THE PRIMACY.
MOTION BY THE SYNOD. Par Preu Asiooiatioc, DUNEDIN, Feb. 6. At the General Anglican Synod this evening, 'on- the motion of * Bishop Sprott, it was agreed that if the Archbishop and Primate shall have resigned his see, he shall continue to hold the office of Archbishop and Primate until his see shall have become vacant. this provision being subject to a resolution of the Synod. Archbishop Julius moved a statute to provide for the association of the missionary dioceses in Polynesia with the Church of the Province of New Zealand. Archdeacon Mac Murray opposed the association on the grounds that the Church in New Zealand was not willing or able to support the responsibilities involved, and that it would lead tr over-representations o? missionary dioceses in the Synod. Archbishop Julius. in an eloquent and -moving reply, contended that the Church was well able to shoulder the task, and swept aside the.opposition, the bill being adopted witfaoai dissent.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 58, 7 February 1925, Page 5
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