/ THE MILITARY AND HOSPITALLER ORDER.,$ OF SAINT LAZARUS OF JERUSALEM jfj~
BAILIWICK OF
New Zealand
Newsletter Vol. V. No .l. (21) February, 1976
CEREMONY OF ADMISSION INTO THE ORDER OF SAINT LAZARUS IN THE 17TH. CENTURY . •,..
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS FROM H.E. THE BAILIFF COLONEL THE CHEV. A. R. HUGHES, GCLJ, KMLJ, JP.
'The cererrony held in Auckland to admit three Pos tulants to the Order and award and prorrote sane of our Members was nost successful.
'Ihe cerercony itself was ccrrmented o n by several of our distinguished visitors as the TIDst col ourful and dignified occasion they had attended for a long time. One of them said that New Zealand needed colour and cererrony as it seened to him to be sanething that i s l acking in our national makeup. Apart fran this, the history of the Order given by Chevalier Roberts was received with very great appreciation by th:>se that were not av.are o f the age or the work of the Order down i ts 800 odd years of existence.
At the social gathering after the cererrony , the Baili=: called on repr e s entatives of rredici ne, law, aviation, and the Order of Saint John to briefly speak.
01.arles Hutchinson, Esq., M. B .E., Q.C. was a v.urthy representative of his calling and his short speech was that of a learned counsel, tinged with a certain hurrour. One wit said afterwards, he enjoyed it so much because at times Mr. Hutchinson' s hurrour reminded him of the television shew "Misleading Cases".
Dr . Ellis Dick, our Hospitaller, responded on behalf of the medical pr ofession and his wi se remarks were very well received.
The M:lyor of Waitanata City, Mr . J.C. Colvin, brought the best wishes o f his Council to all members of the Order and camrented on the fine w:Jrk being done by the Order through its Emergency Service in West Auckland.
Our old friend , Confrere R.S. Higg.inJ:::otharn happily touched on his school days, sorre 75 years ago, and the influence on his life by a fine headmaster. :!e said i t was because of this man's pointing out to him that true happiness in life came through the service to others, he was abl e with his late wife, M3.bel Higgi nl:::otham to comrence his charitable work. No rrore fitting award than the Bronze ~al he received signifying as it does the recognition of his services, could have been rrade.
Captain Nevil le Jackson, one of New Zealand's forerrost aviators, SPJke wi th distinction al:out rrodern progress and the need for spiritual ideals, :md comnended the Order or. its f ostering of these ideals.
Our member, .R:>ss Sanford, 3.lso a member of the Order o f St John, 3poke on i ts behalf. We were happy to have the Order of St John represented by Dr. ·,1att, Mr. E.M. .Mathison and Dr. Lindo Fergusson. Apologies were received from Sir Tlunas Skinner and Mr . K. Korman. This happy occasi on was a milestone in the history of the Order in New Zealand. I~ VESTITUP£ CERE~ONY 1975 -
NEWS FROM THE GRAND CHANCERY
* * * H .R. H. The Grand M:tster has been pleased to raise the Delegation of the Dutch Tongue to the Status of a Corrnandery and to api::oint the Chev . Henri A. van den Akker to be it's Carrnander. ***H.R.H. The Grand Master has reen pleased to appoint the Chev. John Patrick The Chancellor Chev. L.J. Hill (Right) , Fitzpatrick, GCLJ, Grand Banner Bearer elevated to the rank of Knight Ccrrrnander, and M:rober of the Supreme Council. congratulates Mr . R.S . Higgintotham, MLJ, OMLJ, of Henderson who was dea:>rated with ***Their Ibyal Highnesses The Prince the Bronze M2dal for his support of Grand Master and the Princess arrived in numerous charities. Strasl:ourg on the 5th. December 1975. 1'hey were welcaned by the Prior and Jff icers of the Priory of lUsace and by Praroted to the grade of the Grand 01ancellor. H.E. The Grand Officer Canpanion: Crnmander, the lady of Gayre, the Juridicial Councillor (M:l.itre D. Paneff) , DR EIJ•7AHD RCCHE of Auckland the Grand Sword Bearer (Sir William Steward), the Grand Banner Bearer (Chev . ~'1R MURD'.X::H M::OONAI:D John P. Fitzpatrick) and the Heads of of North canterburv Jurisdictions - Chev . J. de Beaugourdon (France) , Chev . W. Eickenberg (Genrany) , MRS RHOQll. McJ:OW>...LD Chev. Schul:erth (Austria) and Chev. Salgo of ".\lorth Canterbury (representing the Grand Prior of Alrerica) paid their respects to H.R.H. at the Hotel. H.R.H. presided at the Investiture Cererrony O.L. J. held at the Church of Ste. Aurelie and official visits were paid to the President Admitted to the grade of Mayor (who gave a reception in honour of M:nber carpanion: the Grand Master) and to the Prefect of Alsace. DR SURNA.ED JAMES EI.LIOTT of M:t tarra ta ***It is announced that H.R.H. The Grand Master has agreed that the next Grand MR INGRHA.M MERVYN HA.1'MJND Magistral Council will re held in of Auckland SALZBUffi IN JUNE 197 6. Members of the -ga_iliwick of !\Jew Zealand who propose to attend this gathering are kindly requested CAPT RAIPH SILVESTER ~ of Christchurch to contact the F.di tor Confrere A. Abela for further details. M.L.J. Page 3 PRIME MINISTER ATTENDS FUNCTION OF THE COMMANDERY OF THE SOUTH ISLAND , NZ .
MEMBERS of the South Island Commandery attended a very successful dinner function at the Avon Motor Lodge in Christchurch recently.
The Rt. Hon. R.D. Muldoon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, very graciously accepted an invitation and attended the function, and presented the Hon . H.J. Walker, MLJ, Minister for Social Welfare, with his Certificate of Membership of the Order of Saint Lazarus. Present at the gathering were:- The Vice-Chancellor and Commander of the South Island Commandery the Chev. Edward Roberts and Dame Amy Roberts, Chev. James Mccready and Mrs. Maiada Mccready, Mr. and Mrs. I.K. Dunbar , the THE HON H J WALKER MLJ Rt.Rev. Monsignor G.V. Daly, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. .t-1.inister for Social Welfare McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. P .A. Pepperell , Mr. and Mrs. P.L. Power, The Hon. H.J. Walker and Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Margaret Fordyce and Miss A. Fordyce, Colonel and Mrs. B.T. McMahon, and Miss F.Preston .
Confrere P.L. Power took the opportunity to present the Balance Sheet and Accounts of the Commandery and a collection of $50 was donated to the Leprosy Mission and t o the Cheshire-Ryder Appeal Fund. The meeting also resolved to donate a further $50 to the Leper Trust Board. A telegram of apology for absence and conveying good wishes was received at the meeting from H.E. The Bailiff Colonel the Chev. A.R. Hughes, GCLJ , KMLJ, JP. The Vice-Chancellor and Commander of the South Island Commandery the Chev. Edward T. Roberts, SBStJ, CL, KCLJ, I~MLJ, JP, thanked all for their attendance , especially those who had travelled from Dunedin .
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VISIT TO THE DELEGATI ON OF AUSTRALIA.
On M:::mday the 9th. of February, 1976, the Chev. J.M. Caruana, KLJ, Head of the ~legation of Australi a of the Order of St Lazarus, very graciously received a call fran Confrere A.S. Abela, MLJ, who was on a short visit to Sydney, Australia.
