IMMIGRANTS AND CLERGY.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17277, 15 October 1921, Page 10

IMMIGRANTS AND CLERGY.

NELSON SYNOD'S PROTEST. -■i l *J. (special to ''the press.'') NELSON, October 14. An important question which came up for consideration by the x Nelson Diocesan Synod was one moved by the "Rev. J. A. Jormyn, recently chaplain in the New Zealand Expeditionary I Force. The motion was the outcome of the alleged very unfair conditions which ; at present exist with regard to tho : reception of immigrants by their re- ; spective clcrgv on their arrival in their new country and sphere of life. ho . matter was very fully discussed in com- j mittee, the whole of tho morning being | devoted to this question, members of j Synod, both clergy and laity, realising how relevant the question was to til© loyalty, order, and peace of the community as a whole. As a result of the discussion a motion was unanimously passed by Synod. It was decided that a copy of the mot inn should be immediately forwarded to the Acting-Primate for action; also to the Diocese of Auckland, whoso annual Synod meets next week. Copies were also diverted to bo sent to members of the Upper House nnd to the members of Parliament in the Nelson Diocese. The motion in question runs as follows: —"Whereas it has been brought to the notice of Synod that representatives of the Church of England have been refused permission to board immigrant ships before berthing at tho main port 6 of New Zealand, and wherc:\s it is in the interests of good government and loyalty that the Church which for centuries has stood for King and country should retain its influence over its own people, who in many cases have expressed their dissatisfaction and disappointment at not being welcomed by representatives of their own Church, this Synod enter an indignant and emphatic protest, and demands that representatives of the Churchy of England be granted the fullest facilities for boarding immigrant vessels on arrival, so that the clerpy in the different districts to which immigrants are bcinrr sent may be notified immediately. This Synod desires to emphasise that tho granting of such permission will be of the greatest assistance to the Government in combating the forces of disloyalty and disorder."