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BACK NEXT Summer 2008 Issue 45 Letter from the Editor Grand Lodge News News and Views On The Level International News Beyond the Craft Perambulating the Lodge Masonic Dining and Celebration Interview: The Grand Chancellor The Orator Walking the Way of Saint James Abd el-Kader: Algerian Nationalist and Freemason Province of Cambridgeshire Library & Museum Brother Lightfoote's Journal Review: Committed to the Flames Review: The Mythology of Secret Societies Review: The Dawn of Astrology Letters to the Editor Internet Library & Museum of Freemasonry Grand Lodge Quarterly Communication Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter RMBI Masonic Samaritan Fund Grand Charity RMTGB Canon Richard Tydeman: Looking unto the Rock Copyright 1997-2008 Grand Lodge Publications Ltd Designed and Maintained by: Cyberpoint Limited

FREEMASONRY TODAY Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and the Pacific The NZEF Masonic Association In a display mounted in a Torquay hotel as part of the Freemasonry in the Community "Week of Action", Torquay Mike Chittenden, Librarian of Jordan Lodge, No.1402 and his colleague, masonic historian and Past Master of Jordan Lodge, John Taylor, caused considerable local interest by mounting a display of photographs and documents illustrating the contribution of Freemasonry to one aspect of the First World War. Their display struck a chord ... The Down Under Experience There are times in life when everything appears to be just in place: nearing my 60th birthday in top physical shape, business achieving its targets, the family happy, surrounded by good loyal friends and a Masonic career at its most pleasurable. It was in this well-balanced state of mind that my wife Zmira and I embarked on our Australian and New Zealand lecture tour, on 21st July 2000. We were the guests of the combined Australian and New Zealand ... Harmony in Hong Kong January 30th 2000 brought a clear and bright sunny day over the harbour at Hong Kong. The bustle of boats crossing from Hong Kong to Kowloon seamed endless. I had arrived in Hong Kong just two days previously and was leaving that very night, but before I was to leave I had time to visit and participate in the Service of Thanksgiving on the 50th anniversary of the Dedication of Zetland Hall. Zetland Hall is the masonic centre of Hong Kong and home to the Hong Kong Masonic Districts under the United Grand Lodge of England, the Grand Lodge of Scotland and ...   Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and the Pacific © Grand Lodge Publications Ltd 1997-2008