The report -of the Finance Committee brought down to the Diocesan Synod contained a recommendation that the stipends of the clergy in the Wellington Diocese should be subject to a deduction' of 2} .per cenff. During the subsequent discussion, a" motion from the clergy that the deduction should be at the rater1 of 10 per cent,'was strongly opposed by the lay members. The matter was finally "settled by the luymoii after the clergy had withdrawn from tli<3 Synod chamber, their decision being that the amount -saved by the deduction .of >2J per cent, should form a contingency fund for the assistance of' necessitous parishes. Any amount not needed for" this purpose is to bo returned, pro rata, to the clergy.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 12, 14 July 1931, Page 6
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