ANGLICAN SYNOD.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 9, 10 July 1909, Page 15

ANGLICAN SYNOD.

YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. WANGANUI CHURCH GROUNDS. BISHOP EXERCISES HIS POWER OF VETO. * The Anglican Synod resumed its deliberations at 4 p.m. yesterday, in tha Sydney-street Schoolroom. His Lordship Bishop Wallis presided. Mr. W. A. Izard brought forward a motion directing ihe Diocesan. Trustees to utilise the whole or part of the church acre in Victoria-avenue, Wanganui, for levenue-producing purposes, and to raise sufficient funds on the security for the purchase of a site and the building of a church suited to the needs of the parish. The Eev. A. O. Williams seconded the motion. It appears that portion of the ground is an old burial ground. The Bishop spoke at considerable length. He opposed the proposal that the bones of the dead should be interfered with. Archdeacon Tow good gave his support to the motion. At the present time, lie said, the land was useless, and no one could be buried there. Greater reverence would be shown for the dead if the bodies were taken up and removed to a place where they wtfuld have a lasting and honoured resting place. If hi& lordship vetoed a resolution of synod on the bubject he (the speaker) hoped he would do so after very serious thought. He emphasised the point that a right-of-way had been granted at one end of the 1 ground. This right-of-way traversed land where bodies had been buried. He urged the synod to adopt the resolution. Air. E. B. Brown (one of the trustees) supported the motion. After a long discussion, the motion was passed by both the clergy and the laity, but the bishop vetoed it. The bishop said it gave him very great pain to vote as he had done, but they had the right of appeal to the General Synod. Apaij^ from that, the synod here had not power to do what the motion directed. MAOTU MISSION. The Rev. T. H. Sprott resumed the debate on the following motion, tabled by the Rev. A. Jl. Johnson : — "That this synod agrees to contribute for the

year ended 31st March, 1910, the sum of £105 to the Maori Mission Board. . . ." Tho motion was carried. CLERGYMEN IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. The synod then went into committee on Rev. A. W. .li. Complon's Bill, amending Act 8, in the direction of bringing the heads of four educational institutions (who happen to be clergymen) within the scope of the Pension Fund. The Rev. J. Jones (Hutt) moved an amendment that the Act should apply only to principals and headmasters when their positions, were such that they could only be held by a person in holy orders. * This was defeated on the voices, and the BilL was reported without amendment. 'NOTICES OF .'MOTION. ■Mr. R. Wilberfoss (Wellington)— '•That a committee to consist of the •Bishop, 'Archdeacons Fancourt and Towgood, the Rev. T. 'H. Sprott, and Messrs. T. F. LMartin, 'E. B. Crown, G. Shirtcliffe, W. J. Birch, J. Martin, and G. 'E. Tolhursfc be appointed (1) to enquire into and, consider the advisability of retaining the whole of the lands situated in Mulgrave-street for the purposes of a site for a cathedral, chapter house, and other diocesan offices; (2) to consult with the trustees of the Cathedral Fund with the view of disposing of or otherwise dealing with the Taranaki-street property, and to ascertain from ' them what sum they would be prepared to hand over to tho Diocesnn Trustees towards obtaining a new residence for the Bishop of Wellington in exchange for the present site; (3) and to report to the Standing Committee in order that any matters requiring the sanction of General Synod may be brought beforo it at its ensuing meeting." By the Rev. A. 'M. Johnson (St. Mark's, .Wellington)—" That tho Rev. T. H Sprott be elected a governor of the Hadfield College and Hostel." By the Rev. C. C. Harper (Palmerston) —"That a committee bo set up to cooperate with the Bishop in making the necessary arrangements for carrying out the general mission in this diocese, such committee to consist of tho Revs. T. H. 'Sprott, A. T. Hansell, J. A. Jacob, H. Watson, J. D. Russell, and Messrs. G. Shirtcliffe, F. R. Rusbell, T. F. 'Martin, 'W. Biich, J. W. Salmon, and the mover." By Mr. G. Shirtcliffo (Wellington)— "That tho resolution dealing with the self-government of the Church in New Zealand, passed on, Bth July, bo communicated to tho severaf Diocesan Synods of the 'Dominion, with a recommendation from tho Synod that it be> considered, so that members of the General SjTiod may have tho advantage of an expression of opinion from each Diocesan Synod." The synod adjourned »t 10 p.m. until 4 p.m. on Monday.