OTHER DIOCESES.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume 26, Issue 5, 1 May 1936, Page 1

OTHER DIOCESES.

In Nelson, the Bishop persuaded the Bowling Tournament to suspend play for an hour on Good Friday, from two to three. It was more of an acknowledgement of Our Lord's Cross and Passion than any other centre gave. Napier, besides about three tournaments, opened the picture theatres. The Auckland Church Gazette makes a much-needed protest against the common practice of calling Easter Eve Easter Saturday. Of course, Easter Saturday this year came on April 18th. Some people have gone on better and- call Good Friday Easter Friday! The new Bishop of Wellington, Archdeacon Holland, is to be consecrated m St. Paul's Church, Wellington, on Sunday, July 26th. The Centenary of the Church at Russell was kept on March 29th, when the Archbishop celebrated and preached. The church is being renovated. The offiical instructions from the Privy Council about the prayer for the Royal Family are that the words, "Our gracious Queen Mary, Albert Duke of York, the Duchess of York and all the Royal Family" are to be substituted for those formerly m use.

If anyone objects to taking orders about our prayers from the Privy Council it may be pointed out that the orders are perfectly sensible. AH Saints, Palmerston North, suffered severely m the storm of February 2nd. The parish church was m great part unroofed, and repairs are awkward, because the tiles originally used are unprocurable at New Zealand. The little church at Longburn was almost entirely destroyed. The Rev. H. S. Kenny has been made Vicar of Petone m place of the Rev. G. V. Gerard. The Rev. L. A. Barnes has left Kiwitea, m the Wellington Diocese, to be Vicar of Temiika, m Canterbury.