SYNOD SITTINGS.

Gisborne Times, 8 December 1906, Page 4

SYNOD SITTINGS.

I'UEBS ASSOCIATION Carterton, yostordoy. Tho Wellington M< Ui iilioi sittings bavn oocohidod. It was d oided to rcoommond tho oTiiforrnoo to station a Miniator bo twoon Wuipukurau and O.mondvillo. Tho R.jv, Wtlgloy was appointed to tho conference. Ic was loeolvcd that tho conference request tho next ganoid oonforouoo to ranko nrovision tor tho constitution of tho Now 'A inland oonferonoo into an indo- | pnndoni legislative oonferonoo with full control of ttn count otiorial funds. Tho Synod u!bo declared uga'mt the prevalence of gituib’ing. | Auckland, yostorday. At tho Molhodiet District Synod a motion \ya3 iutroduood on behalf of tho local Mission Oommittoo, usking tho Synod to rcoommond an applio'.tion to tho Oonforouoo for permission to puiobasn a silo in East street, Nowton, undrr offer at pro non!, with a view to erooting a mission ball. Tho total cost, including laud, building nod furnishing, not to oxoaod .£IBOO, of which amount rot loss than £IBOO shall bo raised boforo tho building ia proceeded with. It whb stated that although tho aoheino bad not ao far been syotomutioally oanvaaacd, subscriptions and promises had boon rocoivod representing a sum of approximately £OO, und dofi nile promises of £IBO 10s, whilo application would bo mads to embrace tho Union atreot tru4, valued ut £B9l 15i, and four cottages, making i\ total sum available at date of £928. Tho motion was carried. A motion was unanimously passed deploring tlio nomiatokablo r.vidocc33 that gambling was hugely iu meant of previous limes, and regarding tha Government sanotion and petmission of tho use of tho totttlisator, whioh was httgnly roeponeiblo for tho evil. Tho Synod was gratified ut tho Premier’s promised Bill aiming all tho snpprceE'ion of sundry foims of gambling, but whilo tho toSulisntoc was roiainud were convinced tho ifiirti wou d bo both nugatory and inooneistont. Tbo proposal to inorooso tbo percentage on tho maohino and app'y tbo somo to churitublo objects was repugnant to tho moral senso of tho colony, aod calculated to give it a loDg tenure oi existence. In tho boat interests of tbo community, tho Byrod implores tbo Government to inlroduco a Bill for the abolition of tho tolalisato-y and in other ways So legislate lessening gambling.