NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 638, 15 October 1909, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

;. . (By Telegraph—l'rcsi•AsioblttUon.] * " I '■'■■: '■ .'i.'. .;. ■ ■',' '":' •'■. •; .'.''.'■'"'. '■■''. ■'.' ■•-. ' ..;' THE RITUAU;qUESTION.. : ; ■- - iPEAIN. SPEAICJtNG BY BISHOP.NELIGAN. ■'■];' ■';■■":. '■':.: Auckland,' October 'iO • •At the Anglican Synod to-day 'the 'debate on • ■ ..Mr. Hunt's "motion regretting the. increase of ( high-ritual"in the Church/was concluded.'. v ' .■Mr. H.' 'Upton.suggested, that the.resolution'• jilight be, witiidnwiwas. it,had. served its. use in promoting Hiiv dobato.'ou; the 'subject. Ho had,no objection to st'anding-Mn. his place in.church when {lie clergy came ill. Still 'lie'had a .distinct , objection, to-;'standing,; up for. quite a'long tiine ; watching, a. procession- ot small boys in'surplices, who probably the.day bcforo'hiid been.robbing his orchard. (LaugU- ■ tcr.) ' ! - ■ ' •■•'• ;, .-I-' ■:•..' :-\<-'-'- ■ Tue Rev.'Cecil Watson, vicar of $t. Paul's, . said the movement they had been speaking about had come, and would continue,to come, notwithstanding Synod resolutions and isuch ■like. - • ■'■■■'. ■•...• ~ y, • •, ''-. The Bishop (Dr. Neligan) rqmikkedthat it had been said during tho previous. , ,day. that a clergyman' had taken" a ,'pung girl out of a'confirmation class, taken'herMiitb hie 1 study, and bado- her kneei; down and confess her. sins. If , that had taken place, ho could only say:that the'manwas a fool: There could be no donbt..of it. 1 He hoped, however, that,if it was the case, that it could be proved not to'have taken place in the diocese. Ho had never asked a man • coming into the-diocese during; the. past three.'or,-.four:years what.his •pr.actice.in connection ,with.ritualism was.,. "I •■ 'do not believe," concluded his lordship, "that any man has any. right cither to add- to , or i detract or subtract from , the ritual or ■ uiodo of conducting his services without the consent of the majority pt his communicants.'.',".' " Permission was then asked to withdraw tfte motion,,and granted;-:•' c .'.■!..:"■ : ■;■■ ,'•...■•". '■'•■ missing. '/■":' .'..■>-' '-f '[ .''■' ' ■■■■.■'■■■■■■>:■:■■ *'-Auckland, October It;. . James' Bird, an ; Onehunga laundry- . man, bias : beeii missing from his home since." Monday last. He'went out to deliver some iwork. that day,' and said nothing about not returningj.'but his "absence did not.cause ahy uneasiness"until the 'following morning. As hei had. not: returned on Tuesday! his wife; cbni-1 ; .'munic'ated 'with 'the pdlioe, who later ascertained that; a coat .aid hat belonging to the missing man had been,found.on the; Ponsonbj Wharf,' some receipts, ;giving -his name, and 'address, being, found in. the pockets. , - The -police have been dragging off . tho Ponsonby 'Wharf., but ho , further trace. of. the missing;• man has been discovered. ~ ~ .. ■■ ■ .. i .

SOME FRICTION:, CLASHING OF DATES, '. .. . . ' Dunedin," October U. ■ ■ Some friction has arisen' locally between the A. and . P.' Society and tho Forbufy Park Trotting Chib owing to the dashing.of fixtures'.as the' result 'of. the lattei body deciding to hold ', v a trotting'meeting on the second• day _of .the; ! show. A meeting of the A., and P.' Society to- - ( night-decided to hold the show on' November. , 24 and 25, instead of on November 25- and 25.. . ~ A WRIT'CLAIMING.£IO,OOO.\ . ; ■" ' .." Auckland, Ootobet 111 ,, ' Mr. J. M. Lennox, ,an , 'Auckland'share- ' broker, recently adjudicated bankrupt at the . instance of: the National Bank of' New Zealand in connection with an amount' of JE10;820. ■ which he had guaranteed, is issuing a writ against the bank, .claiming X 10.000.. -...;• : '".'■'.' '■■.•■■ ■" ' • •'' ' ■•' - •'.■ ■•'■'•'■■■''.■■''■<' ' AN AUCKLAND FIRE. ■'. ... ■'.■;• ■ Auckland, October 14.-. ' A two-story house .occupied'by Mr. Henri ■■:.. Stevens at .Archhill: was . gutted.by .fire' ito- V,. night Two adjoi|iing.houses .were \also dam-' aged. Mr, Steyens's. house was owned by ; Mr. . ' R. .Ciilpin, and. the: insurances are unknown- '" Mr.'Stavens's'furniture-was uninsured/'.. '.;';■ ■'.■■■, ; ; -TARANAKI AS A DIOCESE. ; \ ■ /'-,..,'. Auckland,-October 14,, > ■ The Anglican Synod oarried a resolution ,ex« pressing the , opinion that it is advisable*" to , . ■" take into consideration the, formation of a diocese;..for Tarannki, and , offering. sympathy ■ ; and. encouragement to those working in this i direction.;. -.'■. u. ~...: t :.'■..'.',' ... ', . ;;.•'.•■'. : ■;.' /BOXINGi. . : .;.'; ■'■• :. .'., ' ; ' ■ ■.'"' ■ Napier, .October ,14,', : A branch of the New Zealand Boxing Association his been"formed in , Napier; atjdvit was, inaugurated this evening .by a gathering and an'interesting sparring exhibition." •'■: \Y->" ■■ '■'■"•..-.,.- •■ ' .