The Recess
Whatever our occupations, we pursue them to better advantage if we occasionally have a holiday from them.
Taking a holiday or rest does not mean a flagging of interest; it simply means that we take a break to recruit
our powers. Theories of fatigue today are more or less proven; it is pretty well established that there is a good
deal of truth in the old adage that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Nobody can be at his peak all
the time.
Coinciding with the break most of us take from our work we find our lodges going into recess for a month or
two, and this, too, gives us a chance to restore our energies and reinforce our interest. There is no obligation,
when one is in a caravan or a motel, far from home,_to seek out the nearest lodge and try to perform a
Masonic observance for the month. It is expected that length of one's cable-tow will stop short, so far as
practical observance is concerned with the Christmas break.
It would be a great mistake, nevertheless, to imagine that because one does not have to attend lodge for a
brief spell one can therefore forget all about Masonry for the same period. The observance ceases, but the
practice goes on. It goes on to a far greater extent that most of us realise, for masonry is not just a matter of
observances or meeting people or accepting certain privileges and obligations: it is a matter of what one
allows it to do to one's whole character.
Different people react to the Craft in different ways, but upon all of us it exerts a common civilising interest.
We so often extol certain virtues and characteristics that the need for them becomes a truism; and if they are
often the same as those we had to write about in our old copy-, books; well, they were good copybooks.
Many people to-day see a deterioration in the moral standards of society. There seems to be a great deal of
violence in the community: we were told only a few days ago that we could expect to find organised crime in
our midst within ten or twenty years. We have been told since that there appear to be two rings of people
distributing drugs in New Zealand, and that some of these may even be grown, though in a small way, within
the Dominion. We find shoplifting and damage to public property are rife. Every where there appears to be
an insistence on what society owes to us, and an inclination, if we cannot get it by fair means, to take it by
foul.
It is the privilege of the elderly to say that the country is going to the dogs; but it is the elderly, after all, who
have lived long enough to have standards of comparison. It is the elderly who remark these tendencies. They
may be right, or their memory may be fallible.
Whether or not social standards are deteriorating is a question of fact, and a hard one to resolve. If, indeed,
they are, there may be a very good reason for it, and the deterioration may quite conceivably be the prelude
to a revival of those classical virtues to the practice of which the Freemason has pledged his assent.
Young people growing up have been born under the shadow of recent history. Materially perhaps, we have
"never had it so good", but there have been major circumstances since the depression and the first World
War which have thrown insecurity into the New Zealander's domestic outlook: the second war not least. As
disturbing an influence is the contraceptive pill and the "new morality". There has been a relaxation of
parental control; and again it is a question of fact whether this may not have been a good thing. There are
relatively extremely high wages for young people; there is the phenomenon of the working mother; there is
the cradle-to-the grave social security programme: all factors, good or bad, in causing social change, and
change at a rapid rate.
Perhaps it is not to be wondered at that parents do not keep up with the changes in outlook and attitude which
affect their children. Perhaps in such a period sympathy and understanding between parent and child are
more difficult to achieve than they have been at other periods of history. Perhaps the children, in their
strange way, are rejecting what they are told, because they are sceptical and intolerant of precept and
guidance, and accepting instead whatever they can find out for themselves, and feel sure of.
In this sense there may be a good deal to be said for the new morality, at least in its ultimate effects. Precept
may not be enough, but conclusions worked out for oneself in the light of one's own experience are worth a
good deal. For a time younger people's conclusions may seem strange to us: ultimately there can be little
doubt but that the clouds will clear away and we will see them as the same principles which we were taught
ourselves, and often accepted uncritically; but purged, perhaps, of inessentials and mistakes. It is possible to
have a good deal of faith in the young, and it can be, very comforting to watch their progress towards the
very system of morality which the Craft teaches. We have had a lifetime of accepting these principles;
whether we originally accepted them uncritically or gradually tested them and found them valid does not
matter. They are ageless and they are based on the distinguishing characteristic of our Craft, which is, in one
translation, Love.
Although the process may be slow, and although life may be different for the newer generations as they
discard our conventions and substitute their own, this is the goal towards which modern youth is progressing.
Perhaps the times, this period of transition, will explain why younger men do not join the Craft in great
numbers: when they do decide to seek membership they find they are entering an environment which
confirms -them in conclusion they have already reached, for themselves.
Sameness
Many articles are written which seem to suggest that the "sameness" of the ritual is one of the reasons why
brothers do not attend lodge regularly.
What is the natural conclusion? Do these articles suggest that we have a different ritual for every meeting?
We should understand that immortal truths are contained within the Ritual of Masonry. If one witnesses the
ceremonies with both heart and mind he will be the recipient of that which is priceless.
Ritual is part of the discipline of Masonry. It has something to impart to us regardless of the countless times
that we see and hear it.
The majestic and eternal truths embodied in the teachings of Masonry are not imparted in haste or at a given
time. The process is by repetition and by degrees.
Sameness, when the ultimate goal is envisioned, should be regarded as an opportunity to learn, and not as an
unjust demand. — Masonic Messenger.
Finish each day and be done with it . . . You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no
doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely
—Ralph Waldo Emerson.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS—"CRAFTSMAN"
Journals bearing the following addresses have been returned to this office marked "Gone, no Address".
Should any Lodge Secretary or Brother know the present address of any of these Brethren, we would be
pleased to receive their advices.
G. A. Beveridge, 2 Brown St., Itawerau.
Bro. D. S. Black, late of Park Rd., Auckland.
E. E. Body, No. 8 R.D. Asburton.
R. H. Fenton, 94 Ravelston St., Dunedin.
T. W. Finnie, Box 2156, Christchurch.
A. C. Gini, 19 Harapaki Rd., Meadowbank, Auckland. S.E.3.
J. W. Gibson, c/o Teagle Smith & Co. Ltd., P.O. Box Hamilton.
R. M. Hate, P.O. Box 195, Tokoroa.
B. S. Laird, 2 Spencer Rd., Otematata, North Otago.
A. O. Lloyd, Wairoa Rd., Tauranga.
H. A. Lowe, 36 Bridge St., Kilbirnie. E.3.
R. McGregor, 195 Hurstmere Rd., Takapuna.
D. T. Miller, 66 Ritche St., Invercargill.
V. H. Morris, Arbuckle Rd., Hastings.
H. D. Paynter, R.D. No. 1 Upper Moutere.
N. M. Seabrook, Flat 2, 69 Wright's Rd. Christchurch. 2.
L. G. Speight, 22 Emerson St., St. Heliers Bay, Auckland.
F. A. Whale, 39 Golf Rd., Paraparaumu.
G. P. L. Bretherton, 4 Kahu Rd., Christchurch.4.
D. J. Cannell, R.D. 7, Te Puke. ,
P. H. Tomlin, 134 Mungavin Ave., Porirua.
W. P. Watson, 189 Rosebank Rd., Avondale, Auckland S.W.3.
C. E. Weinberg, Niho Niho.
Your friendship through this year
Has been a priceless thing to me--
A golden chain that time has wrought,
Each link a memory.
