ANGLICAN SYNOD.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue LXVII, 30 January 1904, Page 2

ANGLICAN SYNOD.

[UT TEI.UOHAI'H — ri'.cas ASSOCIATION.! AUCKLAND, 30th January. At the Anglican (Jenuial (Synod, L'unon MucMurray mined on behalf of tho Synod of Uie Diocese of Auckland — " That the time has arrived when tho General Synod should usbumo entire control of tho Maori Mission and responsibility for the maintenance, thoicof." Iltt refeireil to Bishop Solwyn's words — "1 bequeath to you nn a precious legacy the native pastors nnd their Hocks." Thoro had been a great, growth of interest in tho mission during the laab few yeiuu. Au amendment by Bishop Julius, leferring the matter to a Select Committee, consisting of tho Bishops of Waiapu and Wellington, Canons Richards and MacMurray, Archdeacon Colo, Dr. Hutson, and tho mover, to report, lo the Synod, was accepted and carried. A motion by tho Row C. Harper, asking that a committee be appointed to enquire into and icport upon tho desirableness of allowing the clergy discretionary powers in matters of special prayers, selection of Ictsons and psalms on special occasions, was lost on tho voices.