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* SALARIES NOT ATTRACTIVE. LONDON. December 1. Illustrating the reluctance of young men to enter the Church, owing to the widespicad complaints of tha poverty of tho clergy, and the inadequate salaries paad. Canon Briggs states in the Observer that he advertised for three successive weeks, in the most likely Church papers, for a and did not receive a single reply. Referring to the shortage of ordinations. Canon Briggs said that it would be difficult to man the parishes for years to come.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19046, 17 December 1923, Page 7
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