To hold us close together, though
Our paths be near or far,
For we shall be friends always,
No matter where we are.
The Challenge Remains
This article was written by the Grand Master of Indiana, in the year of 1951, and it seems strange that then as
well as now or even in the days of Moses, the Challenge Remains the same."
A New Year has arrived and it brings to all Masons new and greater opportunities, new and brighter hopes
and new and heavier responsibilities. It is a time to pause in our busy lives and seriously consider what
Freemasonry stands for and its place in our world of today.
As we enter upon another year we cannot be unconscious of the unrest and confusion about us.
Yet all is not without hope, for in Freemasonry we have a practical solution for all of these problems, and it
becomes our opportunity and our responsibility to put into practical use the principles of Freemasonry and
become the leaders in a great ground-swell of public participation if the affairs of our community, our state,
our nation and the whole world about us. There is nothing wrong with the world or with our country that a
great moral awakening, a spiritual quickening and a regeneration of civic consciousness will not overcome.
There can be no cure for war and strife except the practical application of that Brotherly Love
conceived in the Fatherhood of God which will have its final and complete fruition in the brotherhood
of all men, of every race, creed and nationality. We shall never have a genuine peace until through the
Brotherhood of Man we can bring about Good Will among men of all nations.
Let us therefore, during this year make a serious effort to display the good offices of our Fraternity. Apply
the great and good principles of Freemasonry in our lives and contacts and take our places as leaders in a
great movement for moral and spiritual awakening; and become active in civic and community affairs,
hoping that by our effects and through our example we may be instrumental in bringing about clean
government, a spiritual quickening among the people and that Peace on Earth for which all good men yearn.
We have the tools. Have we the energy and the moral force to use them?
We must not measure our contributions to society by the number of hours which we put into our
business. It is the number of ideas we have that counts and we must communicate those ideas to people
around us on every possible occasion and by every means at our disposal. For Freemasons this can
only mean by our own conduct, for we teach by example.
I ask you to join with me in a great and all-powerful crusade seeking to make Freemasonry the power for
good which it has the inherent qualities of becoming.
Banners of all kinds available from
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Tradition
The world is sick morally.
Rebellions, war, riots, unruly demonstrations are having place in many corners of the world. Crime, sexual
promiscuity, pornography have so increased in incidence that society is no longer shocked.
In the domestic scene parental authority is on the wane; the father is no longer the fount of wisdom; the
rulings of father or mother have little force and the children continue their own unsweet way.
To the young people anything that is in the good taste of yesteryear is "square". For example, how many
young persons can be bothered with the individual napkin and ring on the home dining table?
One does not deplore change. Indeed social institutions must be sufficiently flexible to accommodate change,
but an institution, like a building, must have a rigid foundation if it is to survive. But change should not be
valued per se.
The world is sick morally largely because tradition, the transmission of long-held beliefs, rules, customs etc,
is disregarded.
Tradition essentially provides that sense of continuity of long-proved good which is part faith, part
convention and part habit. As written above, in the social sphere it is being largely disregarded yet,
paradoxically, the old traditions still remain in respect of weddings: There are, too, some changes that
represent a change from a recent to an older tradition, for example, ecumenism. Perhaps the sick world is
moving to convalescence?
Amid all the general challenge to authority Freemasonry remains steadfast to tradition. And because it does,
its moral values are higher generally than those of the community from which it draws its members. In this
ailing world Freemasonry can be an important factor in preserving the standards of civilization, and of decent
society. It is the job of Freemasons to see that it does.
An article in The Masonic Record for March, 1966, by. V. Bro. R. E. Race headed "Masonic Obligations"
concludes with this paragraph:
"We are repeatedly charged to 'please each other and unite in the grand design of being happy and communi-
cating happiness'. This is plainly of paramount importance but we shall be better pleased with ourselves if we
unite in jealously preserving the dignity and high importance of our ancient and distinctive customs. This is
one of the important obligations of the Freemason today and the penalty of violating it —positively or by
indifferent acquiescence — is to undermine the very future of Freemasonry and destroy its attraction in the
eyes of intelligent and worthy men. It is easy to let standards slip. It is difficult to regain a lost position. Let
us see to it that our standards measure up to the highest traditions of the great Order of which we are
privileged members. Each one of us is a steward of a sacred trust."
The R.L.O.V. Newsletter, 20/8/66
How To Take Life
Take it just as though it was, as it is, an earnest, vital and important affair. Take it as though you were born to
the task of performing a merry part of it, as though the world awaited your coming. Take it as though it was a
grand opportunity to do and achieve, to carry forward great and good schemes, to help and cheer a suffering,
weary, it may be, heart-broken brother. Now and then a man stands aside from the crowd, labours earnestly,
steadfastly, confidently, and straightway becomes famous for wisdom, intellect, skill, or greatness of some
sort. The world wonders, admires, idolises; and it only illustrates what others may do if they take hold of life
with a purpose. The miracle or the power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application,
and perseverance under the inner promptings of a brave and determined spirit.
— Mark Twain.
Hastings - Napier Golf Tournament
The 9th annual inter-city Masonic golf tournament between Hastings and Napier, on November 20, was a
huge success. The field was one of the biggest on record and the picturesque Waiohiki course was in perfect
condition.
As a result of the tournament the Hastings District Masonic Trust benefited by a donation of 40, for which
R.W. Bro. Andrew Dysart, Provincial Grand Master and also chairman of the Trust, expressed the Trust's
thanks during the presentation of trophies.
With fine, hot weather there was some good golf during the morning and afternoon rounds. The morning
foursomes were won by Bro. T. Cox and Mr. B. G. Laird with a nett 69, and runners up were Bro. H. Willis
and Bro, R. Wimsett with a nett 72½.
