UNDERPAID CLERGY
AUCKLAND’S BAD EXAMPLE.
(Press Association.) AUCKLAND, October 11. The fear that the low stipends paid to many of the clergy was likely to interfere seriously with the spiritual value of their work was expressed by Archbishop Averill in his charge to the Auckland Diocesan Synod. The question was of vital importance to the diocese, he said, as the standard of stipends was below that in the other dioceses in New Zealand. From that the inevitable result was that they could not hope to secure and retain the services of a really efficient body of clergy when a more adequate living could be obtained elsewhere. Assistance was now offered by the Centra] Fund which was saving the diocese from disgrace, and many of the clergy from semi-starvation. An amending Bill was later introduced providing for a minimum stipend of £350, with free house and travelling expenses. After* discussion, however, it was decided that the minimum stipend should be raised from £250 to £3OO, and the Bill as amended was read a firsii. f imp.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 October 1928, Page 5
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