation of all power in the grand lodge and do no good to masonry. 'The committee believe that no real union will be consummated until there is greater harmony on the question, which can only be obtained by further consideration and negotiation. ■ The repqrt is to be considered by a meeting to be he|d on, the lltb prox.