In the afternoon Bro. R. Skittrup won the stableford with 42 points, and Bro. C. Gillan was runner-up with
40 points.
Hastings won the Inter-City Masonic Cup for the teams match by 22 matches to 16. The cup was received by
W. Bro. W. D. Shooter, captain of the Hastings team. Bro. D. Dalton, captain of the Napier side, suitably
replied on behalf of his team.
At the prizegiving R.W. Bro. Dysart commended the tournament organisers, Bro. D. P. Ronberg, Bro. J.
Esam and W. Bro. R. Longney who, as usual, did a magnificent job.
There are several Masonic sporting functions in Hawke's Bay each year, and they provide wonderful oppor-
tunities for Brethren to get together away from the Lodge room and fraternise in the best traditions of the
Craft. Next year the golf tournament will be held at Bridge Pa Links. Hastings.
Rose Croix Eagles and Stars in stock at
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True Brotherhood
The whole system of mankind shows that there is no substitute for brotherliness. Professions of brotherhood
in a Masonic Lodge are of no avail unless they are put into practice in daily life. It is the task of each
individual Mason, in his contemplation of national, state and local problems, to apply these age-old unselfish
and fundamental, principles revealed in symbolic Masonry.—The Gavel,
Address on the 50th Anniversary of Bedford Chapter, No. 39
at the Masonic Hall, Waipukurau, October 1st 1966.
V.E. First Principal, M.Es., R.Es. and Comps.
If tonight I was going to enlarge on the degree of the H.R.A. as such — to explain its symbols, illustrate its
allegories, or moralise on its message — my task would be light and in the normal course of a lecturer's
work. This evening, however, I am speaking — not on the meaning of a degree. not even on my own behalf
— but on behalf of all here present, and on behalf of many who no doubt would have wished to be here and
will be with us in spirit, though attendance was for one reason or another denied them.
This is a gathering celebrating an event rare in Capitular Freemasonry, the Golden Jubilee of a H.R.A.
Chapter. The formation of the Bedford Chapter, No. 39, on the Register of Grand Chapter, was the
culmination of the efforts of a few worthy Masons of this District, and it was born in the midst of strife and
tribulation of a magnitude unknown until that time. The year was 1916, the middle year of the bloodiest,
most futile and senseless war in history.
Perhaps it was this very fact that led to these Brethren seeking some spiritual consolation, some antidote to
the destructive depravity of man, and what better could they have done than turn to their Freemasonry for a
little of the spiritual peace the world of the time denied them, .to find a bond of peace and unity with their
Companions in the quiet and absorbing meetings in the R.A.
Let me say here, Companions, it is too often forgotten, or at least not emphasised enough, that the H.R.A.
degree is an extension of and an integral and legal part of Craft Masonry.
There are many Brethren who find the three degrees of the Craft contain everything to satisfy their spiritual
needs (outside their church, that is) while others are for purely physical reasons, e.g., business, a young
family, or perhaps even a petulant wife, unable to find time to devote to any further attainment.
There are yet others who may be dissuaded from joining other degrees by Brethren who themselves are
under a wrong impression of what these further degrees seek to teach, and some of these Brethren are thus
lost to us.
Finally, and most importantly, there are those who desire and actively carry out the injunction to seek
Masonic advancement. From such Brethren came the idea to form a Chapter in this district.
I have been privileged to read the first minute book which records the formation of this Chapter, and what a
thrill it was, Companions! The first minutes are written obviously in a hurry, with erasures and misspellings,
quite usual when a new Scribe has a new job to do and nothing to copy from. The date is the 27th September,
1916. There are 11 Foundation Members shown, but Companions, what names appear among them and those
officiating in the ceremonies of consecration and installation; giants of Freemasonry, some of whom I had
the privilege of knowing, though alas, in their declining years.
They are gone from us, to be received we know within the heavenly S——n, but their names are
remembered — Hobson, Williams, Dobson, Gillespie, Ex. Comp. Harston, who was at the organ (and whose
name is still connected with music in Napier) and others of equal Masonic merit. How could a Chapter fail to
survive with such progenitors!
The material world has its rightful claims upon us and these must not and should not be disregarded. But
amid all its trials and turmoils, its competitions, its cares and struggles, its defeats and victories, let us
remember there is a state of living outside such boundaries where rank and fortune are disregarded, carnal
desires unrecognised, and where the noise and distractions of the world do not intrude. In our own Chapter
we were invested with the badge of a Companion of the H.R.A., but if we were worthy we were at the same
time invested with an invisible badge and regalia, one that marked our spiritual status and was visible only to
the G. Overseer. Here we wear not only our apron of our Chapter tonight, but that invisible badge awarded
by the G. Principal Himself, the Great I-M.
Perhaps I can say we are more truly in accord with His master-plan when we have penetrated the veil which
enshrouds the true secrets of our order and have realised the beauteous perfection of its tenets. We exemplify
this when we gather round our altar on which His Name is writ in letters of gold and carry out our Masonic
work around the brilliant circle of constancy and the sign of perfection.
But, Companions, this is only half the story. The real purpose and use of Freemasonry is not in the temple,
but in the world — the profane world as we often call it outside.
We are missionaries bearing no label. All our Masonic learning and practice is but a means to an end. We are
brought to the light that others may see its reflection, and we find the lost secrets that we may the more
readily unlock the door to knowledge for those outside to learn from us.
Make your Chapter strong again, Companions of Bedford. Be militant, be spirited, be imbued with
missionary zeal! There must be Freemasons among you whom you can inspire with your own enthusiasm.
Invite them to join you if you know them worthy, for it is only by increasing your numbers, and your number
of young men particularly, that we and you can survive.
None of us would be here indeed but for the fact that we realized that our Masonic education was unfinished.
None of us would be here unless we had felt a spiritual need engendered by our earlier experiences and
feelings in our Craft work, and none of us should be here if the message contained in our ceremonies, based
as they are on this great volume, was not a real and inspiring force in our hearts.
So Companions of Bedford Chapter, remember your beginnings, remember the great Freemasons to whom
you owe this Chapter. Acknowledge their work by making your Chapter strong, meaningful and active — a
real force in Capitular Freemasonry in this area.
