ANGLICAN SYNOD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 4

ANGLICAN SYNOD.

CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE IN IJENG LA ND v

ANEW ZEALAND ':.t;;pife,';Gen6ral?;Syi;od -of' - .'tho Anglican; ',was;'con£hued. yister'dayjr.- 'thc .. P (Bishop -Nevill) . presiding.

FIRST READINGS, 0> BILLS.,

': - A Bill to am endthe:' provisions as to .number'.of - Jrns(;ees l;. , 'Clause .10) ./was ;introduced byy|lr." T. ' "Martin,'/who explained that. i^'Jrts'occa:stoned : by,' a desire to/hayb'ijf stive/ ropre--sentation on tho .board -ofr'fKe -'Porirua : "'Trustees. ,: . ,The' : Bill.;:,was' 'read' a first

;timei;,;:/. - ;; : /: / > i:A' Bill : to -.'main /fhrthPjj^ameßdmonts, in thp i same - Canon,' .dealing with- trustees, was read ,;a iirsfc - inotion' of Archdeacon Willis. . . ,

■--■•'Archdeacon * 0.: C.;-; Harper: introduced:.a Bill'_to amend the provisions, .relating to inomination: to.parishes. -Tho , Bill wag read: a hrst. time." ;• /■'-■■..■■■■■ . ■/■■.■., v FINANCE AND'PROPERTY.

.St The; following/ m&tions .were /'carried ''.' "Thatr the; sum-'of .8150 be granted . from, .the; General / Church-- Trust,;'towards the/erection ;,of' .'a now . 'cathedral- in Duncdin.and that thu matter be referred to .tho: Committeo on '.Trusts. and Pi'/That , the Report of 1 the Treasurer - of, - tho. ..General; <Synod' -bo if referred to : the J!'inanc6. ;:.Comimtttie.'':; , ;(Jilr..v vC.: . H. statham;) "•'••••*•" . : v;//:'-';-:/;',:// _:-:*':;;'"^'hot/"this:./ Synod:;approves' s .bf- .'the .pito?*' .iPsed",alt.er^noAijnrt con dWoris.:.. attached -to the sale of-Section' s," TOirekaka (now' known/ as,'Section-'. 38,' IWaihenga, Martinborough), and directs; that : the-: proceeds w-devptedito'.-tho/.pnrcKiise.-of: land 'without ; -restrictipn^;that;;it adjoin the Church ; site.; /That; this . application. :be referred. to' the Committee on '. Trusts' for ■.report";'-(Mr.:J." Martin:)... i'.^e-Coininittod'^on' Trusts; in a : report which was read by Mr J.,W 'Jtenderson, -submitted' the:following resolutions '■ . , ' i, l ) JfHt/this' -Synodmthoriscs tha Nol-' .son -pjocesan/Baard .of.'Tijiisteea -to sell : or excfcnnje tho church' sito at Eiwaka, provided and i:iore . suitable /site ofr.equttl'Cvalu? "is -'obtained; elsowhere for. ,tho/nse;,pf;.the saime/district,- to bo hold .An. bf : ;trnst.c'.-ty? !\ Syhbd; authorises - :th'e"Nel;soii.■ Diocesan;"/Board;/b'f Trustees to sell°J" e ™mPKo/tho, three, acres: in tho Motu-' fflrare''V's;nitablo "*■ lands'-'^at' either: Tadmbr w/TttpaTOraV-- provided the lands/acquired , arc of equal .value, and ,-' a ™-^W/in.. l ii.u6t ; ;for:,t}io: , 6ame'purposes as. ttose/to be "diqrosedi of/ aro' presently -nold,:? i-:-;. -! ■ ■v;;:r-/ /; :: :

I J.- (3) : ithe "Diocesan'- Boari of Trustees ':f?? are .-iereby ./aur: thonsed/ to■ sell 'Sbctio'n 16, Creswick,: at u° , j,'f a vournble 'opportnuity/; and to' : i ■ -;trasta>B Iff- VV: M ae f.Church,/Northland, towards /the /liquidation;'of .the 'mortgage 'at' pre-: \St.' :Anne's; - 0 y,J-ha motions were mado an order of the* ..day;for to-morrow.... ;

CENTRAL .CONSULTATION COM:

MITTEE. Bishop of 'Wellington moved: "That the s ;oJ:/;the; .Troyincei " ; be ■' em-:Ppw-ered'.;.to i: ,appomt, .ifv.th'ey/think'fit/so , tp: .do,_a member : of -the/'Central' Consultative. Committee'of ; thb/ ; ,Lambeth, Con-'- ,'^^™^. B ™ll'. I ';dete^nihe.'^^ : ■,lt l >•WM^ ; 'bs•' plained by tho mover./that a .resolution was. /passed i'at vthe .'last."Lambeth -.Cohfer- . Mce_ enabling: the;;Chufclr! of:this Pro'viric'e' ttoV«M«rf?t,?ai. represohtative IbatthoV-'oomi-' ..mittee;^'. : No-'lepslativb'::'power.. !^ ;?ossed. by the_ committee,;but : it was thought, that ,it : could/.do valuable /'work' xn;,;passmgHinfbrmatioriv:between:.-the v provinces

