POORLY-PAID CLERGY
PLEA FOR A LIVING WAGE.. (Rec. April 8, 5.5 p.m.) London, April 7. Tho Rev. J. Thomas, precentor of Chelmsford Cathedral, caused a sensation at a meeting which was discussing improvement in Church finances, by stating: “What can you expect from a starved clergyman ? You cannot expect a curate to do his best when he receives only a dustman's wages. I will do better work if paid a living wage.” Mr. Thomas, in an interview, said he did not suggest that the clergy were influenced in their spiritual work by the money they received, but tl.ey could give more time to church work if they were adequately paid- He had to dp all his own heavy house-work and take a lodger in order to pay his way.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 172, 9 April 1923, Page 7
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