Venerate your elder members and emulate them. We, who are here, salute you for the good work you have
done, all of you. We acknowledge your efforts and we look to you younger members to show by your efforts
that the vision of dedicated Companions through 50 years of Chapter work shines undimmed.
And may the G.O.O.T.U. give you His blessing and spare you all to enjoy many happy hours of
Companionship in your Chapter. S.M.I.B. —Eric Mason, P.G. Lec.
The Meaning of Freemasonary
Lecture given by W. Bro. T. Bosher, P. G. Std. B., at Whetu-Kairangi Lodge, No. 201,
on Saturday, June 11, 1966.
With the consent of the W.M. I am privileged to give you a few thoughts, which are the outcome of a mind
groping after the full significance of all that Masonry means, to those who are still in a state of wonder and
uncertainty.
Younger members of the Order, when first initiated, are impressed with the solemnity of an array of symboli-
cal veiled references, which, on account of their inability to grasp the full and hidden meaning there are
sometimes smothered over and become mere automatons attending meetings in a perfunctory manner,
paying their dues, behaving to the best of their ability as honoured citizens, but losing sight of the fact that
Masonry stands for something which all men grope far—exactly what that something is, is found hard to
specify, but as we are all conscious of a Higher Power than the mere mortal, glimpse that it pertains to the
supernatural.
In much of the following X am indebted to a very fine volume by W. Bro. W. R. Wilmshurst P.M. English
Constitution. In his introductory remarks, this W. Brother makes it clear, that the meaning of Masonry is a
subject left entirely unexpounded—and it accordingly remains largely unrealised by its members, save such
few as make it their private study, and little provision is made by authorities for explaining and teaching the
"noble science" which -Masonry claims itself to be, and was certainly designed to impart.
It seems taken for granted that reception into the Order will automatically be accompanied by an ability to
appreciate forthwith, and at its full value, all that one there finds. The contrary is the case—for Masonry is a
veiled and cryptic expression of the difficult science of—Spiritual Life—and the understanding of it calls for
special and informed guidance on the one hand, .and on the other, a genuine and earnest desire for
knowledge; and no small capacity for spiritual perception on the part of those seeking to be instructed.
There are undoubtedly among the Brethren here assembled, a large number who have traversed the ground
over which I am working, and I would ask of them their forbearance, for the sake of those who are still
feeling their way.
Not infrequently, we find Brethren discontinuing their interest, and even membership, because they find that
Masonry means nothing to them, and no explanation or guidance is given them. Were such instruction
provided, assimilated and responded to, the life of the Order would be enormously quickened and deepened
and its efficiency as a means of Initiation intensified; whilst incidentally, the fact would prove an added
safeguard against admission into the Order of unsuitable members—by which is meant not merely persons
who fail to satisfy conventional qualification, but also those who, whilst fitted in this respect, are as yet, so
intellectually or spiritually unprogressed, as to be incapable of benefiting from Initiation in its true sense,
although, passing formally through Initiation rites.
Let us start at the beginning—we are approached by an acquaintance desiring admittance to the 'Order—his
reasons, we invariably find, are that he has heard such good reports of the Fraternity that his curiosity is
aroused to such an extent that he is willing to buy a single ticket to an unknown destination, so long as he
may enter the Mystic Portals of a Masonic Lodge.
Our new Brother goes through his 'initiation but is the veil drawn from off the full meaning of the Initiation.?
Let us analyse the word—it is originally derived from the word "Initiurn" meaning a new beginning, a break-
away from the old method and order of life—and the entrance into a new one of larger self-knowledge,
deeper understanding, and intensified virtue.
It means a transition from the natural state and standards of life towards a regenerate and supernatural state
and standard. It means a turning away from the pursuit of the popular ideals of the outer world in 'the convic-
tion that those ideals are but shadows, images, and temporal substitutes for the internal reality that underlies
them, to the quest of that reality itself, and the recovery of those genuine secrets of our being which lie
hidden and buried at the centre or innermost part of our souls. It means the awakening of dormant faculties
of the soul which endue their possessor with light, in the form of new consciousness and perceptive faculty
and lastly, in words with which every Mason is familiar, it means that the postulant will henceforth dedicate
his life to the Divine, rather than to his own service, so that, by the principles of the Order, he may better be
enabled to display that beauty of Godliness which previously, perhaps, has not manifested through him.
Masonry was designed to teach self-knowledge. "Know thyself" was the injunction portrayed over the
ancient portals of Temples of Initiation. Self-knowledge is not acquired by the formal passage of two or three
degrees. It is a knowledge impossible of achievement, until a difficult path of life long and strenuously
pursued, leads its followers to its attainment. The wisest and most advanced of us, is still perhaps, but an
E.A. at this knowledge, however high his rank.
The full M.M. the just man made perfect, who has 'actually and not merely ceremonially travelled the whole
path, endured all its tests and ordeals, and become raised into conscious union with the Author and Giver of
Life, and able to impart that life to others, is at all times hard to find. So high an ideal and attainment it may
be urged, is beyond our reach— we are but ordinary men of the world, sufficiently occupied already with our
civic, social and family obligations, and following the obvious normal Path of Life. Granted. But
nevertheless to point to that attainment as possible to us, and as our destiny to indicate that path of self-
perfecting to those who care and dare to follow it, Modern Speculative Masonry was instituted. Masonry
means this, or it means nothing worth the serious pursuit of thoughtful men, nothing which cannot be
pursued outside the Craft as well as within it. It proclaims the fact that there exists a higher and more secret
path of life, than that which we normally tread, and that, when the outer world and its pursuits, and rewards,
lose their attractions for us, and prove insufficient for our deeper needs, as sooner or later they will, we are
compelled to turn back on ourselves to seek and knock at the door within —and it is upon this inner world
and the path to and through it, Masonry promises light, charts the way and indicates the qualification and
conditions of progress.
"How can we brighten our Refrectory Proceedings?"
The above was the theme of the 3rd Discussion Meeting for 1966 of the Hutt Valley Masonic Forum, which
was held on Monday, 29th August. Bro Guy Hammond very ably introduced the subject and it soon became
apparent that there is much scope for improvement as far as refectory proceedings of many Lodges are
concerned.
Bro. Hammond began by pointing out how little effort is made is seeing that visitors are introduced to the
brethren of the host Lodge. Usually, visitors congregate together and form a group. It was suggested that a
buffet-type supper would give the brethren an opportunity to circulate and meet other brethren. But when the
conventional "sit down" supper is preferred, endeavours should be made to introduce a visitor to brethren
sitting next to him or opposite. The wearing of name tags by visitors as practised by other organisations was
also suggested.
