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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 69
(Christchurch Press, February 11.)
(Christchurch Press, February 11.)
"To the Editor of the Press, Christchurch.—Having received the necessary sanction of the Standing Committees, I have communicated with the Venerable Archdeacon Julius that I am making arrangements for his consecration to the Bishopric of Christchurch, and expect him to be present at the Cathedral on April 25th for that purpose. The responsibility of any delay must rest on the right parties.—(Signed) A. B. Suter, Bishop of Nelson, Primate.—Nelson, February 10th."
While the Bishop of Nelson has thus taken the matter into his own hands efforts are being made in other quarters to arrive at a settlement of the difficulty likely to be satisfactory to the Church at large. We have received information from reliable sources to the following effect:—The Bishop of Wellington is earnestly considering the several courses of action he has been urged to take and wishes a short space of time for deliberation and counsel. He is to meet the Bishops of Auckland and Waiapu at Napier on the 17th instant, the Bishop of Auckland being en route for Dunedin to attend the special meeting of the University Senate. It is probable also that Dean Hovell, Archdeacon W. L Williams, and Mr. Arthur J. Cotterill, the Chancellor of the Diocese of Waiapu may be present and take part in the conference. The Bishop of Wellington will be prepared unreservedly to take any course which may appear to the majority of his right reverend brethren to be best for the Church at the present crisis. Is is understood further that the Bishop of Auckland has a plan to propose at the conference on the 17th, which he confidently believes will lead to a solution of the difficulty without entailing the necessity of a special session of the General Synod being held.