UNDERPAID PARSONS
POVERTY IN THE MANGEL ACTION BY AUCKLAND bLIsSY. TEBY. "There are instances of real bar L&hip and suffering among the more pi orepaid ministers,*' said the Bev. i *attison, at a meeting of the Auckland Presbytery. "I had a talk with oiv i inj»» wife the other day, and tM t .rally i* not * even getting some of tire i eccaseries of life. - I believe this isenof uncommon at manses where the iter's salary is not much more thainjGOO & year/* A The Kev. C. J. Tocter said he Ten m of a minister who had had to draw 1 * 01 private means to the extent of JSUO d iriog the last eighteen months. How, i berefore, could those poorly-paid mini sm, who had no private means, be farin ;r A committee was instructed to yisi : the congregations which pay less than JJdiiO a year to their ministers, this beij g in accordance with the wish expressed by the general assembly.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10881, 22 April 1921, Page 7
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