BISHOP NELLIGAN.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13921, 27 March 1909, Page 7

BISHOP NELLIGAN.

VISIT TO TARANAKI.

Bishop Neligan arrived in New Plymouth to-day on a brief visit to the Taranaki Archdeaconry, and ho will have a bus>y time for a lew days. This is his annual visitation, and it has boon looked forward to by the local clergy lor some time, as a largo number of candidates for eonfirmatnm have been under preparation lor several months past. The Bishop went to Waitara at once, and has been spi-nding tho day in that parish conferring coniirmsiiions at Waitara ana Urenui. To-morrow morning he will be the celebrant at early Holy Communion at St. Mary's Church, New Plymouth. At 10 o'clock Morning Prayer will be said in the church, and at 11 o'clock tho Bishop will administer the ritts oi confirmation to a largo number of car.dulaU-.^. At 3 in the afternoon the Bishop will be present at the unveiling of the three new hatchment^ which aro being erected in the church to the memory of tho Royal Artillery, the Royal Engineers, and tho 12th Regiment respectively, completing tho number. The preacher on this occasion will be the Veil. Archdeacon Walsh, of Waimate, who has painted all tho hatchments. All tho military forces of New Plymouth have been called out for the occasion — tho battalion, the cadets, the band, and. most especially, the veterans. It should b.e one of the' mo.st imposing military ceremonies held in New Plymouth for a long time. At the evening service ihe Bishop will he tho preacher. On Monday the Bishop goes to Okato fa administer confirmation to a number of Maori candidates. Returning on Monday afternoon, lie will deliver a lecture in St. Mary's Parish Hall on the "Fan-Anglican Congress." This should be a most interesting address, for !,he Bishop took the keenest interest and a most active part in the deliberations of that great Parliament of tin- English Church as a representative of "the Church of the Province of Now Zealand.'' Comparatively little has been given to the Churchmen of New Zealand about this magnificent Congress, and the lecture should be very well attended by members of the Church of England in New Plymouth. Tho lecture is to be illustrated by lantern slides specially procured for the purpose. On Tuesday the Bishop goos to Stratford for a confirmation service, and in the evening returns to Auckland. During tho course of his recsr.t visit to the Auokland proA-ince the Minister in charge of the Public Health Department (Hon. D. Buddo) inspected the Cambridge sanatorium for consumptives. "The sanatorium," he told a Post reporter, "fully bore out the opinion I had formed, its situation on the hill immediately behind the town of Cambridge is ideal. It overlooks practically tho whole of the Waik'ato plain, and is sufficiently elevated to be woll out of a possible fog. The buildings are extensive, and in most cases aro isolated from each other. The shelters, picturesquely 5-ituated, arc all over the ground, which comprises an area of many acres. The larger proportion of them accommodate only one patient, but there are a few corridor sheltersin which four or five are accommodated. The farm consists of hilly land, most of it unimproved/ but step^ have been taken to bring a good deal of it into cultivation^ "The management,"" added the Mtfliskr, 'is cap^blo anxl much appreciated. 1 interviewed many of the patients, and- they expressed themselves as nore than pleased at the treatment and care that they experienced in the institution. At present there are about sixty inmates — almost the full capacity of the institution." Consequent on the retirement of Judges Johnson and Mair, and the recent death of Judge Reeve, the Native Land Court will be three Judges short at the end of the present month.. The present proposal is that no appointment will be made to fill the vacancies, t-.nd the experiment will ue tried of seeing if the, seven remaining Judges can oarry ou the work of the court. To that 'end ft system of classification of work is being devised, and an attempt will also be* made to counteract the "taihoa" tendencies of many of the l«ugants who com-, before the court. Frequently it happens thafc when a case is set down for hearing one side or other is not ready to go on, and constant adjournments bring about a congestion of work which renders it very difiicult for the court to cope with. In future, if a case is sot down .ami the parties are not ready! to go on, the case will be struck out. In other words, those who have dealings with the Native Land Court will be made to understand that if they want tLfcir ca-es heard they must bo ready t> present their cd^a when it is called on

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