tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89237461532200046492024-03-05T05:53:41.976-08:00W.H.J. Mayers Lodge of ResearchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923746153220004649.post-22921766975243821082008-10-01T03:34:00.000-07:002008-10-01T07:05:30.092-07:001932 address to R.W.Bro. Mayers<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Address presented to</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Bro. William Henry Johnson Mayers<br />P.Dep.G.M., P.A.G.M</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">District Grand Master of District Grand Lodge of Carpentaria</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">holding under</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The United Grand Lodge of Antient </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Free and Accepted Masons of Queensland</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">1924 - 1932<br /><br /></span> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">By the Brethren of the District Grand Lodge of Carpentaria</span><br /><br /></div><br />Right Worshipful Brother,<br /><br />On this, the occasion of your retirement from the Office of District Grand Master of the District Grand Lodge of Carpentaria, we the undersigned representing your District Grand Lodge and the thirty Lodges under your jurisdiction, desire to express our sincere appreciation of the magnificent and yeoman service given by you in promoting at all times the interests of Freemasonry in the Carpentaria District.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(note:"yeoman service" is a Middle English phrase that means efficient or useful help in need.)</span><br /><br />By your personal efforts and repeated representations, consent by United Grand Lodge was given to the establishment of this District Grand Lodge, which was consecrated and dedicated on the 24th of April , 1924.<br /><br />You were elected the first District Grand Master, which Office you have filled for the past eight years with dignity and to the general advantage and advancement of Freemasonry throughout this vast District.<br /><br />During your term as District Grand Master you have worked assiduously to advance Freemasonry and under your careful and judicious administration you have succeeded in brining Masonic affairs in this District to a very high standard.<br /><br />You have consecrated four Lodges ....... Tully 340, HIghleigh 343, Millaa 351, and Palmerston 372.<br /><br />Your deep interest in the Lodges under your jurisdiction has been evinced by the frequent visitations you have personally made... there is not a Lodge in the Carpentaria District with which you are not in close touch and your Masonic knowledge, your tact and dignified treatment of the many and varied problems submitted to you have consolidated the respect and esteem which you had won when you were elected District Grand Master.<br /><br />Your official visitations, which embraced the old established Endeavour No.26, the still more remote Norman No.56, and Sir WIlliam Wallace No.64, have stimulated their Masonic tenacity and courage and made them recognize that they were important units in a District throbbing with the desired Masonic spirit. Your visitations necessitated many thousands of miles of travelling and consequent long absences from home and business, but you have been, we are sure, amply repaid.... they have been, in no inconsiderable measure, instrumental in promoting a strong harmonious feeling, building up and cementing a cordiality towards United Grand Lodge and incidentally to District Grand Lodge and Freemasonry generally.<br /><br />You have not confined your activities to District Grand Lodge Ceremonial work solely, but have also devoted considerable time and attention to the establishment of The Carpentaria District Aged Freemasons, Widows and Orphans Institution, which is now on a sound footing, and should be operative in the course of a few years. There is, we confidently assert, no page in the history of your long Masonic career which shines with so great lustre as your persistency in the advocacy of the claims of this Institution upon the thoughtful generous instincts of the Members of Lodges in your District. The Carpentaria District Aged Freemasons, Widows and Orphans Institution will be an imperishable tribute to your foresight, your solicitude, and your determination to bring to fruition the cardinal principle of our Masonic teaching. The Members in your District are sensible of the insight, outlook and point of view which actuated you in starting on a practical basis the ineffably rich and beautiful teaching of our Ritual.