'lhe. Chev. J.M. Caruana and Confrere A. S . Al::ela (who was officially representing H.E. 'Ihe Bailiff Colonel the Chev . A. R. Hughes, GCI.J, KMI.J, JP.) held long discussions on matters relating to the Order and a number of joint activities were proposed for the current year. A much closer co-ordination between the Bailiwick of New Zealand and the ~legation of Australia is now envisaged. Preliminary preparations are n 'lhe Chev. J .M. Caruana , on behalf of the relegation of Australia, sent best wishes and Confraternal greetings to the Bailiwick of New Zealand and invited H.E. The Bailiff Colonel the Chev. A.R. Hughes to visit the Delegation of A.ustralia where he will be officially received. Page 4 'rnE DEFENCES OF 'IHE CIT'i OF ACRE IN THE YEAR 1291 A.O. '~FTER the fall of Jerusalem in the year 1200, the Mediterranean coastal city of Acre, some 50 miles east of Haifa, became the centre of all the Christian Crusader countries. All prominent religious, political and trading powers stationed large garrisons within the fortified walls of the city. The Patriarch of Jerusalem, after his expulsion from the Holy City, established his seat at the Cathedral of Acre. Acre was already at that time a Bishoprical seat and reference to this is traced back to 198 A.D. through the Council of Cesarea. The Bishoprical seat was deserted during the time of the crusades but was later re-established as the seat of the Metropolitan Tyrus and during his reign the city gained considerable importance. At the same time the Archbishop of the Jakobites also established his seat at Acre. All the great Sovereign Orders, the Order of St John, t he Templars, the German Tongue and the Order of St Lazarus were well established with garrisons, churches and hospitals in the city. All buildings and churches belonging to the Knights of the various Orders, especially those of the Templars, were very heavily fortified. Several other hospitals were also established outside the inner city of Acre by the Order of St John and the Order of St Lazarus. The city fortifications were progressively improved following the re conquest of Acre in 1191. In the 13th century the coastal part of the city to the north was developed through the initiation of King Ludwig IX (1250-1254) and became the city of Montmusant, this was surrounded by a line of fortified double walls. Further developments were carried out in 1286 by command of King Henry II, King of Jerusalem. The north east corner of the city which was especially exposed to attack was rein forced and additional walls were built between the old inner city and the new part of the city. King Edward I built the English Tower and Countess Alice of Blois added a second tower in 1287. In 1289 Pope Nicholas IV donated 4,000 Turonese pounds to the Patriarch for the reinforcements of the walls, the building of a stone catapult and part of the sum for the use as ransom for the release of Christians captured prisoners during the wars. The City of Acre was strategically divided into sections for defence purposes with each area assigned to a specific Order. The perimeter walls defending the new outer city were assigned to the Order of St John and the Order of the Templars, t he walls on both angles were assigned to the troops of the King and h is brother Almarich and the defence of the old inner city was entrusted to the French and English Knights and to the troops of Venice, Pisa and the City Regiment. The German Knights and the Knights of the Order o f St Lazarus defended the Tower"." outer "Cursed Paqe 5 ••' H.E. THE BAILIFF, COL. THE CHEV. A.R. HUGHES, GCLJ , : TWO large sections of land in Auckland were donated to the Order of St Lazarus by Auckland solicitor Mr. W.A. Subritzky. The land is situated in Henderson, close to the area where our St Lazarus Ambulance Service operates. This magnificent gift of land, unprecedented in the history of the Bailiwick of New Zealand, is to be used for a block of geriatric flats. THE DONAT ' S CROSS . The Order of St Lazarus bestowed one of it's highest honours, the Donat's Cross, on Mr. W.A. Subritzky f or his most generous gift to the Order. The presentation of the Donat ' s Cross was made by His Excellency the Bailiff, Colonel the Chev. A. R. Hughes, GCLJ, KMLJ, JP at the last Investiture Ceremony in the Saint Ma tthews Anglican Church in Auckland. The geriatric homes programme would be by far the most ambitious project y et attempted by the Order of St Lazarus in New Zealand The Chancellor the Chev . L . J . Hill, KCLJ, JP, will shortly be visiting Government officials in Well ington to discuss finance and other arrangements for the project. ***This periodical of the Bailiwick 0f New Zealand, issued under the authority of H.E . The Bailif: Col. the Chev. A.R. Hughes, GCLJ, KMLJ, JP is edited by the Archivist, Alexander Abela, MLJ, 18, Barlow Place, Bi r kenhead, Auckland 10, NE~ ZEALAND. THE MILITARY AND HOSPITALLER ORDER at OF SAINT LAZARUS OF JERUSALEM 'i,'U\ BAILIWICK OF New Zealand Newsletter Vol. V. No. 2. (22) May, 1976 Shields at their breasts, lances ready, an army of knights headed by Godfrey of Bouillon, Duke of lower Lorraine, sets out for the East in 1096. Godfrey's brother, Baldwin of Boulogne, rides with him in this medieval illumination. In the surnrer of 1099, the Crusaders reached Jerusalem and captured the City after a siege of six ~s. It was a great lxxm to the Crusaders, when they entered the City, to find Gerard's hospital ready to care for them. Thus was founded the Order of Hospitallers. (From "'!be History of William of 'fyre," Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.) QUARIBRLY CX)Mv1t.JNICATIONS FR::M H.E. IBE BAILIFF As m:ntioned in the last Newsletter, Che~alier J .M. caruana, KLJ, Head of the Delegation of Australia, invited the Bailiff to visit the Delegation in Sydney Australia, and it was with the greatest of pleasure I accepted this inVitation. Sydney in April is really beautiful; the deciduous trees of which there is an abundance have taken on their autumn tints and the indigenous species with their dark green foliage cx::raplernent the scene. Hyde Park, right in the centre of this huge city, provides the same ~nderful relief from the roar of traffic and the press of humanity as its nallESake in London . The lb.Iran catholic cathedral "of St. Mary, beautifully sited, enjoys the proximity of this park arrl i s in itself one of the glories of Sydney. In the future it could be the venue of scrre of the Order's cerenonies. On M::mday evening, April 19th., a formal dinner at the Hotel Wen~rth was given by the delegation to enable myself and COnfrere Abela wh:> aca::xtpanied me to rreet four of the Australian Knights and their wives. This was a very happy occasion and there was sufficient til!le before dinner to have inforrcal talks with ~s on matters OJncerning the Order. Chevalier Caruana welC'C!l"ed us in the name of the Australian Delegation; in a delightful speech he remarked that our presence encouraged them to hope that a goodly nunber of New Zealand manbers ~uld cane to Sydney in late August when the Inaugural Cerem::my would be held and sorre distinguished posbllants brought into the Order. '!he final date is yet to be confi.rm:d. At the oonclusion of the dinner, the Bailiff responded and oonveyed greetings from New Zealand rtetlb:rrs giving a res~ of the Bailiwick' s activities. COnfrere Abela also spoke briefly of our hopes for the future and assuring the Australian Delegation of our oo-operation and help if needed. en Friday the 23rd., I rea:ived an invitation fran Chevalier W.P. COnley, KLJ, to visit him in his office where he is one of the chief executive officers of the camon.vealth Bank of Australia. over norning tea, he shaved me a very 'WOnderful !::;oak entitled "The 'Iheatre of Honour and Knighthcx:xi" by Andren Pavine published in 1623. 