A DESTITUTE CLERGYMAN.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14010, 15 September 1909, Page 4

A DESTITUTE CLERGYMAN.

APPLIES FOR CHARITABLE AID. AN UNFORTUNATE CASE. Per I'iess Association WELLINGTON, Sept. 11. Rev. J. Morton Barnes, U A u.is.h applicant to rlie Tmstws of tin Ucnc voient Institution to-day. He n-ipiest ed that the Trustees .should (1) pas in debts, amounting to upwanls oi C2O (2) advance him ioU. so that he nn^ln .pubhhh a book; (3) su])ply himself an, tamily with board and loud loi tin.. months; and (4) pay the iiirt-s ot lnnt wife and three chiklieii to Ln^, land. The applicant appeared pei.,oll ally, and, in answer to questions, sail he had been resident in Wellington loi two years and during that tune ha. had no defined occupation, although lit had tried to do what he could lor tht people. He was a graduate of Arts ol Cambridge, and had attended Manchester College, Oxford. He was broughi up in the Anglican Church, hut hat been assistant to a famous Uuitariai cleric at Home. He had not applie.. for an ad euendem degree of Neiv Zca land University. He hail been unsuccessful in his application to the Education Board for a position. Ho hail heci unable to secure recognition or worl. from the Unitarian Church 111 New Zealand. He knew of Key. Mr. Jull) and Dr. Tudor Jones. He had formerly been able to earn about £2 per weeii by the sale of pamphlets, and had beer recently organising* a body hating foi its ambition the control by the State 01 the liquor traflic in New" Zealand. In regard to the concessions he desired, the chairman. Mr. J. >miri\ <:ni, that the hoard existed merely vi oniei to deal with cases of absolute dtstitu- - tion. It had nothing to do with loaning money or assisting people with enterprises. The board therefore granted rations for applicant and tiio.se dependent on him.