LOW STIPENDS.
PROTEST AT OTAGO PRESBYTERY. , (Per Press Association/. DUNEDIN, August G. A strong protest against the level of the stipends of homo missionaries and lower paid ministers was made by the Rev. H. J. Ryburn, at a meeting of the Dunedin Presbytery tonight. Mr Ryburn suggested also that better stipends would encourage an increase in the birth-rate, which would he a good tiling, as it was well known that the families of ministers were among the finest in the country. It was time, Mr Ryburn said, that the church did justice to its own employees, for they were rapidly becoming one of the down-trodden sections of the community. iS'ome of the stipends had been the same for 40 years, and during that time the cost of living had risen enormously and much extra taxation had been levied. The church would shortly receive a large bequest, and lie thought it wo.uld he used to establish a central fund to raise the level of the stipends or home missionaries. Ho suggested this should he in the form of a family allowance. Otherwise some congregations might ho inclined to slack in paying the stipends of ministers.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 257, 7 August 1940, Page 7
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