Anglican Synod.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 5209, 16 February 1892, Page 1

Anglican Synod.

(11V TKUCtillAl'll. ; \Yi:i,i,in(;t<>n, February I'V At Iho Allelic,in Synod this afternoon, tlio Committee who had considered the working of the Marriage Act presented their report, in which they recommended the adoption of the following resolutions : "That, in tin' opinion of this Synod, it is desirable that llio Mariiajje Act, IHBO, lie so amended as to provide, infiT nfin, that a period of fourteen days shall inter vone between the dale of notice of intention to marry and the issue of the registrar's eertitieate. "'hat persons notice shall lie required to stale the full names and addresses ot the parents or guardians, resident in New Zealand, of each of the parties to intended marriage. That it is of the highest importance for the protection of society that jjroa'.er publicity should lie jjiveii of the intention to marry, and that such publicity may be yiven by requiring (a) that the registrar shall post a copy of tin* notice of application for eerlilicale to the parents or guardians of the parlies intending to marry : (b) that lie shall atlix a second copy of the same to some part of his otlice accessible to (lie public. ; (e)that in the event of these amendments or any of llioiii beini; approved by the Synod, they be entrusted to the charge of a member of the "Legislature with a view of his bringiiiL; them under the notice of the Covernment." The report of the Committee on Home and Korean Missions showed that the Mclanusian Mission account was overdrawn. the cost (L 10.000) of the oiiflit and despatch of the new ship, which is due in Auckland at the end of this month, having absorbed the ureal or part of the English contributions. The following resolution was carried on the voices --"That in the opinion of this Synod it is desirable that candidates for holy orders in this ecclesiastical province should possess some knowledge of the principles of public reading and speaking, and of the art of vocal music, in order that the minister's part in divine service may be more adequately rendered than is now frequently the case." A loiijj and i 111 crest in;; debate look place in the Synod on Sir John Hall's motion for the second reading ot the Hill lo am Mill (he canons in order to women the riylit of voting at parish meet inns. The Bill was introduced some days by the Kishop of Waiapu, but on his Iteiim called away by serious illness in his family. Sir .1. Hall took charge ol the Hill. The Synod chamber was crowded throughout the evening, and the interest was evinced in the debate. The Dean of ChriMchureh an uounced his inlcut ion of moving in Committee an addition to the Hill, providing that before eoiiiiiiL' into operation it. should be submitted to the Diocesan Synod, and conic up at next session of the (ieueral Synod. The Primate vehemently opposed the Mill, anil said that if the Synod were I.> carry the second reading or let the measure (j;o into Committee, lie would leave the chair, and protest before the whole Church, and explain the reason of his resignation. He would not be a member of I Imt Church which had made itself ridiculous in the face of Christendom by acting counter to what, had been the t radii ion of the conduct of the Church from its up to the present lime. The debate, was interrupted by the ad journment..