CLERICAL STIPENDS.
PROPOSED REDUCTION. (by cable— press association —copyright.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received January 31st, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, January 30. With the object of avoiding what is Regarded as unfair taxation, reductions in tho stipends, of tho Archbishop of Canterbury from £15,000 to £SOOO, the Archbishop of York from £IO,OOO to £3OOO, the Bishop of' London from £IO,OOO to £3339, the Bishop of Durham from £7OOO to £2339, and the Bishop of, Winchester from £BSOO to £2166, will bo proposed at the Church Assembly, opening in London on February Bth. This dignitaries at present pay income super-taxes on the full stipend, from which they meet Church as well as personal expenses. It is also proposed that the Archbishops shall have pensions of £ISOO, the three Bishops named, of £ 1000, and the others of £BOO each, towards the cost of which they will pay 3J per centum of their stipend. The scheme also provides for better pay for the poorer clergy.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18604, 1 February 1926, Page 9
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