<br /><br />Any tribute to your accomplishments as District Grand Master would fall short of adequate appreciation if acknowledgement of your skill, energy and perseverance in the establishment of The Masonic Peace Memorial Temple Fund were not expressed. Yours was the brain which formulated the scheme which proved the substantial financial basis for building up the project. Your energy has not abated, and we can confidently look to the establishment of that Masonic Peace Memorial Temple........"A Memorial Temple to those Craftsmen who sacrificed so much in the Great War and to the Peace which followed War and as a Memorial to the Union of Freemasonry in Carpentaria."<br /><br />We rejoice to entertain the belief that although you have relinquished the Office you filled so honourably to yourself and satisfactorily to the Brethren your interest in your District will not suffer any diminution in warmth and enthusiasm.<br /><br />Our prayer is that the GAOTU may grant you continued health and strength.<br /><br /><br />On behalf of the Lodges of the District Grand Lodge of Carpentaria.<br />Cairns, 30th June, 1932<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgyARJK8xaOckR5I9pBCedm5_7TnLXswoU-hKNePw8fqxjQgygPbfckAghqrINgD1Trq3_SJAS0oFZXQ9LVJQzRMCVlcNvsfcsa9u99mtaocZq7NUTs0UOOUI5HBdvixRNo5hA_jOBifT/s1600-h/1932_MayersAddress.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgyARJK8xaOckR5I9pBCedm5_7TnLXswoU-hKNePw8fqxjQgygPbfckAghqrINgD1Trq3_SJAS0oFZXQ9LVJQzRMCVlcNvsfcsa9u99mtaocZq7NUTs0UOOUI5HBdvixRNo5hA_jOBifT/s400/1932_MayersAddress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252134314000376482" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923746153220004649.post-44850367783941394092008-09-11T07:46:00.001-07:002008-09-11T07:46:29.908-07:00About usThe W.H.J. Mayers Memorial Lodge of Research is located in the district of Carpentaria, Queensland. It is holden under the Charter of Gregory Lodge No. 50H UGLQ.<br /><br />The <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://the-lectern.blogspot.com/">Lectern</a> is the Official Publication of The W.H.J. Mayers Memorial Lodge of Research and papers produced by members of the lodge and those presented to it, can be viewed online at the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://the-lectern.blogspot.com/">Lectern`s section</a> of this website.<br /><br />The Lodge is also an affiliate of the <a href="http://www.anzmrc.org/">Australia and New Zealand Masonic Research Council</a>.<br /><br />All enquiries regarding the W.H.J. Mayers Memorial Lodge of Research can be directed to the Sectretary <a href="mailto:harbar33@dodo.com.au">via email.</a><br /><br />Comments regarding papers of the Lectern, and papers for submission to the Lodge can be forwarded to the Editor <a href="mailto:gphauss@aapt.net.au">via email.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923746153220004649.post-41438520150423572622008-09-11T00:34:00.000-07:002008-09-11T06:50:45.577-07:00History of the Lodge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmu7-R84YrmMbEqTyZI84dAPZmT7KmPW2GWLoXnMiKvVeBu6dJfQt2h9a8wuX-ZiR1QwDVJlg07BBKH_BmBcPvOQJhpF_P7UAszZaSIjqvm-c08aSjqG9HDLYJwHct7y7ozJhRRtuqY5Ar/s1600-h/inaugural.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmu7-R84YrmMbEqTyZI84dAPZmT7KmPW2GWLoXnMiKvVeBu6dJfQt2h9a8wuX-ZiR1QwDVJlg07BBKH_BmBcPvOQJhpF_P7UAszZaSIjqvm-c08aSjqG9HDLYJwHct7y7ozJhRRtuqY5Ar/s400/inaugural.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244758122949730930" border="0" /></a><br />Initially called the W.H.J <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Mayers</span> Lodge of Instruction, the first moves to create our Lodge were made in 1946. After some delays, the inaugural meeting of the W.H.J <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Mayers</span> Lodge of Instruction was held on 14 August 1948, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">holden</span> under the sanction of Gregory Lodge No.50H <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">UGLQ</span>.