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Travelling Gavels being presented into Masonic Lodges. Now when it comes to America and Canada, there has<br />
been at times at least five (5) of these Travelling Gavels touring around over the years, so to receive one more<br />
than once, is not unusual.<br />
This Tamworth Gavel was to, as I thought, was going to be presented into Lodges through NSW or even all over<br />
Australia. Little did I realise, even for a moment, that someone would take it overseas. The idea of this<br />
Tamworth Travelling Gavel being presented all over the world, puts a “Great Feeling within” I have written<br />
what seems to be hundreds of emails (letters) to many Lodges and Brethren because of this Gavel, not only have<br />
I written to them, but on many occasions I have talked to them by telephone.<br />
I have had Grand Masters and Grand Secretaries and individual Masons of Provinces and of countries ring me<br />
up for a chat, even a 3am in the morning, when they have a mind lapse of the different time zones that the world<br />
has, not to worry though, it is mighty good to talk to all of them, yes, even at 3am..<br />
The generosity of some Masons is over whelming to say the least. We’ll talk about one of the Travelling Gavels<br />
that was being presented into Masonic Lodges in England, well after some time one of them arrived in Cheshire<br />
into Broad Oak Lodge No. 7239, in this Lodge was a Mason called W. Bro. Colin Taylor P. Pr.G. D. Over the<br />
years I have kept in contact, probably more than anyone else. One day we were talking about websites, I said to<br />
him one day, that if you were in Australia, I’d ask if you would put together a Travelling Gavel website, no<br />
worries, was his reply, just send me over what you would like in it and I will do it for you for free, so that’s how<br />
I got the Travelling gavel website, www.travellinggavels.com<br />
Well, the generosity didn’t stop with Colin, he happens to<br />
have a mate, who also lives in Cheshire, England,<br />
He said that he would Host the website for free. These two<br />
magnificent Masons have gone out of their way to help this<br />
Australian Mason, man!! What a world we live in. I have<br />
made, as well as many hundreds of Masons scattered around<br />
the world, have made many hundreds of very good friends. In<br />
actual fact, these twelve (12) simple little Masonic Gavels<br />
have bought our vast network of Lodges around the world<br />
closer to each other, in other words, as one body. One<br />
wouldn’t know how that makes me feel within.<br />
Well, that’s enough gribble for one day; this much travelled<br />
Masonic Gavel is still being presented into Lodges in Quebec. On the 9 th February 2005 it arrived at the Lodge<br />
of Two Mountains #122 in Deux Montagues<br />
Presentation of the Tamworth Travelling Gavel NSW from Ascot Lodge # 30 ~ LENNOXVlLLE, Canada,<br />
to<br />
The Lodge of Two Mountains # 122, ~ QUEBEC, Canada<br />
W. Master of Ascot Lodge # 30 ~ W. Brother David<br />
McCormack of Lennoxville, CANADA<br />
Presenting the Gavel to Rt. W. Brother Neil MacDonald<br />
Worshipful Master of<br />
The Lodge of Two Mountains # 122<br />
QUEBEC, CANADA<br />
9 th February 2005<br />
Ascot Lodge<br />
Delegation from Ascot Lodge #30<br />
Who delivered the Travelling Gavel to<br />
The Lodge of Two Mountains #122
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