ANGLICAN SYNOD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 27, 4 February 1901, Page 2

ANGLICAN SYNOD.

[PEft PISPSS ASSOCIATION.] ' WA:pi2U, Fubiuary 1. 1 At the g°nfril Synod to-day, there was a lively dissm-sicn on the mctio;> of the 11-, v. Beat' l y, that aH Pivri"h s should maka up iheir accounts for th', same fiaautiil yen-, erding iVltirch 31st. A number of amendrn. n's weretuovtd, but all were loa*, and ultimately th* motion was kst uls'i. A cordial vot--of thanks were pasted to the Bishop of Wa'apu for attending the jibilee of '•bo Bosrd of Mifsior s of A us r .lia, ar.d bis report on sam;\ Tha evening sitting' was devoted to the motion to giv« women votes at p .r?sh mietings, Mr. Tanner ui'god that as vomen did mos' of the parish work, it w.ia but jut tic to infranrh'se thmi, and ha poiirel out that the Synods of Duncdiit, Well.ng'oD, atd Auckland, has pissed res - lutionsin favour of Michrof< vm. Biahcp Julius, and D «nn Hovell supported the /motion. Do : ,n Fi'cVtt, Re--. Bvnttv, [Canon Caldur, A'clidatcon F.rcouit, lII' v. McMurry, were among the op poncnfa. The motifn was lost by a narrow majority, the voting b'inj, Ayes : Bishops 3, Clergy 7, Lmioty 11; Noes; Bishops 3, Olorgy 10, Laiety, 7,