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Metropolitan and Provincial Lodges
As in previous years copies will be dispatched
direct to secretaries of Lodges.
Lodges Abroad
Sufficient copies will be dispatched to
District Grand Secretaries for distribution
to Lodges in the Districts. Lodges abroad not
in a District will receive their copies direct.
Prestonian Lectures for 2007
The Board has considered applications for
the delivery of the official Prestonian
Lectures in 2007 and has decided that
these should be given under the auspices
of the following: Reading Lodge of
Union No. 414 (Berkshire), Lodge Faith
No. 2438 (Suffolk), North London
Installed Masters Lodge No. 9784 (London),
District Grand Lodge of Bombay and
Northern India.
The Lecturer, RW Bro Dr. R.B.F.
Khambatta, PDistGM, Pakistan, states that
the title of the Lecture will be The Grand
Secretaries 1813-1980.
Amalgamations
The Board has received reports that the
following Lodges have resolved to surrender
their Warrants:
New Hall Lodge No. 5940 in order to
amalgamate with Carnarvon Lodge
No. 2376 (West Lancashire); Noyna
Lodge No. 6447 in order to amalgamate
with Colne Lodge No. 4402 (East
Lancashire); Lodge of Loyal Companions
No. 6993 in order to amalgamate with
Lambhythe Lodge No. 6763 (London);
St Lawrence Lodge No. 7227 in order
to amalgamate with Runcorn Lodge
No. 4214 (Cheshire) and Lodge of
Contentment No. 8050 in order to
amalgamate with St Augustine Lodge
No. 6273 (London).
The Board recommendation that the
Lodges be removed from the register in
order to effect the respective amalgamations
was approved.
Erasure of Lodges
The Board has received reports on
23 Lodges that have closed and have
surrendered their Warrants. The Lodges are:
Unity Lodge No. 1868 (East Lancashire),
Hardman Lodge No. 1948 (East Lancashire),
Egerton Lodge No. 2132 (Cheshire), Leyton
Lodge No. 2626 ( London), Lord Stanley
Lodge No. 2891 (East Lancashire), Sincerity
Lodge No. 3120 (East Lancashire). Britannic
Lodge of Madeira No. 3683 (London),
Tuscan Lodge No. 4206 (East Lancashire),
Prince Arthur Lodge No. 4508 (East
Lancashire), Festina Lente Lodge No. 4587
(Cheshire), Hazeldene Lodge No. 4681
(East Lancashire), Oak Hill Lodge No. 4765
(East Lancashire), Reverence and Utility
Lodge No. 4956 (East Lancashire), Charlton
Park Lodge No. 5253 (London), Grovelands
Lodge No. 5692 (Hertfordshire), Alpha
Lodge No. 6480 (East Lancashire), Ashlar
Lodge No. 6714 (Cheshire). Tudor Rose
Lodge No. 7590 (West Lancashire),
Seymour Lodge No. 7624 (Middlesex),
Adelaide Lodge No. 7991 (East Lancashire),
Old Buckwellians Lodge No. 8326 (Essex),
Disciplina Lodge No. 8889 (Sussex)
and Vale of Derwent Lecture Lodge
No. 9051 (Durham).
Over recent years, the Lodges have
found themselves no longer viable.
The Board is satisfied that further efforts to
save them would be to no avail and therefore
has no alternative but to recommend that
they be erased. A Resolution to this effect
was approved.
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