'Ihere was an extensive article on the Order of St. Lazarus illustrating its insignia, mentioning the Order's seat at Boigney in France and stating that it was the oldest order of Chivalry in existence. It made IIDSt exciting reading and I 'WOuld have loved to have delved further but tine being a precious ccmrodity to high banking executives, I had to bid Olevalier Conley goodbye or shall I say au revoir, for I l ook forward. to our next rreeting in August with great pleasure. ~-f~. PAI LIFF THE NEW ZEALAND BAILIWICK . FCXYIOOIE: We have just received the information that the Grand COnmander Lieut. - colonel Robert Gayre has recently purchased one of the towers of the old Boigney Canm:mdery and a fann c;i.long with it. How can one ever express sufficient gratitude to colonel Gayre for his nany benefactions and contributions to the Order. I am sure I ~ice ~~ thoughts of this Bailiwick when I say such rare devotion is alm::>st beyond one s ability to express and resort to the simple heartfelt ~rds "Thank you" . Page 2 APPOINTMENT: JOHN PATRICK FITZPATRICK, GCLJ. GRAND BANNER BEARER. "1he Grand Chancery has announced that H.R.H. 1he Grand Master has been pleased to appoint Chevalier J.P. Fitzpatrick., GCLJ, as Grand Banner Bearer of our Order." 1his distinguished rrember of our Order was born in Santa MJnica, california in 1919 of Irish parents. Educated at Loyola University in I..os Angeles and Georgetown University Washington D. C. , he has degrees in Philosophy, Economics and Foreign Service He also specialized in 7 foreign languages. Follcwing active military service frcrn 1942 to 1959 with assignments in Brazil, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Gi.bralter and Spain, in the rank of Conroander, USN, Chevalier Fitzpatrick joined Gulf Oil Corporation as Area Representative Iberian Peninsula. In 1971 he became Chairrran of the Board, Iberian Gulf Oil Conpany & Chief Executive Officer; in 1975 Vice President International Affairs, Gulf Oil Corp., and Chairman of the International Advisory Council. Now a resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Chevalier Fitzpatrick is m:rrried to the forner Ann Shennan, a daughter of the late Admiral Forrest P. Sheman of world War II f arre. This distinguished couple are the parents of four children: Baroness Gilli Zugaro; John S. Fitzpatrick; Deirdre de Ugarte; and Amarie Fitzpatrick. *** H.R.H. Prince Francisco Enrique de Borbon y de Borbon, the Grand Master, has directed, that, owing to Family Mourning, the Grand Ma.gistral Council ~ting which had been previously fixed for June 1976 in Salzburg, will not be held this year. * * * His Beatitude Maxi.mus V Hakim, the t-Elkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem, has kindly sent greetings and his blessings to H. E. the Bailiff and to the Bailiwick of New zealand. In His letter fran Cairo to Colonel Hughes, H.B. Maximus V expressed great interest in the ~rks of the Order in New Zealand, and hoped that the new year will bring peace to the world. *** The Grand Priory of Hungary (in exile) has sent to Taiwan Dr . me::l. Tibor Buzady, KIJ who will be working from the small Hungarian Jesuit Hospital there, for two years, as an lll1paid missionary doctor. Ik. Buzady' s duties will include practicing rredicine in a rerrote rcountainous area of Taiwan, accorrpaning the local Catholic Priest to the scattered villages, where he will examine and treat the villagers. He will be acccrrpanied by his wife, a dentist, and their three small children. His wife will also serve the local villagers with rredical care. *** His Excellency the Grand Registrar, the Chevalier Dr. Bela Kezdy Vasarhelyi de Kezd, GCLJ, KCN, KM, KMV, KMLJ, of ~en, will participate with the Chevalier Curt C.G. Ulfstedt, KI.J, Corrrnan:ier of the Conmandery of Finland, at the Inauguration Ceremonies to be held in May at Stille. Page 3 BIOGRAPHY: CHEVALIER ROBERT CHARLES EDWARD TRUMAN ROBERTS, KCLJ, SBStJ , CL, KMLJ, JP. Vice Chancellor of the Bailiwick of New Zealand and Carnnander of the Soutern Ccmnandery in New zea1and. The Chevalier Roberts , f rn.mder of the New Zealand Jurisdiction of the Order of St Lazarus, was tom in Christchurch New Zealand in 1913 and educated at the Christchurch University. His ancestors were yeomen farrrers. in the parish of r:kJygyfylchi, caernarvonshire, ~·lales, back at least into the seventeenth century. His grand father arrived in New Zealand in 1862 on the schooner "Brisk" a vessel of 97 tons. Chevalier :Ebberts farm=d "Riverside" for some yec;rs and since 1970 has been on the administrative staff of Queen Mary Hospital, Eamrer Springs. Chevalier Roberts is a rranber of the Society of Genealogists, IDndon; District Grand Master MUIOOF (NZ) 48 & 70; I.ay reader Diocese of Nelson 44- 69; ?-Sober Ibyal Forest & Bird Protection SOciety; Olainnan St John Ambulance Assc. 62- 64; Fellow Inst. Heraldic & Genealogical Sbldies; N.Z. representative St Lazarus International rreeting at Boigney, France 66; Ccmnander Venerable Order of Ibse of Lippe 61; C.L.J. 62; K.L.J. 70; K.C.L.J. 73; Serving Brother !-bst Venerable Order of St John 66; Justice of Peace 69. Address, "Riverside", Culverden, North canterbury, New Zealand. Heraldic Notes: .zu:MS - Or, a lion ranpant regardant gules bebNeen t"-0 flauches vert. CREST - A lion's dexter gamb gules holding in the bend sinister a staff tenninating in a sphere sable ensigned with a patriarchal cross of the first. *** An Investiture Cerem::my will be held at the camiandery of Lochore Church of Saint Vincent in F.clinburgh on Saturday 28th. August, 1976. We are also very pleased to learn that our gcod friend fran Edinburgh, MLs. C.F. Mann, will be visiting New Zealand at the end of this year. Mrs. Mann was recently praroted to the rank of camanaer (CLJ, l+1[J. ) ***We are pleased to report that Confrere Murdoch ~ld, OLJ, of North canterbw:y, continues to nend well after his recent hip cperation. We wish him a speedy recorvery. *** An Investiture Cererrony of the Grand Priory of America will be held at the Chapel of Aquinas Institute, River Forest, Illinpis, on Saturday 15th. May 1976. *** 'Ihe ilievalier J.M. caruana, KLJ, BA, LL.B, Head of the Delegation of Australia, will visit Grand Chance:ry, Malta, in June of this year. Page 4 97 John R. C. Sweeny, KU UST OF MEMBERS 98 Alexander Wilson Forbes Caito, OU AND 99 Charles Germain John Gaggero, CU 100 J. Montagu l..ascelles Jenner, CU A FFILJATES 102 Na1haniel Weyl, CU 103 Anne Arter, OU 104 Douglas William Arter, CU Part 105 Robert Stuart Gr~nway. KU 106 Major G. J. Flint Shipman. TD, CU 107 Jenn Paul Zwicky de Gauen. KW, KMU Lt. Col. The Laird of Gayrc of Gayre and Nigg, KCN. GCMM, IOS The Rev. MacAlli~ter Scot! Ellis, Chaplain 109 Dr. Erwin Jaecklc, D. Phil, KU KCL. KCCI. KMV, GCU. GCMU with Collar 110 Dr. Kenneth Gordon Gadd. KU 2 EhM Z.:>mmot. MBE. K \1. KCJ. KMLJ 111 Capt. Endrc Vi1ez Tama>ka· de Baranch, KMV, K U :; An1h 3~ 3 1)1 L'1\/iH \ 1h.. 'I K.1~~· ry KU 4 ~1 Th:: Hon. l.1.·,:i:r \ikJJ0.\'1 Kt. J ;1~ l.,rk,• ;.:, J) .. 1), DI J 423 D: End.-~ J • ;.. ;,;.:)' \'a,~r:~clyi. KU ~le De L-"~"J \:ors1tt.'). 1-.U .l~J Frjr.c:. B.ar:t..:::-. l U .,.. . .\~.1~.\!!!~ ~; .. r;:;:l~.. D!J 4~5 The \'c;• i<.~" \! 0 :. Ti!>"r :-.1~;z.1:v" S.:nior Chap!ain '.> 1\1 u•. G;1>;;;~ Jo L":n.:th KU .;'11) Th~ \ ·~:: Rev. :.f~r. Dr. F..:r ..:r ..: l L.