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No. 140. Friday, November 13, 2020

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Friday, November 13

• 10.30am. Private Service for John Roy Chanter. LIVE STREAMING LINK
• 2pm. Funeral service for Wor. Bro. Ian Probert. At Le Pine Funeral Home, Ferntree Gully. Attendance limits apply. To be live streamed, see family notices.
• 7.30pm. Altona Lodge. Talk: Brendan Kyne, ‘Guided Tour of the Victorian Lodge of Research Portal’. Attire: members collared shirt and tie, visitors smart casual. LINK
• 7.30pm. Lodge of the Golden Fleece. Whisky Tasting Night. Sampler kits delivered to your home, $75 metro. ORDER and MEETING LINK

• 7.30pm. Sunbury Lodge. Commemoration/Vacant Chair Ceremony. Talk: Ross Martin, Battlefields of Europe and Turkey. LINK Meeting ID: 868 0500 0259. Passcode: 648529

Monday, November 16

• 10.30am.Footscray HRAC. Talk: Glenn Holibone, ‘Passing of The Veils in the EMM Degree’. LINK Meeting ID: 890 4074 3914. Passcode: 026179
• 7pm.Gippsland Lake Lodge. Talk: Origins of the Ceremony of the Unknown Soldier. Poem: The Fallen. Talk: Freemasonry during World War II in England and Europe. Partners and non-Freemasons welcome from 7.30pm. LINK Meeting ID: 811 058 3635

• 7pm.United Wimmera Royal Ark Mariner Lodge. Talk: Arthur Williams, Ark Mariners Tracing Board. For RAM members only. 7.45pm. United Wimmera Lodge of Mark Master Masons. No Mark Members to be admitted to the RAM meeting. LINK to come.
• 7.30pm. Cranbourne Lodge. Talk: Gary Bevern, Power Point presentation, 460 Squadron RAAF. LINK Meeting ID: 884 0614 9406. Passcode: 512400
• 7.30pm. Lodge of Good Companions. LINK Password: 479218
• 7.30pm.Masonic Caravan Club. LINK

• 7.30pm.Ringwood Mark Lodge. Quiz on the Mark and Craft, Leigh Norman. LINK Meeting ID: 863 8013 7911. Passcode: 306711
• 7.30pm.Warrnambool Lodge. Talk: Ian Brown and  Peter King, ‘Mentoring and Craft Engagement Programs within the Lodge’. LINK
Tuesday, November 17

• 7.30pm. Bayside Chapter. Talk: Greg Crew, ‘Story of The Two Scribes’. EMAIL for instructions to log in
• 7.30pm. Lowan Lodge. Talk: Rhys Webb, ‘St John Ambulance in Victoria’. Attire: Casual. LINK
• 7.30pm. St Andrews In The South. Talk: Peter Gumley, ‘Isolation Restoration’; Daniel Garcia, ‘Covid Life’. LINK Meeting ID: 899 0144 7739. Passcode: 276180

• 7.30pm.Trentham Lodge. Vacant Chair by Freemasons in US. Talk: Vacant Chair poem, song, meaning for people of the US. LINK

Wednesday, November 18

• 5pm. Freemasons Foundation Victoria. Annual General Meeting. LINK
• 7.30pm.Communications and Marketing Volunteer Action Team.Members.
Thursday, November 19

• 7pm. Prospect Hill Mark. Interview with Peter Gurr, First Grand Principal, Grand Chapter, by Lionel May. Attire: members jacket and tie, visitors smart casual. Open to non-Mark brethren. LINK
• 7.30pm. Albert Victor Lodge. Non-Ceremonial Meeting. LINK to come.

