DIOCESAN SYNOD.
FPek Press Association.! DUNEDIN. Dec. 28. The Anglican Diocesan Synod was opened to-day. Bishop Neville, in his address, after referring to the work of the Lambeth Conference, said that, in his work on behalf of the diocese, he had obtained a vote of .£SOO for a See House from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel; the Society also setting aside =£looo from the Marrot bequest towards a further endowment of the wardenship of Selwyn College. Prom the Colonial Bishopric Council he had obtained a grant of <£soo for the See House, and from the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge an equal sum, making =£lsoo in all. From the last-named Society he had also obtained grants tp wards the erection of four new churches. The Bishop expressed satisfaction with the work of his commissary during his absence, and in referring with regret to the death of the Rev T. L. Stanley, said he regretted to find that there were clergy whose stipends from all parte of their districts amounted to about what a single individual might pay for a servant. He earnestly beseeched churchmen to see that this injury to the cause and disgrace to the communion was speedily remedied.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVIII, Issue 11463, 29 December 1897, Page 5
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205DIOCESAN SYNOD. Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVIII, Issue 11463, 29 December 1897, Page 5
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