The next item to be discussed was food. Most of us are quite used to get dull food, lacking in variety and pre-
sentation. Of course, there is a limit in the amount of money which we can spend on supper but even a few
pounds added to the budget and used with imagination can result in a remarkable improvement. However,
stewards might be accused of spending Lodge funds for purposes they were not meant for and attention was
drawn to English Lodges where it is custom that Lodge funds and Refectory funds are kept strictly separate.
It was agreed that the feminine touch is desirable in preparing food. It is the appearance and the variety of
food which counts and is appreciated. In some Lodges, brethren bring a plate from home, while in other
Lodges, wives organise the supper and this is a good opportunity for the wife of a candidate or new brother
to be introduced.
Bro. Hammond was very critical of the toasts and speeches we are sometimes forced to listen to. Here the
important point is that brethren should be given sufficient time to gather their thoughts and prepare a toast.
Even a natural speaker is dull when asked to speak unprepared. There can be, of course, no excuse for a
Master going visiting without a prepared speech, nor for a J.W. not being ready for a toast to the visitors.
Too often we hear the same, as for instance, a reply to the visitors' toast, what Bro. Hammond called the
"timeworn nauseating cliche": "Thank you Bro. J.W. for the way in which you proposed the toast, and you
brethren for the way in which you honoured it. I must congratulate the Lodge for their fine Working in the
Lodge room and I must congratulate Bro. Smith for being a very fine candidate. Bro. Smith, you will find the
more you put in masonry the more you will get out of it. You should take every opportunity to visit other
Lodges and enlarge the circle of your masonic friendship. You have entered to-day a great fraternity which I
trust you will have many years to enjoy, etc., etc . . . . . . "
A toast should be original and an apt quotation is a good beginning for any speech. One must not forget the 3
Golden Rules for speakers:
Stand up, so that people may see you!
Speak up, so that people can hear you!
Shut up, so that people may like you!
It was felt that the discussion resulted in worthwhile suggestions and it is hoped that Stewards and J.W.'s
take notice. We must 'be grateful to Bro. Hammond for raising the subject and showing us the way how to
make Refectory proceedings more enjoyable. E. F. (Eastbourne)
OUR THOUGHTS
Our thoughts make us. They are the silent builders of the temple of character we are rearing. They give
colour and form to the whole building.
If we think truly we are rearing a fabric whiter than Parian marble. If our thoughts are evil, the fabric that is
rising within us is blemished.
The inner and the outer life will always correspond in the end.
If a man's life is righteous you know his thoughts are just. Unjust thoughts will never yield righteousness in
conduct.
Thoughts seem mere nothings, flecks of clouds flying through the air, flocks of birds, flitting by and gone.
But they are the most real things about our lives. All the things we do originate in thoughts.
Our thoughts fly out like birds and take their place in the world. Then our heart is still their home nest,
whither they will return at last to dwell.
Obituary
LATE BRO. RICHARD KERR TODD
Freemasonry in Marlborough has lost a great stalwart by the passing to the Grand Lodge above of Bro. Dick
Todd on 31st October, after an operation in Wairau Hospital. Bro. Todd had been in Amersfoote Home for a
few months and his sudden passing was a great shock to all his friends. Our late Brother was 89 years of age,
having been initiated into Freemasonry in November, 1905 in Lodge Heart of Midlothian No. 832,
Edinburgh, and on coming to New Zealand joined Wairau Lodge No. 42 at Blenheim in. May, 1910, and was
the longest service member of our Lodge.
Bro, Todd completed 38 years of faithful service as Tyler of Wairau Lodge last year, 32 years being
consecutive service, the 6 years in between being while he was going through the various chairs up to Senior
Warden in 1930, but was unable to continue in the Master's chair for his wife's health reasons, and M.W.
Bro. William Martin Past Grand Master was installed as Master of Wairau Lodge in his stead in 193L
Bro. Todd has been a most regular attender at all meetings and rehearsals, and carried out his duties in a most
conscientious manner. He was presented with a Tyler's jewel as a small mark of appreciation, and on 28th
June, 1952 was made an Honorary member. He received his Fifty Years' Service Badge on 3rd. March, 1956
and also holds the Forty Years' Service Jewel plus two five year bars in Royal Arch Freemasonry in which he
also took a very active part.
His funeral was attended by a large number of Brethren and at the November meeting, W. Bro. Bush who
chaired the Past Masters' meeting that evening made eulogistic remarks about our late Brother. His wife
predeceased him some years ago. G.P.
AUCKLAND
MASONIC BOWLING TOURNAMENT
Entries of 136 teams from Whangarei in the north to Hawke's Bay and Te Kuiti in the south, entered the 10th
Annual Bawling Tournament, held in Auckland early in November, 1966.
The contest was opened simultaneously at the Carlton, Remuera, Epsom, Mount Eden, West End, Cornwall
Park and Edendale greens by R.W. Bro. J. A. Redwood (Chairman, Northern Masonic Trust Board), R.W.
Bro. C. Shroff, R.W. Bro. E. A. Edwards, R.W Bro C. A. Rowe, M.W. Bro. W. W. Wright, R.W. Bro. L. A.
Lincoln, and V.W. Bro. L. S. Andersen.
The two day contest was blessed with perfect weather, with the sun shining during the whole period,
Thirty-four teams with five or four wins qualified for post section play in the second day, being:
Morningside (Jim Scott), Ellerslie (Alf Strong), Papakura (Syd Mueller), Maniopoto (Rex Fisher), Ruahine
(Tom Gardiner), Duke of Albany (Max Hooper), Te Atatu (Harold Giles), Brown's Bay (Harold Roberts),
Ara (Bob Cramer-Roberts), Otahuhu (Gordon Marshall), Ara I.C. (Tom Virtue), Pakuranga (Colin Siddle),
Coromandel (Don Hamilton), First Temple (Colin Leaning), Manukau (Frank Griffiths), Birkenhead (Arnold
Darrington), Ararangi (Jack Malcolm), Ara (Arthur Brown), Otahunu (Jim Gardiner), Harmony (Jack Cook),
Maungawhao (Cal Evans), Chevalier (John Flett), Epsom (Reg Thompson), Waitakerei (Ces Jamieson),
Tuakau (WiIf Walker), Karioi (Roy Common), Chevalier (Morrie Miller), Ara IC. (Arthur Baster),
Mangonui (Pat Harrison), Titirangi (Jim McCosh), Arohanui (Hayden Way), United Service (John Davis),
Albion (Arthur Barraclough), and Manurewa (Bert Wolfenden).
