A Wellington telegram of yesterday Btaterl fcliat the Diocesan Synod had boen opened, wh'u " the Primate " delivered the nsaal addrea?, and that x\rchdeacon Fancourt was to move a resolution congratulating Biuhop Hadfield upon his elevation to she Primacy, To-chy 'wo are told that ''during the proceedings at the Synod it came out that the election of Bishop Hadfield (o the Primacy of the Colony has been ohal- Jenged by the Diocese of Wellington, and a case setting out the ciroumstanoea awaits the decision of the Standing Ordera of the General Synod. The publication o! this oiroumstanee has oauaed some exoitement in Church oircles, an it was not generally known. The Bishop made no remark in his address bayond a mere reference to it." In this telegram there are one or two palpable blunders. For instance. 41 a oaae awaits the decision of the Standing Orders of tho General Synod." A ooneiJer able steam ie frequently put upon Standing Ordera by public bodies of various kinds, but wfl never before heard of their being anked to give a decision in a ouse submitted to thero. Again, we question tha correctness of tho statement that the election of JJishop Hadfield "hae been ohallepged by

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