Arrivals.

If "Valete" is hard to say, "Avete" is hopeful and encouraging. We welcome to-day among the ranks of the Clergy of this Diocese the following volunteers from Home for Imperial service:—Bevs. W. E. S. Connolly (Vicar of Paparoa), A. S. Buckland (Vicar of Waihi), H. Reeve (Vicar of Inglewood), N. Radcliffe (Vicar of Hamilton). We also have added the following men to the fighting line, recruited from the Colony:—Revs. H. W. L. Snow, J. A. Kempthorne, and R. T. Kerehoma.

Moreover, there are many new Laymen in this Synod. In your name, gentlemen, I bid them kindly welcome, and entreat them to join in our deliberations, with the assurance of a ready hearing on our part.

I will now ask you to let me deal with other matters. So that we may think clearly, I will speak of things under separate headings.