Editorial - Once upon a time it was the duty of the proposer and seconder to look after the newbies. Pick them up on Lodge night and take them home afterwards as well as taking them visiting so that they could see the ceremony that they themselves had recently experienced performed on others.
From The District Grand Master - Notes.
Hikurangi Lodge No 140 - A Quick report on the Hikurangi War memorial dedication on 26 Feb 2015, Hikurangi Primary School. The WWI memorial stone was swept away in floods in 1926. Made of sandstone it broke up and was never replaced. This year is the centennial of the outbreak of WWI so Hikurangi Lions, RSA and Lodge combined to raise funds to erect a new memorial, this time of marble and double-sided to remember the fallen of two world wars.
Some Information About The Earliest Masonic Rituals - Except from the "Cracking the Freemasons Code" by Robert L.D. Cooper. Robert Cooper is the Curator of the Scottish Masonic Museum and Library at Freemason's Hall in Edinburgh. The earliest known ritual in manuscript form is the Edinburgh Register House MS, which is dated 1696.
Some Pictures to Ponder.
Some Famous Freemasons - King George VI (1895 - 1952) - Sir Joseph Banks (1744-1820) - Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) - Peter Sellers CBE (1925-1980) - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965).
Masonic Jokes to Enjoy.
A Masonic Poem - THE THOUSANDTH MAN - Bro. Rudyard Kipling.