~a y e , ,Primatorsaid' ho had understood that tho functions, of .tho' committee went ;bcr?pnd ■; of-' infoVriiatidn.' 'His .readirig'of/hikbry.icaused hiiri to lookupon tho "growth of the power of' tho : proposals jcoiitairi' a! lurlang danger; .'ln./reply/-/to'/Archdeacoh Ruddock, tho Primite'. said' / ho'./vu'ndorstbod"that' - the. American 'Bishops /.Kad'/rcfused / to■; have" : anytKing/tb ;do.; £ Consul tativb'. Committee w i V:\TW ;Bishop J of-.Auckilaniisaid'; there' : was ,was. ti: -yory simple;.matter. Thb/cbinmittce .was • valuable because'/ difficult' -qfd'eistions^recanons problems,' - oteii",: could, -be / referred; :tb'//it - as' a' body' coraminidirig ''' 'learning:': than' Was, ; likely;rto":be/ found i'-ifefhij/'outlying' jbranch of ■.the. Church .?in> South/.AfricaY-'a-pp'rcciatcd; ;tMj;Alue : "of • 'a; letter ■■from 'the Archbishop-'of.'.'Cjintorhury ap-;-p6a're'dtd,h'aro' illa'yed:'ennrbly .'the fears ;ofc.tha ! American', BisHopsV^/ItiWasa/body. which"Ehould-Mio';of .and.'increasing iyalup;.to -the iOhnTchts' ofvoutlying.;provinces.'liko,New Zealand. eic.tracts-. from % a':. pastoral /le.ttor./'issubd/- in.' "cimnection/Trith / the.vlastf of ; the ,LambethVConferences, setting' forth/ that tho' ' objects ' of ;, the - Consultative Coinißitteo'-. were 'to ''supply "•information and advice,/.-',and;-to;; maintain and; further/; develop- unityl-< of; / feeling,: /based/on rQutnil knowlbdgd? Thb pSsto--ial; Btatb'djthat,.the 'committeb' -feould ( haVpi- ilo oiherHhaii/mofal/anthority;' /Which -would'' .bo/jlevcloped--;;pnt .-./'of-":ita action.Ha. felt".JtKat;/tho iZealarid Bishops advice -of ■^m.-Ib<^^Mt'' : ' ' of:. this i ; : fir%?tb-/stait'S/#ith .'a constitution/orbits-own,'- and'the.Church iiniotlftECDiifitriDS : jtii3itM;.to. /profit' by; tho'. lessons of its- exnerioncq. ■■ He - thought it would /be 'a" Eafif,/ thing: / if, ./ having v.re-' -should; hold • 'hl66fifor>fe'ar;.o£ 1 /C.The"' , /an {amehdin'entv (moved,by, ; Cbhoh_M'Murray)' -limitin^fh'e i :term;.';of';.tK^'appoihtmont:,to. fa:-period.'nbt"---"exco'eding-three"--years, i- I ''•/•:.; fei'-'jfc"'f '■ -vj;/ '■;-/-

J BO^RO.

si Archdeicoh:,''Willianis, inb ved- 'tte- second ;roading(]of,i-;a.';Biir^tOi;:amend. ■ ...Titlo :,E,: ;Cahpn.:J,: 4efeJihg; ; of.Theo-. .logioal/r Studips.n: '.The //mover:'"explained 'tlut/'Mthertj4'~thor.-'.bo.ard'/had ' consisted "of ; :.tha" ; idx/'bishops,-"^ tioni'rit/could raK!ly,:;meet,-;-'and. its/ work-was-dbho thrbugh a,'c6mtoitteb;: the board -itself not: nSnailyVcbmihg.- together: until .ife/terni' of. office expired. The ,'BiUl-a^po^ l . olause;/ a - new,.scheme : of'cons'titntihg, the board. : / The; reform:'.' had been recognisoij by a provious. General Synod. //,.The second , reading • of-the-:Bill, (which has. already ; been published in Tuk ! DoHOToN);.was' l carriM::ori ;thp voices. /- s ./ v UvOommittw^on'/.tliio'^Bill''; (Sir. W. Guise, Brittan in the' chair);' tho;principal claiiso'.'.was: amended/ toread/as/'follows!—.