<br /><br />The next meeting of the Lodge was an informal one on the 17 September 1948 followed by the Foundation Installation on Friday 26 November 1948.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYCWsm2we8rG3pwBXBD2QiwtQ5UnZ144xZOiQRUpo_T5uXUIbzBXPRZZwcGXVSvpKvQIZywvsW-49jzuh4yUEV0_0l-3T3FPTQgopcBDhyphenhyphen590zf6AbJheBjWJgCQNmwzK2ISSDepuclfPB/s1600-h/foundation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYCWsm2we8rG3pwBXBD2QiwtQ5UnZ144xZOiQRUpo_T5uXUIbzBXPRZZwcGXVSvpKvQIZywvsW-49jzuh4yUEV0_0l-3T3FPTQgopcBDhyphenhyphen590zf6AbJheBjWJgCQNmwzK2ISSDepuclfPB/s400/foundation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244759224860610322" border="0" /></a><br />At the Foundation Installation the District Grand Lodge entrusted the books of both the D.G.L Library and the very large Library of books that were forwarded from the private library of R.W Bro.W.H.J. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Mayers</span> to the Lodge of Instruction.<br /><br />In the first year of the Lodges operation there were forty-two city members and eighty-four country members.<br /><br />The installing officer was R.W. Bro. G.W. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Davison</span> P.S.G.W and the following officers were installed:<br /><br />Preceptor - V.W.Bro Roy Noble, Gelling Lodge No. 257<br />Deputy Preceptor - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Wor</span>. Bro. E.H. Shepherd, A.I.F Memorial Lodge No.382<br />Chaplain - R.W.Bro A.H.Thomson, Murray Lodge No.177<br />Treasurer - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Wor</span>. Bro. G.F.Gilmore, Temple Memorial Lodge No.376<br />Librarian - Bro W. Lindsay, Star of the West Lodge No.49<br />Secretary - Bro John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Orrell</span>, Silver Cross Lodge No.17<br />Asst Sec - Bro J.V. Marshall, Gregory Lodge No.50<br /><br />At the installation thanks were given to the following Lodges for their financial support in the forming of the Lodge:<br /><br />Allan Lodge<br />Gelling Lodge<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Carpentaria</span> Lodge<br />Murray Lodge<br />Temple Memorial Lodge<br />A.I.F. Memorial Lodge<br /><br />Thanks were also given to the Treasurer and assistant Secretary for covering the costs of the installation cards.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4YUHjNxdeeMf0dseeVB_mZpDmmcxyYecIdYN8VP3F30Fl7P98DyLoYiCh5KHOTVaXTF7nXYpGqwHEvZz4iAtj4PKZzfjRIlKojHahvjJheXIXH4s8izsgwBGk_m5yW08zbETR2ECYqk4D/s1600-h/sanctioned.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4YUHjNxdeeMf0dseeVB_mZpDmmcxyYecIdYN8VP3F30Fl7P98DyLoYiCh5KHOTVaXTF7nXYpGqwHEvZz4iAtj4PKZzfjRIlKojHahvjJheXIXH4s8izsgwBGk_m5yW08zbETR2ECYqk4D/s400/sanctioned.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244760587160340114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The above information was sourced from the book "Whence Come You" by R.W. Bro. A.D. </span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Wakeham</span><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923746153220004649.post-39159359757452479682008-09-04T08:45:00.000-07:002008-09-11T08:22:30.449-07:00Location/MeetingsThe Lodge of Research meets the first Tuesday of every second month (March, May, July, September and istallation meeting in November) at 7:30pm at the following address:<br /><br />The Masonic Centre<br />Minnie St,<br />Cairns, Qld<br />4870<br /><br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=minnie+st+cairns&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=78.09032,91.40625&ie=UTF8&s=AARTsJpF8HxI50l73lxj9m4l-aQhIpqzzw&ll=-16.906317,145.77467&spn=0.028742,0.036478&z=14&iwloc=addr&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=minnie+st+cairns&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=78.09032,91.40625&ie=UTF8&ll=-16.906317,145.77467&spn=0.028742,0.036478&z=14&iwloc=addr&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923746153220004649.post-76578590680643934542008-09-04T08:08:00.000-07:002010-03-02T15:43:20.865-08:00Contact us<span style="font-weight: bold;">Secretary:</span><br /><br />Wor.Bro. Harvey Lovewell<br />PO Box 6527,<br />Cairns,<br />Qld 4879<br /><br /><a href="mailto:harbar33@dodo.com.au">Email</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0