Later results of post section play were:—
Third Round: Maniapoto (R. Fisher) 8, Duke of Albany (M. Hooper) 3; Otahuhu (G. Marshall) 8; Te Atatu
(H. Gee) 7; Pakuranga (C. Siddle) 7, First Temple (C. Leaning) 4; Manukau (F. Griffiths) 3, Ara (A. Brown)
6; Chevalier (J. Flett) 7, Harmony (J. Cook) 6; Mangonui (P. Harrison) 12, Ara I.C. (A. Baster) 5; Arohanui
(H. Way) 12, Albion (A. Barraclough) 3.
Quarter-Finals: Fisher 8, Marshall 4; Griffiths 9, Siddle 8; Flett 15, Thompson 2; Way 13, Harrison 4.
Final (12 Ends): Manukau No. 24 (Frank Griffiiths, skip, T. McQuire, A. Jackson, A. Smith) beat Chevalier
No, 303 (John Flett, skip, G. Bell, J. Meehan R. Hookway) 10 points to 9 after a very even game.
The Harmony Cup and trophies were presented by R.W. Bro. A. E. Edwards to the winning team and by
M.W. Bro. W. W: Wright to the runners-up.
A cheque for £500, profit from the tournament, was handed to R.W. Bro. J. A. Redwood (Chairman
Northern Masonic Trust Board) as a donation to purchase a physotherapy machine for the Roskill Home.
Together with donations made from nine previous tournaments a total of £3,950 has been raised for various
Masonic charities. —L.W.
CANTERBURY
LODGE CENTENNIAL NO, 385
The Provincial Grand Master of Canterbury Rt. W. Bro. J. W. Vivian conducted the Installation Ceremony of
Lodge Centennial before a very large attendance. He was assisted by the officers of Provincial Grand Lodge.
Grand Lodge was represented by Rt. W. Bro. A. B. Christenson P.Dep.G.M. and a number of other officers.
The new Master is W. Bro. David Roy Bolstad, who has a strong and growing Lodge of keen Members.
In the refectory Rt. W. Bro. Vivian referred to the old problem of non-attendance of members. We should be
ever mindful of the possibilities of improving the matter. He said that one of the difficulties is caused by
changing standards and values. These have altered over the years, and people now have different ideas of
what is important and what is less important. These are problems which affect all sorts of societies.
Rt. W. Bro. Vivian said that he thought that brethren are not spending sufficient time in social activity. The
Refectory is most important and it is there that the personality of a Lodge is formulated. It is there that
friendships are formed and cemented, He suggested that in addition to the Director of Ceremonies, we could
have a Director of Music to arrange musical items and other varied entertainment.
The W.M. W. Bro. Bolstad was invested with an attractive new apron, which had been sent to him as a
present by a relative in England W. Bro. Watcyn Watcyn, Prov. Grand Deacon, District Grand Lodge.
Middlesex.
LODGE AMURI NO, 184
The Installation of W. Bro. Trevor Gustavus Delmer as Master of Lodge Amuri was carried out by V. W.
Bro. I. L. Tie, Asst. Prov.G.M. assisted by the officers of Provincial Grand Lodge. Rt. W. Bro. R. Hepburn
and other officers of Grand Lodge were also present. The Working Tools of an Installed Master were
presented by W. Bro. I. K. Dunbar, P.G.S.
V. W. Bro. Tie, paid a tribute to the number of regular and reliable past masters and members of the Lodge
who attend and further its best interests.
W. Bro. I. A. T. Liddy, Immediate Past Master of Lodge Amuri, was thanked for his services as Master of
the Lodge. He was previously the Postmaster at Waiau but during the latter part of his term as Master he was
promoted to the position of Inspector in the New Zealand Post Office. This involved him in a great deal of
travelling to attend Lodge,
A number of North Canterbury Lodges have not had many candidates joining the Craft in recent years. It is
pleasing to note however that both Lodge Amuri and Cheviot Lodge have several candidates at the present
time being proposed for membership. ,
WELLINGTON
WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF YOUR CABLE TOW?
At the September Meeting of Waiwhetu Lodge No. 176 Lower Hutt, W. Bro. J. G. N. Carter, P.A.G.D.C.
gave a lecture entitled "What is the Length of your Cable Tow." During the course of his Lecture W Bro.
Carter expounded the virtues of service to the Lodge, the duties owed by members to their private avocations
and their Lodge. He also referred to the years of service given by many members of the Lodge with special
reference to R. Wor. Bro. Peterkin, Wor. Bro. E. Guiness and W. Bro. A. Burgess and finally to the years of
service given by V.W. Bro. J. Sherwood P.G.D.S. who was retiring from the Office of Secretary of the
Lodge a position he had held for the past 20 years. V.W. Bro. Sherwood has been in Office in this Lodge for
the past 42 years a record of service to Masonry seldom exceeded. As the conclusion of the Lecture the W.
Master W. Bro. R. Ashworth requested that V.W. Bro. Sherwood be placed in front of- W. Bro. W. Burgess,
a son of W. Bro. A. Burgess whom V.W. Bro. Sherwood succeeded as Secretary of the Lodge, to receive
from him a Secretary's Jewel as a token of thanks and esteem from the Brethren of the Lodge.
During the Refectory proceedings W. Bro. Flux proposed the toast to V. W. Bro. Sherwood and expounded
on the Service he had given over the years and the thanks of the Past Masters for the assistance given by him
during their respective year of Office. V.W. Bro. T. R. M. Wallace, P.G.D.C. continued the Toast giving
details of his service on the Almoners Association and was followed by R.W. Bro. Gilchrist, Prov.G.IVL
who made reference to the great Service given by V.W. Bro. Sherwood to Grand Lodge and advised that the
Board of General Purposes had seen fit to recommend that the Honorary Rank of Past Grand Warden be
conferred on him at the Communications in November.
V.W.Bro. Sherwood who had no previous inkling of the proceedings (for once) was rather overcome but his
natural composure was soon restored and he was able to express his heartfelt thanks to all concerned.