"The bishops of the province shall ■ be exTOfficio/mombers of,tho /board;.: and; tho board shall .'.farther . consist; of • sis members, ;: v.'ho : shall: ;be iion]iiiated. at each Triennial-Session ; of,' tho.' General Synod by''the/Sessional /Committeo/ on /the .-.Be-' port of tho Board of Theological Studies for/'blection by the- General: Syned."/ ■'.' - It was explained by A-rchdeneon 'Williams -that it > was-desited'/te have; tho bishops .as; members. Pf: the board, oven though they could not.always.attend thb meetings. •.. ■ ;, L.By.'' %^iirthei; /.amendments /' the; s board's power r . to; conduct . examinations tin . the iSjiebiiiod Subjects ;was/'limited, to -.Grades 1. my; "and. thb'.board; "was /empo\Vered ,tb arrango for ,tho conduct, of oxaminations in Grades V ahd 'VI, --by-the".ap-pomtraejit ■; 'of: : examiners in England; or elßOwhero. ' . • ■ • •

-.-■. Seyoral minor dmentlments wero -made and,tho Bill- was • reported. •...

VESTRY MEETINGS.

•/.'Mr.-.-T. ; F. .Martin ; (Wellington) 1 moved . the second reading of a Bill td: amend Title-B,.iCanonVS;;' Clause .7. Tho. Bill, '.which-,'Mr:'; Martin .had- tho approval:of;tho.Wellington Diocos'aii Synod,' provided::.as :follows:—'.'The .curate shall De.the .conrenei' aJid chairman, cx officio, of ; all; irieetihgs. of the parishioners or vestry, needful for tho purposes of this canon or for . the transaction of tho business of tho (vestry, (and ..shall have aii original as Well as,a. casting vote; provided :that, if.'(tho'. curate , shall iiot be present, at ainy. such meeting, >the curate's churchwarden, or in-, his absence the churchwardeii,,..: shall.' be and.rshalV:liave-isuoh(power: of , voting "as' aforesaid; (and if (thero bo no curate from death,,.resignation or other cause, or . if the- curate, ), 0 incapacitated by ;.eiokness, . then tha 'curate's ■ churoh-

warden shall' convene land shall bo chair-' man ai such mooting, jvith such'power of 'Voting as aforesaid.": • Canon Mac Murray pbjcctcd.to the substitution of the word "curate" for. "minister." j Mr: vMartin. said' tho principal; object of. tho Bill was to raako it clear'that a clergyman l acting'as locum'tenons'should not cOnveno or presido>'a); : d,vestry meetin?.-./ :[•/ -V./-/-//JiV;.' Tho Synod - adjourned , until 2.80 this' aftercootf.

VARIOUS CHURCH-JIROPEFITIESr -

The following motions''jvero during Monday's sitting .'referred to ,thp appropriate Standing Committees:— /'/■ ' ■"That thb /Waiapu. Board -of Diocesan' Trustees be- authorised ,to,-spll;tovm section No. 29, ljlackhead, 0-1-0/ now forming part of tho ; 'Hawke'6 ;Bay.Trust/." "That, the trustees''of tho Gcner'al' Church Trust bo. instructed; to .set; aside out of . the net-' annual income of''the; trust for-the en'-' suing - three years'/the sum. of .£l5O, towards tlie-erection of a residpnee for the Bishop of AVaiapu, to ;bo paid' upon" a 'certificate from, tho treasurer. of. the die' cese that the sum ,of ..-COOp has passed through his hands ' for this purposo/'—. Mr. J. B. fielder. • '■ ... "That, in) the. event of Wellington Dior cesan Board; of Trustees buying a new site for: the residence'of the. Bishop,', the General Synod gives the said board power to /mortgage -the .now" .site, in. order' to provide funds - towaidj pacing for the 'new site, anl . any buildingsterected thereon.". "That tho Wellington Diocesan Board, of Trustees- be allowed ; to . sell or lease" tho proporty' iri' Mulpave "Street on wlijch'the' Bishop's residenco . and the diocesan i library ■: stand." 'I "That V tho. General • Synod bo-: asked-/tiKmake-.-a grant from 'the General Church': Trust .towards the cost of the. erection of a/ new/Bishop's residence." —Mr. T. I'\ Martin.;

"That permission .'of General, Synod be granted, to tho salo or exchango of tShurch site at Hiwaka, containing one acre, for tho/purpose oi' 'Enabling tho' trustees ,'tq procure another site in, a', utoro suitable position. . That permission'. of General Synod /be/granted to;the sale or exchange of/ land in -Motitoka . Valley, :.containing three'.acres.' .for the .purpose, of -.enabling, the trustees-to i moro.. suitable lands ; at/either-Tadmor : or- Tapawera." —Mr. Maginnity. '-' '■ ! '"That: the'; following' matter be - referred to tho Committee/on Trusts! for consideration:' and'' report:—The : application: from, the Northland Church Trustees; for authorisation to the Wollingtpn , Diocesan Trustees! to'.sell. Section-1.6, Crepwiclc, and to pay 'tho proceeds : to: the '.Northland Church Trustees in reduction- of the debt on i their chinch."—Mr. J,' "VY. Henderson.