• 7.45pm. Stewart Lodge of St Arnaud. Talk: Barry Minster, ‘Role of the Grand Almoner’. Attire: Neat Casual. LINK Meeting ID: 827 7280 1529.  Passcode: 799923 

Friday, November 20

• 7.30pm. Bairnsdale Daylight Lodge. Talk: Daryl Cook, ‘Bringing Freemasonry into the 21st Century. LINK
• 7.30pm. Melbourne Chapter. Talk: Ian Brown, ‘Ceremony of the Banners’. LINK Meeting ID: 830 1351 3021. Passcode: MelbHRAC8

Saturday, November 21

• 12 Noon. Education Volunteer Action Team Freemasonry Series. Lecture: Ari Indra, ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. LINK Meeting ID: 885 3954 6483

Monday, November 23

• 6pm. St George Lodge, Dunolly. Family Gathering. RSVP
• 7.30pm.Masonic Caravan Club. LINK

• 7.30pm. South Gippsland Mark. Talk: Warren Gilbert, ‘Mark Masonry Before 1813’. LINK Meeting ID: 993 4347 5482  Passcode: 306566 

Tuesday, November 24

• 7pm. Lodge Amalthea. Talk: Chris White, ‘Freemasonry and the Goat’. LINK

• 7pm.Peace and Loyalty Lodge. Talk: David Howell, ‘Kokoda Track’. LINK

• 7pm. 7.30pm: Visitors.Pakenham Mark Lodge. Talk: Leigh Norman, ‘The Importance of the Mark Degree’. Craftsmen welcome. LINK to come.
• 7pm. 7.45pm: Visitors.Lodge Amicus. Presentation 40-year anniversary to Anthony Bucca, Deputy Grand Master, by Richard Elkington, Grand Master, assisted by Bob Jones, Past Grand Master. LINK Meeting ID: 811 8315 4173. Passcode: 152732
• 7.15pm for 7.30pm. Mount Scopus and Collegians Lodge. Talk: The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite In Australia and also the Universal Rite which is open to all Faiths.  Vacant Chair Ceremony. Attire: Dinner Suit or Lounge Suit and Tie. LINK Meeting ID: 882 7348 8384. Passcode: 348470
• 7.30pm. Middle Park Lodge. Talk: Ben Quick, ‘The Order of Free Gardeners’. LINK Meeting ID: 873 6016 3788. Password: 607640.

Thursday, November 26

• 7pm. Leura Lodge. Talk: Neil Smith, ‘Winter In Norway’ with photos. LINK Meeting ID: 682 183 5181. Password: leura50

• 7.30pm. Creswick Havilah Lodge. Talk: David Howell, ‘Bita Paka, our first engagement of the Great War; Rabaul 1914’. Attire: Neat Casual. LINK Meeting ID: 864 7865 4227. Passcode: 952808 

• 7.30pm. Mornington Peninsula Council No.21 Royal and Select Masters of Victoria. LINK Meeting ID: 860 4625 4883. Passcode: No21

Friday, November 27

• 7.30pm. Victorian Lodge of Research, with Old Scotch Collegians Lodge and Earl of Dunmore Lodge. Talk: Joseph Morrow, ‘Illustrated by Symbols – Masonic Heraldry in Scotland.’ Register enquiries prior to the event. Attire: Smart Casual. LINK

Monday, November 30
• 7pm. Oakleigh Council, Royal and Select Masters. Talk: David Yole. All members past and present of the Order, in addition members of other Orders. Attire: Casual. LINK
• 7.30pm. Citizens Marine Royal Ark Mariners. Talk: W. Jones. RAM Masons only. LINK
• 7.30pm. Great Debate. Teams led by ‘That we should be able to read the ritual’.. Teams led by Kent Henderson and Harry Pitaro. LINK Meeting ID: 822 1742 2503. Passcode: 892911.
Thursday, December 3
• 7pm. 7.30pm: Visitors. Killara Lodge. Talk: Bill Jones, Ararat Power Station. LINK Meeting  ID: 740 6248 2640. Password: 403265 • 7.30pm. Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge. LINK to come
Saturday, December 5
• 5pm. Concord Mark Lodge. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘A Grand Mark is Born’. LINK Meeting ID: 926 1367 7906. Passcode: 333746
Saturday, December 12
• 12 Noon.  Sale of Myrtleford Masonic Centre to Scouts Victoria. Media Event.

