HEARD IN SYNOD

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 1 August 1929, Page 4

HEARD IN SYNOD

“Some people regard a bishop as a person with horns and a tail.’,’ —The Bishop. “Mr Girling supposes too much and doesn’t listen.”—Rev. Ah’ Crossman. “Tf there’s anything about me worth considering it is that I go straight.”— Rev. Cation Quintrell. “My Lord, as happened last year, I have again located a split infinitive in this report.”—Rev. J. A. Jermyn. “Aly ‘slender’ friend from the West Coast.”—Archdeacon York. “I doubt whether any of us could he so agile as that two ton chimney.”—The Bishop. “If you want business go to the Trusts Board; if you want sympathy go to the Standing Committee.”—The Bishop. “A hoy at Whakarewa refused porridge because he had four plates previously.”—Rev. Air Crossman. “The soup is not made from rabbits, but there is room for rabbits—inside the hoys.”—Rev. Air Crossman. “It would be interesting to know how many clergy over sixty have children under sixteen.”—Rev. Mr Crossman. “I hope tcu retire before the age. that I think T am ns good as I was. and nobody else thinks so.”—The Bishop.