MASTERTON CHURCHES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10678, 5 July 1912, Page 6

MASTERTON CHURCHES

AND THE ANCL.O4N SYN ■>!)

On bclnlf of the D:occsau Hoard of Trusted, Archdeacon Faneourt moved ax tire Anglican Synod at Wellington :: That t«o resolution of the Synod of October 12th, 18D3, a.'iide the rental of part .-<f the Mastor ton Church Acre at; partial endowment fcr a curate's stipend br tlio parish of Mr.uterton, be rc:cmded hereby ,in order thai this rental may , bo added to the ether rentals derived from the acrey as for the loan .for building the now church." The , mover Si;:!d that the proposal had the c\i.tire approval of vihe Tins Lees lbs present circumstances and general outdo-ok of thi Mwiterton parish were ia. necessary one, as siuiilcionts security :t:vined whe'n the original resolution was passed in 1898. The outlook now was most or.vGuraging, and .there was M> deubt that the parish would shortly ibe 'ai'de to afford tho se:-vices of a curate, The proposed change was a, yc-ne, as sufficient socuiity wi<s required i\tf the debentures to bo issued in crdjr to secure the balance cif funds for the .n:\v ohurch. -las teuton had made a great effort, and cle-srarvcd the- recognition c<f the Sy- ! nod. As a cider to the r.hove _ motion, he al'-o proposed to' moi-e, 'That i,n. the matter of tho Masterton Church district (assistant onrate',3 stipend fund) tJio r.cam.'iilatcd rents 'be used towards -the assistant cur•aite's stipend, at the discretion of the diocesan, trustees, to the extent of £BO or £90." 'lho 'accumiulr.don notv totalled, £SOO, p.* the ro/uit of there having been no •.vppo'ir.ijmcnt to the poivl'ticni of curate.

'l'ho Bev. A. M. Jchmscn seconded i the motion, und congrafcuiki'tjd the mover on tk>' happy relations which had . now lb eon established between the dio- | icesß-ii. truiitce-y and vhd vestry u l u Mas- I torton. ; Mr Henderson said khz; be was . glad to olvjei-ve the ond of a wrangle wliicili had been going on between die diocesan tr'Ustoc-s- and nhe vestry at Masfccrton from the time when the Church Aorct was be for Si-js down to the cv.cr.*k;n. of the Aircheleacon's speech to the motion which wr.is nc:-.v before the Synod. (Laughter). Mi- G. Shirtclifre dented whether the li'mitatioa of time, which he uudaLoood was proposed fur tlie. security, wuuld be sufficient security to 1 die debenture holders. j Archdeacon. Fane-curt i."a:d that the 1 invitation of time proposed, svboub twenty y<a,r,s, had been accepted as a basis el' the scouniy. Ihiio ■ poi.it had oeen Gatrifaatbr'ny settled. ArchdcaL-on Harper drew the attention cf the Synod to the fact that a church could not be consecrated till it- was .fre of debt. CAuild a church built from amnie-y raised on debentures be eoiuulcred to 'be tree of tle'bt r* ■ Archclcacioii Fancourt pointed out th'hb the queistio.n raised by tb- v previous speafkar .could be settled at the discretion cf the Bistep. He recalled tlie fact that St. Pcter'iS Church was consecrated, when ib was under a fin-

ancial dbiigaitton of several thousaaida. This obligation wa's taken over by the people themselves, and the Church was then consecrated by Bishop HadfieM, who evidently regarded the Church as debt free. The. motion was carried,- and the .supplementary motion was- also adopted with.out discaiseion. Archdeacon. Fancourt moved, "That thin SynOd recemrnends the General Synod to grant permission to the Diocesan Beard of Trustees to 'exchange iv,-o acres at Kuupuni, k;:« the- area taken 'for rwidi'ning tlie road, for the parcel erf knd bought by the pa.ri.sh of Sb. Matthew, Master.ton, for a church site." The -niov-cu- taiid thatMhe land im question war* really the. property of •the- (parish, and he£d tby the. Diocesan Trustees as (security. The motion was carried.