MAORI DIOCESE
SYNOD AGREES TO SCHEME. [Pc- Press Association.! WELLINGTON, Last Night. A Bill calculated to create a separate Maori diocese was introduced in the Anglican Synod by Archdeacon Williams and read a first tinie. The Synod discussed in committee the merits of the measure. In moving the second reading. Archdeacon Williams said alterations had boon suggested, and he agreed to a select committee revising (ho Bill to have these effected. The Synod agreed to a Bishop being appointed for purely Maori districts, the other Bishops to consent to his operations in other districts in which there were Maoris. The Bill was then read a second time and referred to a select committee for revision.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2312, 3 December 1925, Page 6
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115MAORI DIOCESE Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2312, 3 December 1925, Page 6
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