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MASONIC.
THE GRAND LODGE <8F NEW ZEALAND. The annual communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge of New Zealand was opened at the- Choral Hall this afternoon. Several hundred representatives of Lodges in all parts of the colony, ranging from Mangonui in the north to Invercargill in the couth, were present, and W.M. Bro A. H. Burton, ot Dunedin, the retiring Grand Master, presided. The report of the Board of Management of the Widows and Orphans' and Aged Masons' Fund showed that the capital 1 value of the < fund was £5692. Out of the interest earned, annuities were being paid to seven aged Masons and one widow, to the amount of £131 per annum.
The Board of Benevolence reported that grants had been mad© during the year to the extent of £152. This, it will be. understood, is supplementary to the votes made by the . separate Lodges in answer to circular appeals, which constitute by far the largest factor in Masonic benevolence.
The annual statement of accounts and balance-sheet for the year ending March 31, ISO 6. stated the cash balances of the several funds as follow: — General £2068, fund of benevolence £2325, widows and orphans' and aged Masons' ' ud £5692, representation fund £^±, circular appeals £296, Thomson memorial £78; total £10,753.
The funds showed an increase of £1994 duriag the- past year, and £2939 in the two years' period for which the institution has beon. managed from Dunedin.
The officers of Grand Ledge were elected as follow :— Grand Master, his Excellency the Governor, W. Bro William Lee, Baron Plunket. Pro-Grand Master, R.W. Bro Frederick C. Binns. Canterbury District — Grand Chaplain, V.W. Bro Rev M'i^enzie Gibson; Grand Treasurer, V.W. Bro Francis William Hobbs-j Grand Registrar, R.W. Bro Johji Joseph Dougall ; Pres. of Board of General Purposes, R.W. Bro Charles A. C. Hardy; Pres. of Board of Benevolence, W. Bro George William Hulmo; Grand Director of Ceremonies, W. Bro Charles Yfilson Garrard j Grand Sword Bearer, W. Bro Gnarles Kay ; Grand Organist, W. Bro /Robert Neville Renand ; Grand Stewards, W. Bros Thomas Robert Lgithead and Kenneth Mackenzie; Board of General Purposes, R.W. Bros Henry Inigo Hobden, Francis James Smith, Thomas John Withers, W. Bros William Cameron Cleary and Thomas Henry Davis ; Board of ■ Benevolence, W. Bros William Alexander Tribe, Thomas Richard Cresswell, William Ingram Ballinger, Frederick Edmond Jones and John Gough. Auckland Dietrict-^Senior Grand Deacon, W. Bro Maurice- Joseph Harris; Grand Superintendent of Works, W. Bro William Henry Lucas; Grand Bible Bearer, W. Bro Francis Maurice Heweon; Grand Stewards, W. Bros Eliot Rypinskie Davis and George Tutt; Board of General Purposes, W. Bros George Crichton and James Albert Cooper ; Boar dof Benevolence, W. Bros George Touesaint Girdler and Harold Dunwell Bunby.
Wellington District— Senior Grand Deacon, W. Bro James Jacob Eseon ; Grand Superintendent of Works, W. Bro Joseph Barton; Grand Sword Bearer,, W. Bro Charles Vernon Swabey; Grand Steward, W. Bro Charles John Kent-Johnston ; Board of General Purposes, W. Bros Joseph Morton Light-foot and Jeremiah Stevenson; Board of Benevolence, W. Bros Alexander Dougal Clemett 'and M'Gregor Bonar Wright.
Otago District — Grand Chaplain, V.W. Bro Yen Archdeacon Henry George Gould ; Junior Grand Deacon, W. Bro Ernest William George Herbert Watts; Grand Bible Bearer, W. Bro William Foreman ; Grand Stewards, W. Bros Alfred Andensor and Harry Jacobs; Board of General Purposes, W. Bro Ernest Page Lee; Board of Benevolence, W. Bro Oldin Henry Molier. Southland District — Grand Director of Ceremonies, W. Bro Thomas Murray Rankin; Grand Pursuivant, W. Bro Albert Edward Nightingale; Grand Steward, W. Bro Richard A. Cruickshank; Board of General Purposes, W. Bro Maurice Thompson ; Board of Benevolence, W. Bro Waiter Crowther. Hawkers Bay and Gwborne District — Junior Grand Deacon, W; Bro Gilbert Thomas Bull; Grand Pursuivant, W. Bro John Hendry Sinclair ; Grand Steward, W. Bro^ Joseph Henry Edmundaon; Board of General Purposes, W. Bro William Haines; Board of Benevolence, W. Bro Ralph Searle Chadwick.
Nelson and Marlborough District — . Grand Standard Bearer, W. Bro Henry James Harris; Grand Steward, W. Bro Henry Boyce; Board of General Put--poses, W. Bro Harry Jerome Howard; Board of Benevolence, W. Bro Lockhart Dobbie Easton.
West Coast District — Grand Steward, W. Bro William James Watson; Board of General Purposes, W. Bro James Henry Parke; Board of Benevolence, W. Bro Francis George SJrilton.
Taranaki District — Grand Standard Bearer, W. Bro Alexander Walker Reid; Grand Steward, W. Bro George Smart ; Board of General Purposes, W. Bro Thomse Hickman ; Board of Ben©volence, W. Bro George William Calvert. On the recommendation of the Board of General Purposes, it was resolved that the next annual communication should be held at InvercargiU in May 3 1907. The installation of the Grand Mas-ter-elect, Pro-Grand Master and Deputy Grand Master, and the investiture of other offieeris will take place at ♦*»*, /OV~~ A. Msdl, this evening.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8618, 9 May 1906, Page 3
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