CHURCH OF ENGLAND

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 246, 5 July 1918, Page 7

CHURCH OF ENGLAND

THE SYNOD business transacted YESTERDAY Tlio session of Hid Wellington Diocesan Synod vita continued yt.sterdiiy. Huaop foprot; presided. , ' .L'ho \ on. Archdeacon A. S. limes Jones moved :—"'.luai: in I lie event ui a" clergyman beinj;- UaiMerred Irum uno jyurisu or parouiiiiil district to anotuer an tlio diocese, a giuni in aid oi the expenses ine.un-.id in be pant •out ol tho General Clutrcli k und on npjilicatioii by such clergyman to tlio btamling Committee." Tliu mover said that the clergy were proverbially poor, and lie tliougiit that tlieau expenses ought to be met for them. Mr. 11. A. Xcvins si ill (hat the necessary money was not in the Gcueral (JJiureh l-'und. Ultimately Archdeacon Jones withdrew iiis .motion, and substituted the i'olitij;, whicn was carried:—"That tlio iStandini; Committee be urged to consider She Advisability of crcnciiig " iiuul wherewith to as?.st clergymen in meeting '.the expeiis' oi' moving from one parisn (.0 another in tho diocese." It was lesdved to amend tho standing loulers by iixing tho hour for beginning business at ti.JU p.m. daily, this to take effect at nest sessions. Tlio Itev. W. I'uiicourt moved tlio Adoption of resolutions attached to tho In-port ot' tho Cathedral Conimittee, as follow: — "(1) That the Synod confirms the action «il Iho Cathedral Committee in regard Jo the financial arrangements with' St. iMark'.s Vostry ami authorises the continuance of such arrangement during the timo that tho Rev. C. J'\ Askew holds 'the po.-ition of orsruiiising secretary of the Cathcdrel Comniittee. "(2) That tho Synod confirms tho'constitution of a new trust and trustees In carry out the resolutions of the Synod." The. subject was considered in committee, and the resolutions were agreed to. Mr. 11. If. Hndfield mover] the second reading of the Pensions Fund Hill, exj:!r.ining I hat its main principles meant an increase of subscription und lowering (if pension. . The debate was adjourned.