~r.,,n.;->z.o, 5.!n11Jr Ci".a?!atn Page 6 ... "FOUNDATIONS WE CAN BUILD ON" The solitary man was entranced by a sight of utter beauty that lay before his eyes, and his thoughts were silent, yet rroving in his mind. Dawn's first gl:imrrering ray swept away the darkness of the night to lay before him, framed in a shaft of sun, a single web. A web anchorerl to sure foundations, a web fabricated with perfect synuetry, a web sh:i.rrrneringly bedecked with a king's ransan of diam:mds and rubies. The light spread from twig to twig until the silent, still rrorning was alive with many such constructions, until the whole length of the hedge flashed and sparkled and shimrered in beauty. As the man stood and watched this spectacle he ~ndered hCM anything so humble, so ordinary, so inconspicuous as a spider could create such incredible beauty, such symnetry, such truth. And the..T'l another thought occurred to him. Imagine the hedge raw to be the planet earth. Perceive the glistening patterns to be the mantle of the Order of Saint Lazarus spread over its surface. Acknowledge each symnetrical pattern to be a single Jurisdiction of the Order, perfectly constructed and bedecked by the honour of its rrembers, past and present. Rerrember, to:), that the making and maintenance of each Jurisdiction stems from the quiet unobtrusive endeavours of many men and warren whose labours are all too often inadequately recorded, seldom acknowledged and too soon forgotten. And as the beauty of the web is given at dawn to the eyes of the silent observer, so is the honour and spirit of the Order passed from hand to hand, from Knight to Knight, fran generation to generation; is entrusted to each Postulant at his Investiture and left to his or her observance and industry to discover just how precious a gift has teen bestc:Med upon them. We of the Order of Saint Lazarus should not be insensitive to the fact that we hold in trust the fruits of the labour of countless hundreds who over nine centuries have worked to nake and maintain the honour and fabric of our Order. Let us in turn ensure that we hand down to future generations, unsullied and pure, that mysterious creation which we all honour '!he Order of Saint Lazarus. 'lhe fmmdations are sound and true, and we are especially heartened at the present .rrorrent to witness and observe the errErgence of yet another web within the total construction as rrore of our friends across the sea in Australia take up the Cross of our Ancient and Noble Order. Editor. Page 7 INAUGURAL INVESTITURE CEREMONY, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. The Inaugural Investiture Ceremony of The Delegation of Australia will be held in Sydney later this year. The exact date will be confirmed when the Chevalier J . M. Caruana, KLJ, BA, LL.B, Head of The _Delegation of Australia, returns to Sydney from a visit to Grand Chancery, Malta. The functions in Sydney will include an Oecumenical Sunday Service, followed by the Inaugural Ceremonies in the morning, followed by a Reception and a formal Charity Dinner in the evening. Members and friends of The Bailiwick of New Zealand who propose to attend this gathering are now kindly requested to communicate with Confrere A.S. Abela for further details; in your reply please indicate the possible number of persons travelling, the preferred date and duration of stay in Sydney. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + *** H.E. The Vice Chancellor and Commander of the South Island Commandery, the Chevalier E.T. Roberts, has announced that a Special Investiture Ceremony to admit a Postulant into the Order will take place at the Presbyterian Church of Seddon in Marlborough on Sunday 13th. June 1976. H.E. The Chancellor, the Chevalier L.J. Hill, invites Members from the North Island to accompany him on this visit to the South Island Commandery. *** The Grand Priory of America has approved a Major International Inter-disciplinary Symposium on the problems of the aging under the sponsorship of the Eastern Delegation and of Tufts University. The conference will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 15 and 16 19'.6. T~e Syrnposi1:1ID.will open Friday, October 15 with presentations by maJor national, political, cultural and medical figures and international 17aders in medicine and the care of the aged. The Symposium will close with_ a full dress dinner for participants and members of the Order on Saturday evening the 16th. The following morning the Eastern Delegation will hold Sunday Services and an Investiture. ~** ~.E. The ~hancellor , the Chevalier L.J. Hill, notifies that progress is b~i~g m~de in connecti~n with the GERIATRIC FLATS PROJECT. Building ~pe~ifications and quotations are being prepared by the contractors, and it is hoped that the project will be commenced later in the year. *** We are again pleased to announce that another 5 large parcels of medical supplies were collected and dispatched by Confrere B.R.Blanchard, assisted by Confrere D.W. Arter, to the Tetere Leprosarium of the Solomon Islands. The patients have now bhen transferred to a special ward ir. the Central Government Hospital in Honiara, and in his letter to Confrere Blanchard, the Government Pharmacist of Honiara expressed his thanks for the supplies donated and assures that the drugs received will be put to the good use of the people of those Islands. ***This periodical of the Bailiwick of New Zealand, issued under the authority of H.E. The Bailiff Col. the Chev. A.R. Hughes, GCLJ, KMLJ, JP is edited by the Archivist, Alexander Abela, MLJ, 18, Barlow Place, Birkenhead, Auckland 10, NEW ZEALAND. THE MILITARY AND HOSPITALLER ORDER OF SAINT LAZARUS OF JERUSALEM BAILIWICK OF New Zealand NEWSLETTER VOL . V . No.3. ( 2 3) AUGUST 1976 Chap.10. OrderofS.Lazam1. 447 THE ~....:...~~--~~~ The Orders ofMount ~[arm ell, and ofSaint L11z.aru1: The.: one rcuiued or renewed againc acP aris, by che holy King Saint L c1l>tS ,in the YCal"C OneThoufan d, Two Hundred F 1fry Foure: And chc ochcrthcre alfo, by King Ho:ry che Fourch, Sir.named THBATER chcGrcac,in che Yeare,One Thoufand,SU-c Hundred :u1d Ei~!ir . 0 F C H A!'. X. HE Kni:;h:softhcOrdorof J.,~t l..zurm (Cucn::sih REPRODUCT ION FROM THE BOOK "THE THEATRE OF HONOUR AND KNIGHTHOOD" WRITTEN IN FRENCH IN 1620 BY ANDREW FAVINE, ADVOCATE IN THE HIGH COURT OF PARLIAMENT, PARI S, AND PRINTED IN 1623 BY WILLIAM JAGGARD OF LONDON. EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK APPEAR ELSEWHERE I N THIS ISSUE. QUARIERLY COz.t.ruNICATIONS FR:M H. E. 'IHE BAILIFF COIONEL 'IHE 01EVALIER A. R. HU3HE.S I GCT.J I KMLJ I JP. If one is interested in history, the story of the Order down the years is fascinatingly told in the list of Grand Masters. This list is contained in the English translation of the fundamental constitution of the Order as promulgated by the 44th. Grand Master, the Duke of Seville in 1948. Having just read "Great English.men of the 17th. Century", it led me to look at the Grand Masters of the Order over that period and I was intrigued by the de Nerestangs who governed our Order from 1603 to 1673, commencing with Filbert, Marquis de Nerestang (Field-Marshal) 1604-1620, Claude 1620-1639, Charles 1639-1644, Charles Aquilis from 1645-1673. The year 1620 caught my eye and I thought of the Pilgrim Fathers setting out on their voyage to the New World to found an English colony and these English colonies ruled by the Crown for 175 years up to the Declaration of Independence. Our short New Zealand history of a little over a century is about a third of the age of European settlement in America yet bo~h in America and New Zealand we find today the ideals and traditions of our Order flourishing. It' s the spiritual content of the Order that lives on and we get a more ordered perspective if we think of its illustrious existence from 1099 to 1976 covering from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth the Second in the British history. Today the Order spans the world and in membership equals or even exceeds that of any time in its history. Given this membership consisting of people who subscribe to the tenets of chivalry, what a wonderful obligation devolves on all of us to live up to the undertakings we swore on our entry into this ancient organisation. Do you remember the words "To uphold in your life and conversation its high ideals of Christian devotion, service and charity." I am sure you do and they remain the s~me inspiration that they were at your taking of the green cross. fi.f~. B.Zl.ILIFF THE NEW ZEAI..AND BAILil'ITCK . HIS EXCELLENCY THE BAILIFF HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEXT ANNUAL INVESTITURE CEREMONY OF THE BAILIWICK OF NEW