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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 727, 28 January 1910, Page 8

'. - Bishop;-Wallis-does.not:like ."titles,of hbnoui. ' Speaking at . the","Anglican .Synod 'yesterday,.' he said:.,"l dislike being '• called, ■ .'My Lord'; any offener 'than ' can be helped, and . I should very much dislike being called Tour Grace,' as I .should have to be if I-were archbishop.": Dean : Fitchett,; who spoke next,: declared that there . were two . parties to the - use of titles, and he_ thought the' olergy and laity felt that'to :call their • bishops, "My lord" was a fitting expression of the : esteem. in- which; they held them. He' quoted Stubbs, and Todd to prove that ;aU bishops in aU Churches; entitled to be called "My Lord," and,asserted that no bishop had any right to disclaim the' honour. A lay synodsman soon came back at; the Dean with another authority —the "Twentieth- Century Dictionary"— to show that neither 1 Scottish nor colonial bishops had any right to be addressed as .."My Lord." He had never used. the title, and he nevei would. "I nave no desire ■ whatever • to - be called Tour Grace," said the Primate.' "I am old enough now to ' care very little what people call me. I am quite used' to the title of Archbishop now, for nearly half the letters.. I get from England. are addressed to His Grace the Archbishop of New Zealand.". - ; ' . \ i Amongst the visitors to Wellington, at the present time is Mr. C. E. Duppey, who has for some time past been conducting a school at Avatele, on the island of Nine, a dependency of New Zealand. Mr. Duppey, who' was forced to leave'the island owing to, bad health, states that there is a good deal of dis- : content among the Natives. One grievance they hold is that, the Government has spent nearly £2000 on the erection of a school at Alofi, whilst the island is still without a'.medical man. ; According to the visitor there.isno'questions, as to the need of a doctor. There is, a great deal,of disease at.Nine.- The totalpopulation of the island (which is 35 miles in- circumference and only rises at its highest point some 80ft above the level of the sea) numbers about 4000, of which there are only nine pure whites. A residential property on Wellington Terrace and sections at Lyall Bay will be put up to auction by Messrs. A. L. Wilson and Co., at their rooms, Brandon Street, at 1.30 p.m. to-day. An urgent clearing sale. of household furniture' and effects, the - complete contents of llvo furnished rooms, will be held by Messrs. Levien, Shallcrass and Co. tomorrow at 243. Cuba Street.