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On 8 November 1921, it was resolved that “the Lodge do duly qualify as a
Hall Stone Lodge”. On 13 December
The Treasurer who at the request of the Lodge was in charge of the M.M.
Memorial Fund reported that the donations promised together with the old ones
appeared to amount to not less then £260 so that the Lodge would become a
Hall Stone Lodge and thus uphold its position as one of the 14 remaining Lodges
which were original Hall Stone Lodges.
On 14 February 1922 the Treasurer, Bro. Manville, reported that the actual
amount promised to that date was £302. 8s., and it was agreed “that W Bro Sir
Philip Dawson IPM (during whose mastership the bulk of the subscriptions had
been received) be & he is hereby appointed to represent the Lodge at the next
meeting of Grand Lodge to receive the Jewel on its behalf”.
This touch of legal phraseology is characteristic of Bro. Secretary Walter Webb,
a solicitor by profession.
A month later Bro. Dawson reported that he had attended Grand Lodge and
received the jewel, with which he then invested the W.M., Bro. Forster. The W.M.
said that
it was due to the energy of the Treasurer, Bro. Sir Edward Manville, that the
requisite donations had been received from the members.
The Treasurer in acknowledging the compliment stated that he had received
a communication from the Grand Secretary thanking the Lodge on behalf of the
Special Committee for having so promptly qualified as a Hall Stone Lodge and their
confidence that the Lodge would always look back with satisfaction to the fact that
they had been among the first to support the M W. the Grand Master in his appeal.
On 11 December 1923:

Bro. Treasurer, [Sir Edward Manville] ... moved that a sum of £10. 10. 0 be
granted from the Lodge funds to the Freemason’s Hospital and Nursing Home,
and suggested to the Brethren that as the Lodge no longer subscribes to the King
Edward Hospital Fund, on the ground that it is not a Masonic Institution, they
should agree to the motion and support the Freemasons Hospital, which is a
Masonic Charity and one which confers the very greatest benefits on Members