A very elegant address, neatly framed, appears in the shop window of Messrs Champtaloup and Cooper, of Queen-street. It is a memorial of respect from the Prince of Wales Lodge of Masons to Mr Wbyte head, formerly of the Auckland Press, but now iv Eugland. It. was written and illuminated by Mr Chas. Palmer, draughts man, of this city, and does great credit to bis artistic taste and skill. The address is as follows :—" To Brother Thomas Bowman Whytehead.—Dear Sir aud Brother,—We have, much pleasure i.i informing you that at the regular monthly meeting of the Princo of Wales Lodge, No. 1338, held on Thursday, the 28th of January, 1879, you were unanimously elected au honorary member of the Lodge; as a token of the respect in which you aro hold by tho brethren- of your mother lodge. May you live long and continue to promulgate tho principles and tenets of Freemasonry. With fraternal regard, we are,—W. F. E. Daw son, -:W.M:; R. ,C. Dyer, S.W.; M. S. Leers,? P.M. See.; W. Rattray, J.W." The name of the intended recipient of tho testimonial Is engrossed upon a ground which contains, in the centre tho symbolic compass and square, while the contre of tho largo " D " in " Dear " is fitted in with a very artistic grouping of Masonic omblems.