We the Past Masters Officers and Brethren of Waiwhetu Lodge feel that the Evening was a fitting tribute to a
Grand Man and a Mason who has given outstanding Service to Waiwhetu Lodge No. 176.
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LODGE TARARUA, No 67
What an interesting year it has been for our Lodge. Firstly, a celebration in having our Seventy-fifth Jubilee
installation, held on November 13th, 1965, attended by the Grand Master, M.W. Bro. J. S. Hawker, who was
attended by a very large number of Grand Lodge Officers; in all an attendance of over 200. What a night!
Time was all too short to renew friendships that had been created over many, many years, and the presence
of the Grand Master gave the evening that lustre that certainly graced the evening in his address to the
Brethren, in and out of the Lodge room. We will remember him as a friend of the Brethren on this our day of
celebration.
In February, 1966, the Master, W. Bro. V. W. Brown, accompanied by Bro. P. J. Davies, S.W., and Bro. G.
F. Thorburn, J.W., presented to the Pahiatua Borough Council the deeds of a section costing £500. Pensioner
flats are to be built on this land. This was a Jubilee project for Lodge Tararua, and it ensures that Brethren
have an interest in this type of social problem. We await the erection of the building by the Council.
In May, 1966, a combined Wairarapa Masonic Ball was held in the Pahiatua Town Hall, at which R.W. Bro.
D. D. Gilchrist, Prov.G.M., and Mrs. Gilchrist, together with V.W. Bro. V. M. Anderson, Asst. Prov.G.M.,
and Mrs. Anderson were present.
Many other Grand Officers and their wives were in attendance, and this Ball was a great success socially and
financially, fostering and cementing friendships amongst the Brethren of the Wairarapa.
The highlight of the evening was the thrill of the five Masonic daughters being presented to R.W. Bro. D. D.
Gilchrist. The ceremony was conducted with grand dignity and charm. We trust it will be the forerunner of
further events of this nature in the Wairarapa.
The brethren of Tararua have cause to remember the year 1965-66 with satisfaction, and we trust the next 25
years may see a development of Freemasonry which will do justice not only to Lodge Tararua, but to the
Craft in general. —J.O.J.
Well done, Tararua.—Editor.
OTAGO
V.W. Bro. R. Leslie, Asst. Prov.G.M., W.M.. Otago Lodge Research No. 161 assisted by the following
Brethren, S.W., W. Bro. Wm. Lang, Dist.G.D. Scottish Const.; J.W.; W. Bro. A. T Foley, P.M.; S.D., W.
Bro. R. S. Malthus, P.M.; J.D., W Bra. D. R. Brickell, P.M.; P.M., V. Wor. Bro. D. F. Watson, P.G.Lec.;
Sec., W. Bro. A. F. Martin, P.M.; Treas., W. Bro. C. Y. Stevenson, P.M.; Tyler, W. Bro. G. C. Holden;
Candidate W. Bro. R. S. Harrington, P.M.; Brethren:—W. Bro, R. Vann, P.M., Bro. L. H. Cleveland, Bro. F.
W. Goodwin, Bro. A. K. Myers, Bro. L. J. Brockwell presented an Exemplification of the Ceremony of
Initiation as performed in THE LODGE OF ANTIQUITY, NO. 0" in England in.1766 A.D. and dressed in
period costume of the time
To open the proceedings an Address on The Ancient Usages and customs of the Craft some 200 years ago,
with particular reference to the Ceremony of Initiation was delivered by V.W. Bro. Geo. A. MACGREGOR,
G.Lec. after which V.W. Bro. Leslie and the assisting W. Brethren and Brethren were received and the
ceremony proceeded, listened to and appreciated by those present and the writer like others had thoughts
about attending but can now, with full confidence, thank T.G.A.O.T.U. for having been present on such an
occasion in the life of Free and Accepted Masonry in Otago.
No praise is too high for the efforts, the time, the learning and the sacrifice which must have been made by
the Brethren taking part to re-enact this ceremony with the same easy grace used those years ago and before
retiring Bro. Leslie mentioned the Brethren who had assisted those taking part to-night also Brethren in other
parts of the World of Masonry; to one and all grateful thanks and-the continued Blessings of T.G.A.O.T.U.
on each and every-one of them and to the Brethren who were in attendance. J.B.
SOUTHLAND
The attendance at the installation ceremony of Lodge Mataura, No. 174, was most encouraging for all who
had the task of organizing the function. With a packed lodge room and an attendance of 28 Grand Lodge
Officers ceremonial difficulties presented themselves, but they were far from being serious enough to upset
the Grand Director of ceremonies from carrying out the ceremonial in an efficient and dignified manner. It is
certain that the evening will be long remembered by all present. Great interest was taken in the proceedings,
and with rapt attention the brethren listened to the charges being rendered by Grand Lodge Officers. A
Saturday night meeting certainly finds favour with the brethren in Eastern Southland District. It can be said
also that the value of visiting by officers of lodges is very apparent when installation evening comes round.
This was very evident at Mataura and was freely commented upon during proceedings in the refectory in
particular. Freemasonry in Eastern Southland is as healthy and progressive as anywhere else in the Province.
With an attendance of 32 Grand Lodge Officers the Prov. G.M. of Southland, R.W. Bro. J. H. Buckingham,
carried out the ceremonial of installation in Lodge Winton, No. 108, it being the final installation in
Southland for the year. The attendance was remarkably good and all in attendance spent a most enjoyable
evening. Eighteen Masters of Southland lodges were present, and as the Master-elect was a member of
Lodge Wanaka, he was favoured with the attendance of the Master of that lodge together with several
brethren.
The Prov. Grand Master took the opportunity to express his thanks to all who had assisted him throughout
his first year in office and expressed the hope that Freemasonry would continue in its present healthy state
for the years ahead. He said that he had experienced a most happy year in spite of the many misgivings or
doubts when he assumed office. The help he had received from all quarters was inspiring and very
encouraging. "No Provincial Grand Master," he said, "could have received more assistance, and he would
enter his second year of office fully confident of another successful year."
