"The parson is a parasite." cried; a ' 'soap-box orator” at Auckland] last week (says the Auckland "Her-; aid.") -After several repetitions of this cry a man in the crcxvd plucked; up sufficient courage to ask: "Howl can a parson be a parasite when he’s, voluntarily paid by a voluntary so- ( ciety ?” "He doesn't produce any-! tiling,” answered the "orator,” ges-! lieulating wildly. "No," ventured, the man in the crowd, "neither does; the ship's captain, nor the police-; man, nor the fireman." The “ora-1 t:.r" saw the philosophy cf this ; tert, and was silent.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 288, 9 November 1912, Page 2
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