PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD BUSINESS.
At the Presbyterian Synod to-day, the Rev Mr Sutherland said he had rejoiced at the recent disbanding of the unemployed on the Otago central line. There were no less than eight sly-grog shops within five miles, which drove a profitable trade in ministering to the vice of these miserable men, who, for a considerable time after each pay day were so drunk as to be unable to work. At the Synod also, Mr E. B. Cargill suggested that celibacy should be imposed on the clergy till the age of 30 to 35. Very often it happened that young probationers arriving were incapacitated from taking up outlying districts owing to their possession of a wife and two or three bairns. The suggestion was not entertained.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXX, Issue 4783, 19 January 1884, Page 2
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127PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD BUSINESS. Grey River Argus, Volume XXX, Issue 4783, 19 January 1884, Page 2
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