SMALL STIPENDS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1937, Page 5

SMALL STIPENDS.

MINISTERS' ECONOMY.

INSTANCES OF PRIVATION.

PROTESTS BY METHODISTS. Attention to the "deplorable position" in regard to the -t i[..-ti<l - which were being reeeived by sunn- ininixtera and Tioine inissiunuries whs drawn by ineiiiIrth of tin- Dominion Methodist Imi fclellce when tlU' sessions Were resumed to-day. J lie llev. ('. W. Hi own said that, if the church knew tin- privations that were being endured in dome parsonages where tin , stipends were in arrears or eoiiKidera'bly less tliini the lniniiiiuni set fortli in thu conncxional standard of reniuneratiiiii, the conscieneea of Methodist ]H-o|)le in regard to this matter would surely be stirred. The Kev. 11. Kyaii mentioned the raw of a man who was stated to have been receiving for two years £100 less thalt tho iiiiiiiiiiiini stipend, and of another, with a family, who was receiving only £100 a year. If these conditions held 111 ordinary employment, there would U> an outcry about sweated labour, added Mr. ltyan. lie felt that not all wns U-ing done that could Tie done to give relief in such cases. The assistant sii|H-iiutcn<lciit of Home Missions, the Itev. 11. i. Lauren son. whose reports were lieing coiiHidered when the discussion arose, maid that such cases were always sympathetically considered by the 'board when information was furnished by the chairman of districts. Remaining matters in the Home Mis siolis report were submitted by Mr. Laureiison. A cordial welcome was given to the Kev. Kruera Te Ttllli. who dealt with the report <>n Maori mission work, which revealed features of encouragement. Considerable developments had been noted in the W'aikato and King Country. Mr. Te Tiihi was nominated by tho Home Mission Hoard as senior Maori superintendent and chief Maori pastor.

The budget of the Home Missions Department provided for an estimated income of £8700 and expenditure of £1(1,!) 17.