IN ABEYANCE.
EVEN VOTING FOB AUSTRALIAN . : .PRIMACY. ■ ■- By Teloeraph—Press Association—Copy rich; Sydney, February. 11. ' A deadlock has occurred over the election of' Primate of. Australia, in .place of the late Archbishoji Saumarez-Smith.. The : ■ Archbishops "of Sydney (Dr. Wright) : and 'Brisbane. (Dr.' Donaldson) eaoh secured eight votes, and the Archbishop' of Melbourne (Dr. Lowther Clarke) three. • The Primacy is consequently left in abeyanco.
' [On. inquiry: in local. Anglican circles, we were informed that it Iwas 'very probable another election would be,held:to deoido who should hold the office. Only a few years ago Australia, like Now Zealand, had - a Primate, but he was not designated "Archbishop." The Bishop of Sydney was then always made Primate, 6ecing that New South, Wales was tho Mother Colony. Since then, however, several archbishops had been made in Australia, and the , office has become elective, and any. of tho archbishops may bocome, candidates for the office.] '.' .
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 740, 12 February 1910, Page 5
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149IN ABEYANCE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 740, 12 February 1910, Page 5
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