Eastern Southland Princes Rose Croix Chapter, No. 119, recently held a most successful meeting when a
local Freemason was the candidate for "perfection." Visitors were present from as far away as Dunedin, and
included some from Roxburgh, while others journeyed from Invercargill. Not one could honestly say that
they were not impressed with the meeting. The M.W.S, journeyed from Christchurch to enable him to
preside at the meeting, and he could only see/ that his effort had been very worthwhile. With a constant
stream of Freemasons willing to accept an invitation to join the Chapter it is certain that this branch of
Freemasonry is in. a very flourishing state. It was intimated that at the Christmas meeting of the mother
Chapter, Murihiku, No. 36, there would be a host of visitors plus two Sov. Grand Inspector Generals.
Arrangements were made for Eastern Southland to perform the ceremonial work at Invercargill at that
meeting. Visitors are expected from as far away as Nelson, Christchurch, Timaru and Dunedin. December
10th will certainly be a great night for Rose Croix Freemasonry in Southland.
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Circumstances never made a man do right who wouldn't have done so in spite of them.
It's better to fail in doing something than to succeed in doing nothing.
If it is not your business, don't worry about it.
—Hugh Murr.
KANSAS — 1965
Proceedings of the M.W. Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Kansas. 109th Annual
Communication. Wichita. March 10-11, 1965,
Grand Master, presiding: M.W. Bro. A. C. Hodgson
Grand Master, elected: M.W. Bro. O. E. Hodgson
Grand Secretary: M.W. Bro. C. S. McGinness
Grand representative of N.Z.: M.W. Bro. F. S. Ecord
Grand representative at N.Z.: R.W. Bro. J. G. Dykes. P. Prov. G.M.
437 lodges, 94,823 members, net loss, 1,270
The Grand Master said: "It has been interesting to me to note that although a Civil War was raging 100 years
ago, four lodges were chartered which are still in existence."
The Kansas Mason, a journal sponsored by the Committee on Masonic Education, and "compiled and edited
through the efforts of" our own Grand Representative, M.W. Bro. Floyd Ecord, has four issues a year and a
circulation of 7,000.
A difficult problem is touched on in two further paragraphs of this address:
"I am truly appreciative to the Masons of Kansas for supplying my automobile transportation during the year
just closing. The appropriation has not been large enough to replace last years car and to buy gas, oil, tires
and a few items of repair, including insurance. The Council of Administration has authorised the over-
expenditure of the budget for this item.
I consider the Grand Master's car not only an important matter cost-wise, but it is also an even more
important matter from a psychological standpoint. I believe that every Mason who has served as Grand
Master wants to do the best job of which he is capable. It is difficult enough at best when a person sacrifices
his family, his business, and his health to a certain extent, to serve creditably and to the limit of his ability.
To give the added burden of requiring a Grand Master to reach down in his pocket for his own transportation
seems to me to require more than we should of him, and accordingly I say to each Kansas Mason a warm
"thank you."
With a decreasing rural population consolidations are expected, but during the year under review there was
only one.
No Fraternal Review.
MINNESOTA — 1965
Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Minnesota at the 112th Annual
Communication. St. Paul, March 17-18, 1965.
Grand Master, presiding: M.W. Bro. P. M. Olstad
Grand Master, elected: M.W. Bro. F. E. Edey
Grand Secretary: R.W. Bro. D. E. Palmer
Grand representative of N.Z.: W. Bro. G. E. McLaughlin
Grand representative at N.Z.: R.W. Bro. P. A. Kusabs, P.G.W.
289 lodges, 67,973 members, net loss 853.
The Grand Master, who had been in hospital during the year, said in his address: "Finally, I urge upon each
of you in your several lodges to put forth that extra push that will put over the drive for funds for two extra
floors in the Masonic Memorial Hospital. From personal experience as a patient I cannot find adequate
words to describe the wonderful care which the other patients and I received, nor to picture the high morale
which is maintained among the patients, many of whom the outsider might describe as terminal care
patients."
Area conferences have proved successful—large groups each taking a subject, and their deliberations being
reported back to the full conference by rapporteurs.
The one million dollar Masonic Hospital opened six years ago is already insufficient for the demands upon
it, and two years ago a further drive for funds for additions was begun. Already more than a further million
has been subscribed.
The Grand Orator, W. Bro. W. C. Blaine, delivered a thoughtful address entitled "Freemasonry and the
Individual Man verses the Mass-Man".
The Masonic Research and Information Committee sent four copies of the Minnesota Counsellor's Guide to
every lodge. The guide contains instructional material for use in the guidance of new Brethren as well as
programmes for use within the lodge.
There is no Fraternal Review.
WEST VIRGINIA — 1965
Proceedings of the M.W. Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of West Virginia.
1965
Grand Master, presiding: M. W. Bro. C. E. Powers
Grand Master, elected: M. W. Bro. H. C. Kaufman
Grand Secretary: R. W. Bro. J. B. Hollingsworth
Grand representative of N.Z.: W. Bro. W. H. Palmer
Grand representative at N.Z.: R. W. Bro. R. J. Truman P.Prov. G.M.
162 lodges, 48,054 members, net loss, 1439.
On May 8, 1965 in Wheeling, West Virginia, a Special Communication of the Grand Lodge was held to
celebrate the Centennial Anniversary of its formation: it had been founded on May 10, 1865 in the same city.
A small volume entitled A Century of Freemasonry was prepared for the occasion. A bronze memorial tablet
was struck, commemorating the constitution of the Grand Lodge. Exact reproductions were made of the
famous Record Book of the lodge at Fredericksburg, Virginia, recording the initiation, passing and raising of
George Washington, and were delivered for deposit in the archives of the Grand Lodges of England,
Virginia, Ohio and West Virginia, and in the libraries of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076 and the
American Lodge of Research.
The account of the Communication contains a brief history of the Record Book.
As a commentary on differences in practice this paragraph from the Report of the Committee on Work has
an interest for New Zealand Freemasons, whose practice is different:
"In our better lodges it is the practice for the officers to divide the work so that the Junior Warden confers the
First Degree, the Senior Warden the Second Degree and the Master the Third Degree. Towards the end of
their terms the Wardens advance one degree and the Senior Deacon begins to initiate Entered Apprentices.
While this is a matter which is, and should remain, entirely within the Master's discretion, the practice has
the great advantage of relieving Masters for the proper discharge of the many administrative duties of their
office, of providing reserve strength at all times for the conduct of Work, and of preparing officers for
advancement to higher rank."
New Zealand is included in a useful Fraternal Review which covers reports from 74 sister Grand
Jurisdictions.
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