ZEALAND WILL BE HELD AT 11.30 O'CLOCK ON THE MORNING OF THE llTH. DECEMBER, 1976 AT THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF HENDERSON, AUCKLAND. THE CEREMONY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A RECEPTION, LUNCHEON AND OTHER FUNCTIONS. H.E. THE BAILIFF WOULD URGE EVERYONE WHO POSSIBLY CAN TO ATTEND AND A SPECIAL WELCOME IS EXTENDED TO MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE DELEGATION OF AUSTRALIA AND ALL OTHER OVERSEAS JURISDICTIONS. FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED AT A LATER DATE. Diocese of Auckland Requiem and Burial of His Grace Archbishop Liston COL ONE L ARTHUR HU GHES . ORDE R OF ST LAZARUS Represen t mg Monday 12 July 1976 12 noon 0 B I T U A R Y ...... H I S G RA C E A R CH B I S H 0 P L I S T 0 N. THE BAILIWICK OF NEW ZEALAND LOST A GREAT FRIEND IN THE PASSING OF HIS GRACE ARCHBIS HOP LISTON. HIS GRACE ENCOURAGED AND BLESSED YOUR BAILI FF WH EN HE TOOK OFFICE AND NEVER FAILED TO INTEREST HIMSELF IN THE WORK OF THE ORDER. HIS LONG LI FE AND HI S SERVICE TO THE CHURCH AND COMMUN ITY EXTENDED OVER 95 YEARS. I N RECOGNI TION OF HIS GREAT SERVICES TO MANKIND HER MAJE STY BESTOWED ON HIM THE COMPANIONATE OF THE ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE. HIS GRACE WAS ALSO A KNIGHT OF THE VENERABLE ORDER OF ST. JOHN . HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED IN OUR HEARTS AS A GREAT HUMAN BEING, A LOVING PRIEST AND FRIEND , ONE OF THOSE SOULS THAT INSPIRE, BLESS AND SUSTAIN MANK I ND . PENSIONER VILLAGE PROJ ECT; WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO REPORT THAT SI GNIFICANT PROGRESS I S BEING MADE I N CONNECTION WITH THE GERIATRIC FLATS PROJECT IN THE SUBURB OF HENDERSON . H. E. THE CHANCELLOR, THE CHEVALIER L .J . HILL, KCLJ, JP HAS JUST RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION THE SITE AND BUILDING PLANS, REPRODUCED ON PAGE 7 OF TH IS ISSUE. EARTH-WORKS AND SITE DRAINAGE WORK IS SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE SOON, AND AS SHOWN ON THE PLANS , ELEVEN FLATS ARE TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE LARGE SECTION OF LAND THAT WAS DONATED TO THE ORDER OF SAI NT LAZARUS BY MR. W.A. SUBRITZKY OF AUCKLAND. -. EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK "THE THEATRE OF HONOUR AND KNIGHTHOOD" WRITTEN IN FRENCH IN1620 BY ANDREW FAVINE, ADVOCATE IN THE HIGH COURT OF PARLIAMENT, PARIS, AND PRINTED IN 1623 BY WILLIAM JAGGARD OF LONDON. Materi al from the original book was presented to the Bailiwick of New Zealand by the Chevalier W.P. Conley, K.L.J . , of Australia. eretofore we have spoken somewhat of this Order, the rrost ancient of all Christendom, according to the testirrony of Saint Gregory Nazianzene, wtQ in the Life of the great Dxtor Saint Basil, attributed to him the birth and origin thereof. The Order was so much the rrore f arrous through Christendom, by how much the subject was merciful and Charitable, as narrely; taking care of disease:l people, infected with such an uncurable infirmity, as was fled and shunned by all, unfit for the frequency of man, and making them seem as dead to the -world. Pope Darnasus, fifth of the narre, a.J?Proved this for a good and c:orrrnendable -work, and c:x:mrended it to all the Churches of Christendom. Julian the Apostat, sworn enemy to the Christians, possessed himself of the houses, which were assigned and given by the Church, for the relieving of such miserable people. The Errperors, his successors in ~r (but not in vain and i dle VX)rshipping of Idols) did reestablish this -work of charity, and the Popes took a particular care of it. This Order was brought into her ancient luster under the Kings of Jerusalem that were successors to Godfrey of Bologne. For we find by the testirrony of William of Tyre, Chancellor of Jerusalem, and other autors besides, that took pains in writing the voyages and conquests of our farrous French Paladines, in those parts beyond the seas; · that the kings of the holy city Bauldwine, Arna.u.ry and Bauldwine, as also the Queens Theodora and .Melisinda, gave very great gifts to this Order. Which (as all the rest ~e) was governed by a Great Master; and we observed heretofore, that this Order had her Court, Justice and I:);::means perticularly, as well in Jerusalem as in the City of Acre . .rvbreover, the Knights of this Orde.~, although they had especial care of diseased leperous people; yet they were not negligent likewise in skilful handling of their weapons and going to war against the Miscreants. And their devoution rrade them so admired and favoured by King Lewes the younger called the revou~ that on his return fran the Holy land he brought along with him hare into France twelve Knights of this Order, whom he appointed to be directors and governors of the hospitals in his Kingdan. He established their chief college and principal dwelling at Boigny in the diocesse of Orleans where this good king kept his Court rrost part of the year, by the exarrple of King Lewes le Gros his father. 'Ihese twelve Knights served as a seedplot or frui tfull orchard to all the Princes of Christendom, for from them Princes derived administrators for exercising the v.urk of charity on leperous people, and it came to pass (by means of this exercise) that all Princes acknowledged for Chief of the Order, the House of Boigny, where at the end of every three years was held their general Chapter, by the Priors of Italy, Sicily, England, C£rrnany and Spain. Page 4 ' - he establishing of this Order of Saint Lazarus at Boigny, under King I.e~s the I:Bvout, is recorded in the Court Fegisters, in the year 1154 and as well beyond the seas as in France and other places in Christendcm, the Brethren of this Order made profession to the rule of Saint Augustine. 'lb Stender pu.q:ose was it then, that the first ori ginal of this Order should be attributed to certain Italian gentlemen, who passing into the marches beyond the seas; shaped their m::xlel and pattern, by the Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem, endevouring thanselves in the curing of diseased people, and oourishing them upon such aJ.mes as were given to them. But it may be, that those gentlemen Italians did reestablish this Charity, for caring the diseased persons, afflicted with this incurable rralady; & that by exanple of the Knights Hospitallers, & them also of the Holy Sepulcher, they kept the passage ways for the safe guiding of Christian Pilgrims, to guard & defend them against the Sarrazins. So then, seeing themselves increased and augrrented in number, they sul:rni tted to the Order of Saint Benedict, an:1 took the long black Gown, and; nore to despite the Sarrazines, the eight pointed GREEN Cross. They rrade the vows of Obedience, Poverty and Charity, befor e the Patriarch of Jerusalem, callerl William, under the reign of Bauldwine, fifth of the nane, King of Jerusalem, al:::out the year of Grace 1150. In discoursing on the subject of the Order, ~observed, haN the Turks hold a finn belief; that their great Prophet Mahonet took no mean delight to go cloathed in GREEN, and that his descendants, and the Oth:::irnans only, might particularly wear this colour in the Sultan ganrents and turbants. Which priviledge was not pennitted to any (whatsoever ·they were) except they could approve themselves of the stock of the Oth:>m:ms, or of the race of that farrous Inp:>sture. It is the colonel of the Turkish Enpire, and the livery of the great Turk; who when he horoured his favourites with any particular respect, he gave them a golden staff, and a GREEN rornet; notes of absolute corcmand in Justice, and in the wars. As did in the year 1604, the Grand Seigneur Hamet, fifth of the name, to the Pascha of Hungary, named Hasan VUzir. The Popes Innocent, third of the n.artE (the rrost learned Prelate that had been before his tine) Honorius the third, Gregory the ninth and Inn;)cent the fourth gave to this Order of Saint Lazarus very great priveledges