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Waiapu Church Times, Volume I, Issue 2, 1 August 1907, Page 11

The " Guardian " understands that it has been decided to establish a new diocese for Polynesia. During his stay m England the Primate of New Zealand— who is returning to Dunedin on . the 23rd inst.— has been m communication with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London on the subject, and the project has won their cordial support. The necessary official steps for the formation of a new See— wh<«h will include the Fijian, Tongan, and Samoan groups m the Eastern Pacific— will be taken shortly.

The new Cathedral at Kaffraria has been consecrated. At the opening ceremony an honored and welcome guest was the Bishop of Glasgow, who came as the representative of the Church m Scotland, and bore from that Church, a noble offering of £11,000 towards the new Cathedral. Most faithfully has the Scottish Church fulfilled her obligations to her daughter m Kaffraria. "As we sat m clerical Synod," writes a correspondent, " on the eve of the consecration, and listened to the simple, affectionate words spoken by the Bishop of Glasgow, we felt as never before, that we are linked to our brethren m Scptland by the closest ties."