Videos

• Alma 150th Rededication Lecture. (03:37) WATCH
• Freemasons Victoria. From The Archives (2014). (02:00) WATCH
• Freemasons Victoria. Grand Installation (2013). (02:49) WATCH

Dispensation for Merbein
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• John McTaggart, Junior Grand Warden, represented Richard Elkington, Grand Master, at the United Memorial Merbein Lodge No. 327 when they observed Remembrance Day by performing the Vacant Chair Ceremony. With dispensation the lodge meeting was held at the Mildura Pistol Club where the lodge room was set up in the open on one of the ranges.  John was escorted into the Lodge by members of the 2020 Grand Lodge Ceremonial Team namely David Elwood, David Game, Robert Callant, Russell Sincock, Peter Dillon-Shallard and Ray Gibson. Peter Henshall and Peter Woods  both played important roles in the ceremony and were also part of the escort.

• John andaccompanying Grand Officers were welcomed by Gary Pearse. Members of the Lodge conducted the Ceremony of the Vacant Chair which included an oration by Peter Henshall who explained the significance of the red poppy, and the poem In Flanders Fields  by John McCrae. 

 • There were around 40 brethren in attendance which included a number members from local district lodges who at the conclusion of the meeting adjourned to the South and enjoyed a light supper and a touching toast to the spirit of the day proposed by Joe Watson.

Peter Thornton Memorial Lecture (1)
• Brendan Kyne advises: “To commemorate Bro. Peter Thornton’s work and achievements in the field of research into the history of Freemasonry in Victoria the Grand Master Richard Elkington, the Education VAT and the Victorian Lodge of Research announce the inaugural Peter Thornton Memorial Lecture. The  Lecture is open to any Freemason in Victoria, with the winning entry to receive $2500 to assist him to deliver his Lecture at lodges around Victoria.• The winning Lecturer will be presented with his award certificate and ‘cheque’ at a Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge, at which he will also deliver the initial presentation version of his winning paper.

Peter Thornton Memorial Lecture (2)• Eligible papers have to be at least 5000 to 10,000 words in length and be on some aspect of the history of Freemasonry in Victoria.  A contestant must be a financial member of Freemasons Victoria. Entries are to be submitted to the Secretary of the Victorian Lodge of Research no later than February 28, 2021.  Any paper submitted that is not selected as the winning paper will automatically be considered for future Peter Thornton Memorial Lectures.• The winning contestant agrees that first publication rights of his paper are ceded to the Transactions of the Victorian Lodge of Research.
• A selection panel consisting of members of the Victorian Lodge of Research will choose the winning paper. The Selection Panel reserves the right not to make an award if no submission is of a suitable standard. Papers and any queries can be directed to the Secretary of the Victorian Lodge of Research, Brendan Kyne, lordbiff@hotmail.com

GM lays wreath at Wonthaggi
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• Alan Tyndall writes: “Richard Elkington is pictured at Wonthaggi, on one of his first official outings since the Grand Installation. He laid a wreath at the Remembrance Day Ceremony accompanied by the WM and members of the Wonthaggi Lodge. The ceremony also included a special dedication to the members of Lodges in the area who had fallen on the fields of battle.”

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•  “Lloyd, Sir Clive Hubert (1941- ) The captain of the West Indies cricket team between 1974 and 1985, and overseer of their rise to become the dominant Test-playing nation (a position that was only relinquished in the latter half of the 1990s), Clive Lloyd led the West Indies in three World Cups. They won the 1975 final (Lloyd scoring a century.) and the 1979 final. The West Indies were strong favourites for the 1983 final but lost out to India.”
– Timothy Horton

Masonic Knowledge
• “You promise to pay homage to the Grand Master for the time being, and to his officers when duly installed, and strictly to conform to every edict of Grand Lodge.”   – Antient Charges and Regulations, Book of Constitutions, Freemasons Victoria.Masonic Wisdom
• “What Great Britain calls the Far East is to us the near north.” – Bro. Sir Robert Menzies

The Last Word
• “When you play test cricket, you don’t give the Englishmen an inch. Play it tough, all the way. Grind them into the dust.” – Bro. Sir Donald Bradman

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