and took them into their particular protection. Which priveledges were after confinred by the Popes after. The Bulls of the Popes do testify the antiquity of this Order. This Order possessed great store of goods in France under the reign of our rrost Qrristian ~s Phillip Augus.:gis, Saint Lewes, and Phillip the Hardy, son of S. I.e-wes. And the Kings, Phillip le Bel, Phillip le long, John the unlucky, Charles the Wise, Charles the Victorious, Iewes the eleventh, Charles the eight his son King of France, Naples and Sicily; I.ewes the twelfth, father of the peopl e , and King Frances fifth of the na.rre, all bestc:Ming great gifts on this order or ronfirrning those priveledges which they had. But in the time of the Kings of England, Germmy & of Spain, an:l likewise the estates of Italy, possessed them selves of the goods belonging to this Order, every one in his place of p:::wer & Jurisdiction: So that the chief House thereof established at Boigny by King Lewes the eleventh; saw rcost of her l:iJTibs lopped off, & quite pared away, with out any hope of reviving again. And as for those goods which they enjoyed & possessed in France, they were carried away by the Knights of Rhodes, by virtue of a Bull sent fran Pope Innccent, eight of the name, in the year 1490. Page ::> . \ THE GOLDEN BOOK OF THE ORDER. The following notice was released by Grand Chancery: "It is desired that all Knights and Commanders in and of the Order should record their arms in the Golden Book of the Order, held at the Grand Chancery in Malta. This complies with the ancient custom obtaining in the major Hospitaller Orders and other Orders of Chivalry and which has been obligatory in such Orders through out history. By this means a record is thus preserved for posterity, in addition to which, it is necessar y for present-day use and essential to have such a record kept constantly up-to- date. I t may not be generally realised, particularly by those born or living in a country which does not have an Armorial Authority of its own, that Knighthood without armorial bearings is an anomaly. In times past Knight hood was conferred only upon an esquire or gentleman who already possessed arms, not the other way about. In very unusual circumstances, per haps as the result of an extraordinary feat o f arms in battle, a person was Knighted ' on the field' and arms accorded to him at the same time." Two of our most distinguished and knowledgeable confreres are assigned the work on the Golden Book: Chevalier T.A.K. Keith- Hi11, GCW, KMW, and Chevalier Adolf F.J. Karlovsky, VI<, KCI.J. The former is in charge of arms for those of Scoto-Anglo-Saxon, Irish descent, and the latter for Continental- European or other than S~oto-Anglo-Saxon, Irish descent. *** H.R.H. THE PRINCE GRAND MASTER HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEXT GRAND MAGISTRAL COUNCIL WILL TAKE PLACE IN MADRID, SPAI N, TENTATIVE DATES ARE 22ND./25TH. SEPTEMBER, 1977 . FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED AT A LATER DATE REGARDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EVENT. One only needs to read the newspapers to realise that the Commandery of Lochore is being kept busy in Ireland. What is most amazing is that this branch of the Order still manages to carry out welfare and social duties . Each Division, like all the Companies in Scotland, is forever fighting the battle of trying to keep the ambulances and other vehicles on the road, and in good running order. Without constant effort in raising funds for new tyres, new windows, r e -painting, etc., the whole machinery would come to a ha! t. We can only say thank you to all the volunteers. U.S.A. H.R.H. The Prince Grand Master has been graciou$ly pleased to approve the promotion of Salvatore R. Traina, CW, OMW, MD, to the rank of Knight of Grace, in recognition for his outstanding services to our Order in New England, U.S.A. *** CONFRERE P. L. POWER, OLJ, ACA, OF CHRISTCHURCH WILL BE VISITING SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER AND WILL PAY A COURTESY CALL ON THE CHEVALIER J.M. CARUANA, KLJ, BA, LL.B., HEAD OF THE DELEGATION OF AUSTRALIA. *** CAPTAIN R.S. McCLEARY, MLJ, AND MRS. McCLEARY, OF CHRISTCHURCH, WILL BE VISI TING AUSTRALIA FROM THE 17TH . SEPTEMBER AND WILL PAY A COURTESY CALL ON THE CHEVALIER DR. J. von MOGER, KLJ, MD, OF MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. i · v P?IOPOSGD PENSIO N EP, ViLLAGE 0 HENDEP1SON FO?--i TH~ or-icsn o;= 5 1 LAZAnUS OF JE?-IU5ALEM 10 UNITS TYPE •A• ~ ONE. UNIT TYPE "B" ~ - --·/ / Ed-. living . dine 0 · o_~ TYP£ A Page 7 • A P P E A L: THE PRIOR OF THE PRIORY OF ALSACE HAS SUGGESTED TO H.R.H. THE GRAND MASTER THAT A DONATION BE MADE BY THE ORDER TO HIS BEATITUDE THE PATRIARCH MAXIMOS V, THE SENIOR GRAND PRIOR OF THE ORDER, IN AID OF THE CHRISTIANS IN LEBANON. H.R.H. THE GRAND MASTER HAS AGREED TO THE PRIOR'S SUGGESTION AND HAS EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT ALL THE JURISDICTIONS OF THE ORDER WOULD VIEW THE SUGGESTION WITH FAVOUR. CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE SENT TO THE CHANCELLOR: CHEVALIER L.J. HILL, KCLJ, JP . P.O. BOX 859, HAMILTON. THE BAILIFF. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: I AM INDEBTED TO THE MANY PEOPLE WHO DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY HAVE CONTRIBUTED NEWS MATERIAL FOR THIS PERIODICAL. IF I HAVE INADVERTENTLY ADOPTED OR ADAPTED WHERE I SHOULD HAVE SOUGHT PERMISSION, I HOPE IT WILL BE EXCUSED AS OVERSIGHT OR IGNORANCE. IN PARTICULAR, I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY INDEBTEDNESS TO THE FOLWWING : SIR RODNEY HARTWELL, KtBJ, KLJ, KMIJ, PRESIDENT OF THE AUGUSTAN ?OCIETY; CAPTAIN THE CHEVALIER R. MINGO SWEENEY OF BOLGERS PARK, KCLJ, KMLJ, EDITOR OF THE "INTERNATIONAL LAZARITE"; CHEVALIER K.M. HAY, BEM, KI.J, CMLJ, AND CHEVALIER R. S. MORRIS, OL, KLJ, OF THE COMMANDERY OF LOCHORE ; Mme. GERALDINE HARTSHORN WHEELER, OLJ, MMLJ, AND LLOYD FRANKLYN WHEELER, OLJ, OF THE GRAND PRIORY OF AMERICA; CHEVALIER W. EICKENBERG, KLJ, CMLJ, OF GERMANY ; AND THE CHEVALIER W. P. CONLEY, KLJ, OF AUSTRALIA. (THE EDITOR.) ***This periodical of the Bailiwick of New Zealand, issued under the authority of H.E. The Bailiff Col . the Chev. A.R. Hughes, GCLJ, KMLJ, JP is edited by the Archivist, Alexander Abela, MLJ, 18, Barlow Place, Birkenhead, Auckland 10, NEW ZEALAND. / THE MILITARY AND HOSPITALLER ORDER OF SAINT LAZARUS OF JERUSALEM BAILIWICK OF New Zealand NEWSLETTER VOL. V. No.4. (24) NOVEMBER 1976 (Photo N.Z . Herald) PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE ALBUMS OF THE BAILIWICK OF NEW ZEA.LAND. l.to r. DR. E. HUGHES, OBE , COL. THE CHEV. A.R. HUGHES, GCLJ, KMLJ, JP H.R.H. PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF KENT, THE HON. ANGUS OGILVY QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS FROM H.E. THE BAILIFF COLONEL THE CHEVALIER A.R. HUGHES, GCLJ, KMLJ, JP. The big event of the year will be our Ceremony at Henderson on December 11th. There are several reasons for holding the Ceremony at St. Michael & All Angels, Henderson. Firstly, it is in the West Auckland area that the Order has for some years been engaged in its work, helping inmates of the Sunset Old Folks Home and running transport service for the Civilian Maimed Association. Also helping Civil Defence and the Boy Scouts Association with its vehicle, helping by visiting the sick and incapacitated, helping local sporting organisations and generally being on call in the event of an emergency. However with all these activities the_most important is the proposed SAINT LAZARUS VILLAGE. Commencement of the work on the site was helped considerably by the Massey Lions Club who removed the unwanted Wattle trees and cut them up for firewood for elderly folk in need of this winter comfort. Goodwill extended to the Order continues and at the invitation of the Venerable Order of St. John members attended a reception to Dr . Conrad Swan, York Herald, who