ANGLICAN SYNOD

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 8, 9 July 1935, Page 13

ANGLICAN SYNOD

YOUTH COUNCIL

MAORI TRIBUTE TO BISHOP

The sittings of the Wellington Anglican Diocesan Synod were continued yesterday. The Bishop of Wellington (the Kt. Rev. Dr. Sprott) presided. The Rt. Rev. the Bishop of ■Wellington and Mr. Eric Leslie Riddiford were reappointed trustee members of the Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Trust Board. The Rev. Canon James and Mr. W. F. Hogg were also appointed to the board to fill two vacancies. On the motion of Mr. CromptonSmith, the following resolution was carried: "That this Synod approves of the alteration of a part of the north boundary of St. Paul's parish in such manner as to include that portion of the Khandallah parochial district in which is composed the village and settlement of Kaiwarra; the amended boundaries to be subject to the direction and approval of the standing committee." The Rev. E. M. Cowie, vicar of Khandallah, approved of the change. Mr. F. J. Carter was elected diocesan treasurer and treasurer of the pension fund, and Messrs. Vickery and Rowden were elected diocesan auditors. The thanks of the Synod were accorded to Mr. Bignell for his devoted services as chairman of the Wanganui College Board of Trustees for 26 years. y WELFARE OF YOUTH. The appointment of a Diocesan Youth Council for the ensuing year was moved by the Yen. Archdeacon Young, who said that youth welfare work was a very real obligation, and was part of the Church's forward work. He mentioned that the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches had in recent years made great advances along these lines of development, and those churches were still advancing in that respect. Archdeacon Young also moved that the Synod authorises the council to budget for an initial annual expenditure of £450 to cover salaries, travelling, and pffice expenses of a Youth Department. An animated discussion took place in committee, and the second part of the motion was defeated oh the voices. MAORIS AND BISHOP SPROTT. "I have a message to deliver from the Maori people," said Canon W. G. Williams, superintendent of the Maori Mission. "We, the Maoris, learn with the deepest regret of the Bishop's intention to resign," stated the message. "We appreciate the keen interest the Bishop has always taken in the Maori people. He has always been very kind and considerate to us. It is wonderful how he adapts his messages to the simple mind of the Maori. He speaks to us always in a thoughtful and attractive way." "Perhaps," added Canon Williams, "I may tell a story which shows the high esteem in which Bishop Sprott is held by the Maoris. On one occasion, after a six or seven hours' journey by steamer up a river, Bishop Sprott arrived, rather weary, at a village on the bank, and was greeted by the Maoris with shouts of welcome —'Haere mai te Popa! Naumai te Popa!' which, being translated, was, 'Welcome to the Pope!' (Laughter.) Canon Williams explained that a Bill before the Synod was once drawn up by a committee to provide for the administration of the Maori Mission Fund. That committee was appointed early in the year to thoroughly investigate the affairs of the1 Maori Mission. The committee reported that it could not find one item of expenditure which could be reduced without endangering the efficiency of the work or without doing an injustice to some of the workers of the mission.' So the committee decided to bring in a Bill, by means of which the Maori Mission would be given a greater amount of authority than it had hitherto enjoyed in the diocese. The provisions of the various clauses were discussed, and the Bill was passed by the Synod.