is Archivist to the Venerable Order of St. John in Britain. Dr. Swan gave a most interesting lecture illustrated by slides on the history and insignia of the Order of St. John. A welcome visitor at the Ceremony on December 11th. will be Mrs. Charlotte Mann, CLJ, MMLJ. Mrs. Mann will come as an official delegate from the Cornmandery of Lochore, Scotland. She, with the Grand Commander's approval will present to the New Zealand Bailiwick the Banner of Lochore. This will be a unique occasion and I would like all members to make a special ·effort to attend, to meet Mrs. Mann and help return the wonderful hospitality your delegates received in Scotland. May the Christmas season find all members happy in their family reunions and resolve a personal rededication to the work of the Order. P.f~. BAILIFF 'rnE NEW ZEALAND BAILn'ITCK. ***H . R.H. the Prince Grand Master has appointed the President of the Supreme Council, H.H. Prince Irakly de Bagration, to be a Member of the Admissions Commission of the Order together with the Grand Commander H.E. Lt. Col. Gayre of Gayre and Nigg Baron of Lochoreshyre , and the Grand Chancellor H.E. Chev. J. Amato-Gauci, and the Grand Inquisitor H.E. Sir Robert Dillon. ***H.R.H. the Prince Grand Master has been pleased to appoint the Chevalier Richard Flores-Martin, and the Chevalier James Algrant to be Vice-Chancellors in the Grand Chancery. Page 2 ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR THE CHEVALIER L.J. HILL, KCLJ, JP . *** ANNUAL INVESTITURE CEREMONY. It is confirmed that the Annual Investiture Ceremony of the Bailiwick of New Zealand will this year be held at 11.30 O' Clor.k on the morning of the 11th. December at the Anglican Church of St . Michael & All Angels in Henderson West Auckland. His Excellency the Bailiff will invest Dr . Peter Robert BELL, of Hamilton, "To be admitted to the grade of Member-Companion (MLJ)". *** PROMOTIONS. The following promotions have been approved by Grand Chancery: To be Officer- Companions (OLJ) : Bernard R. BLANCHARD, MLJ , MPS, JP, of Raglan Lloyd A. BOSWELL, ED, MLJ, BA, of Auckland SAINT LAZARUS VILLAGE PROJECT WE ARE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT ANOTHER MAJOR TASK, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SITE DRAINAGE SYSTEM, WAS COMPLETED RECENTLY. THE TASK INCLUDED CLEARING AND EXCAVATION OF THE SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAIN STORMWATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM WHICH REQUIRED THE LAYING OF SEVERAL LARGE (AND EXPENSIVE) CONCRETE PIPES. SEVERAL TRUCK - LOADS OF FILL WERE MOVED TO THE SITE IN ORDER TO LEVEL SECTIONS OF THE LAND BEFORE BUILDING STARTS. THE PROJECT PLANS TOGETHER WITH THE LATEST COST ESTIMATES ARE NOW BEING EXAMINED BY THE GOVERNMENT HOUSING CORPORATI ON AND FINAL BUILDING PERMITS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GRANTED SOON. IT IS HOPED THAT THE BUILDING CONTRACTORS WILL COMMENCE FOUNDATION WORKS BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH. Page 3 REPORT FROM CHEV. E.T. ROBERTS, SBStJ, CL, KCLJ , KMLJ,JP. VICE CHANCELLOR & COMMANDER OF ~HE SOUTHERN COMMANDERY . Members of the Southern Commandery met informally for dinner at the Clarendon Hotel Christchurch on Saturday the 23rd October 1976. It was a very happy function and due to the recent announcement in the Newsletter concerning the Golden Book of the Order opportunity was taken to display Letters Patent of grant of arms from the appropriate authorities in England, Scotland Ireland and Spain. Members of the rank of Commander and above were thus acquainted of the first require ment to comply with the Order ' s ancient custom, i . e . the possession of legal armorials. Present at the gathering were:- The Vice Chancellor and Commander of the Southern Comrnandery and Dame Arny Roberts , Chevalier James Mccready and Mrs . Maida Mccready, Mr. and Mrs . M. W. McDonald, Mr. and Mrs . P . A. Pepperell, Mr. and Mrs. P.L. Power, The Hon. H.J. Walker and Mrs.Walker, Colonel and Mrs. B.T. McMahon, Captain and Mrs. R.S . McCleary, Mrs. M. Fordyce, and a number of invited and distinguished guests. During the course of the evening mention was made of the charities of the Order and the opportunity was taken to present Captain R.S . McCleary , MLJ, wit h his certificate of Membership. Confrere P.L. Power spoke of his recent visit to Australia and his delight and pleasure at meeting the Chevalier J.M. Caruana, KLJ, BA, LL.B., Head of the Delegation of Australia. Likewise Captain McCleary said that he and his wife were very appreciative of the hospitality extended to them by Chevalier Dr . J . von Moger, KLJ, of Melbourne when in Australia in September . A.RMORIALS OF CHEV. JAMES Mc!. McCREADY, K.L.J. holder of the Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science of the University of New Zealand , Fellow of the Heraldry Society of New Zealand, and Genealogist to the Southern Commandery of the Bailiwick of New Zealand . ARMS: Argent, a fess quartered Sable and Or, between in the chief two trefoils Vert and in base a narcissus slipped proper; overall two flanches Gules each charged with a New Zealand cabbage tree Or. Above the Shield is placed an Helm befitting his degree with a Mantling Sable doubled Argent on a Wreath a dexter hand couped erect holding a compass rose and in an Escrol over the same this Motto "HOLD TRUE" . Chevalier Mccready is a Senior Master at King's College Dunedin and a Lecturer in Heraldry and Genealogy , he served in the Pacific zone as a Flying Officer in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in World War II and was awarded t he Cadet Forces Medal. Address: llc , Coughtry Street, Dunedin, N. Z. Page 4 NEWS FROM THE CO~..MANDERY OF GERMANY BY COURTESY OF CHEVALIER WERNER EICKENBERG, OStJ, KLJ, CMLJ, BCM. COMMANDER OF THE COMMANDERY OF GERMANY. *** IT IS GRATIFYING TO HEAR OF THE HAPPY RELATIONSHIP THAT EXISTS BETWEEN THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN AND THE ORDER OF ST. LAZARUS IN GERMANY. THE PROMINENT ARTICLE ABOUT THE ORDER OF SAINT LAZARUS THAT APPEARED IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE JOHANNITER ORDEN PERIODICAL IS INDICATIVE OF THE RECOGNITION OF OUR ORDER BY THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN IN GERMANY. *** WE ARE DELIGHTED TO LEARN AND REPORT THAT THROUGH THE GOOD OFFICES OF CHEVALIER EICKENBERG, THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH BRANCHES OF THE ORDER ARE NOW WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE AIMS OF OUR ORDER. H.R.H. THE GRAND MASTER AT ALSACE. photo 1. to r. COLONEL GAYRE OF GAYRE AND NIGG BARON OF LOCHORESHYRE, H.H. PRINCE IRAKLY DE BAGRATION , GRAND-ARCHMDT. JOHAN PETERFALVY GCLJ, CHEV. W. EICKENBERG, PRINCE FRIEDRICK WILHELM OF LIPPE, H.R.H. PRINCE FRANCISCO DE BORBON Y BORBON DUKE OF SEVILLE 47TH. GRAND MASTER OF THE ORDER OF ST . LAZARUS, CHEV. KLAUS POKOLM. The latest project to be undertaken by our German Confreres was started last August with "Meals on Wheels" for old and handicapped people. The Commandery is also running a mini bus service for those people in the area of Cologne. PAGE 5 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR TO-DAY ASSOCIATION OR ORDER ? Massive publicity campaigns in Germany of an "Ordo Militiae Crucis Templi , Order of the Knights Templar, Priory of Germany" may have prompted many to ask what is going on with the Temp lars who all of a sudden are causing such a great stir. An attempt is ther efore made here to offer a short survey of the historical Order o f t he Temple. However there is no way one can strive for a thoroug h tre atme nt of the question as the situation on this matter is difficult to survey . The Fratres Militae Templi originated in 1118/1119 under t he leader ship o f the French Knight Hugues de Payens who went to t he Holy Land as a p ilgrim. In 1119 , along with seven other French Knights he t ook the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience before the Patria rch Warmund of Jerusalem and vowed additionally to assume the protection of the pilgrims on the roads to the Holy Places. At the beginning this small association lived together in great poverty and attended the services in the Temple of God , the Rock Cathedral in Jerusalem. As a symbol of their great poverty, the first Seal of the Templars may be recalled representing two Knights riding on one horse. King Balduin II of Jerusalem g a ve them quarters in a section of his palace, the so-called Temple Salomonis ( to- day the Mosque El-Aksa) . The name Templars derived from these quarters . The treatise of 1128 provided the Templar s with recruits and most of all with abundant donations enabling an extension of their activities, and together with the Knights of St . John, the Knights of St. Lazarus, etc . , they formed the backbone of the defence of the Holy Land. Besides their wartime activities the Templars also devoted themselves to hospital work but this, as in the Order St. John or the Order of St. Lazarus, was not their prime activity . This is not the place to go more closely into a descri ption of the numerous battles of the Templars against the Moslems, of the great extension of their might, of their feuds with the Knights of St John and of the establishment of a massive financial empire. After the fall of Acre marking the loss of the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land, the Knights of St. John and the Templars first moved to Cyprus. While the Knights of St. John concentrate d all t heir forces in this a r ea to gain a new field of action of their own for their fight against the infidels - in which they succeeded by seizing Rhodes in 1309 - the Templars withdrew to the West in great numbers. The Order owned large estates in France and it also acted as money lender and banker of the Cr own that had its Treasury deposited in the Paris strong- rooms of the Order, the Temple. But it was just this enormous wealth of the once poor Fratres Militiae Templi that provoked the cupidity of the French King, Philip IV the Fair (1 28 5- 1314). Moreover the King was apprehensive that the Order might use its exceptional position in his Kingdom to establish a "State with in a State", especially as France at that time had no central admin i st ration and was still in turmoil. Page 6 In 1307, all the Templars living in France, along with their Grand Master Jacques de Malay, were arrested and brought to trial. The French Grand-Inquisitor charged them with heresy, blasphemy and un chastity. The Inquisition tried to convict the Templars of idolatry blasphemy of the Crucified and of homosexuality, using torture to extract satisfactory confessions. The trial dragged on for years and finally at the Council of Vienne the Order of the Templars was legally suppressed on March 22, 1312 by Papal Provision on the grounds that the Order had made itself disreputable and that it was useless. Its possessions were adjudjed to the Order of st. John which, after having seized Rhodes, had resumed the fight against the Moslems. This transfer was carried out but only partially and after great quarrels. At the instigation of the French ·King, the last Grand- Master of the Order of the Templars, Jacques de Molay, was burned at the stake in Paris on March 11, 1314, along with other dignitaries of the Order. Surrounded by flames, he still solemnly affirmed the innocence of his Order and it is reported that the dying Grand- Master summoned King Philip IV and Pope Clement V to appear within a year's time before the Tribunal of God to answer for this injustice. Seen all in all this spectacular trial destroying an important Order of Knighthood resulted in an uncertainty about the way one can judge this Order, a fact leading again and again to the rise of alleged successor organisations up to this day. In 1974 some persons feeling to be successors to the Templars applied to the Bishops' Synod in Rome with a request to "repeal the arbitrary measure of 1312~'. From a juridical point of view the Papal Decree of suppression of 1312 is just as legal as the approb ation of the Templars as an Order of Knighthood by the Bull "Omne datum optimum" of March 29, 1139. Again and again this has been contested and there were attempts to construct successor organisations that are still refering to the last Grand-Master Jacques de Molay or to the transfer of the property of the Order of the Templars in Portugal to the Order of Christ founded in 1319. Also from the fact that after 1314 the estates of the Templars in Scotland were transferred to the Knights of St. John and that a common name, i . e . "Order of the Temple and of St. John" was used for this Scottish province until its abolition through the Reformation, Freemasons have maintained that a Masonic organisation had been created there by former members who had gone underground. The "Ordo Militiae Crucis Templi, Priory of Germany" came into being about 1959 with aims that are surely worth heeding though partially formulated in rather vague expressions, again and again they make reference to the historical Order of the Templars and the big question is why an organisation trying as a whole to realise important and praiseworthy aims thinks fit to have to deck itself with the attrib utes of an Order of Knighthood. If an historical continuity was given, such as in the case of the Knights of Malta, of St. John or of St. Lazarus, one can advocate and appreciate the forms stylised by this organisation, but as the relations have been constructed in a completely arbitrary manner, "The Order of the Knights Templars, Priory of Germany reg . Ass. 11 is to be considered as a registered Association and nothing else. Acknowledgements : Chev. Walter G. Redel; Chev. M. v. Rom; Johanniter-Orden, Germany : Chev . Werner Eickenberg, OStJ, KLJ, CMLJ, BCM. Page 7 NEWS FROM THE GRAND PRIORY OF AMERICA BY COURTESY OF COLONEL JAMES WARNER BELLAH , CLJ. Mme GERALDINE HARTSHORN WHEELER, OLJ , MMLJ LLOYD FRANKLYN WHEELER, OLJ. BICENTENNIAL CEREMONY TO HONOUR CAPTAIN JOHN PAUL JONES U. S.N. In a ceremony at the United States Academy, Annapolis, on October 18, 1976, the Grand Priory of America commemorated the services to the U. S .A. of a celebrated naval officer. The man they honoured was Capt. John Paul Jones, whose illustrious record in the American Revolution made him that country ' s first authentic naval hero. While in command of old and often inferior vessels Jones ' daring exploits in defeating and capturing enemy ships as prizes lifted the morale of a young nation struggling for her independence from Britain. The French , staunch allies of America in the Revolution, held Jones in the highest regard and esteemed him as if he were one of their own. Louis XVI wanted to honour Jones with a kni ghthood in the then Catholic Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem. Because he was a Scots Presbyterian, Jones was made an honorary Chevalier with the award of the Cross of the Institution of Military Merit. On October 16, 1787, John Paul Jones was presented by Congress with a gold medal '' to commemorate the naval action between the US frigate BONHOMME RICHARD (Capt. John Paul Jones) and the British frigate SERAPIS~ At the October 18 ceremony at Annapolis Chevalier John Paul Jones was posthumously invested with a Knighthood in the now ecumenical Order the Military and Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem. Although recognition came 197 years after the victorious engagement of the BONHOMME RICHARD it carries out the will of the King of France. Capt John Paul Jones USN Action between the BONHOMME RICHARD and (Portrait c.w. Peale) the SERAPIS. (Painting J. Rogers) ***This periodical of the Bailiwick of New Zealand, issued under the a uthority of H.E. The Bailiff Col. the Chev. A.R. Hughes, GCLJ, KMLJ, JP is ed ited by the Archivist, Alexander Abela, MLJ, 18, Barlow Place, Birke nhead, Auckland 10, NEW ZEALAND.