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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18016, 29 November 1926, Page 11

“Many of the younger New Zealandtrained ministers of the Presbyterian Church are complaining,** said a prominent minister of tha Church who has just returned to Auckland from tha Assembly meetings to a representative of the "Star," "that they are not duly considered when any of the iwx portant charges become vacant. Recently in Wellington two of tha leading congregations have given calls to ministers outside the Dominion without having seen or heard them. These churches pay high stipends, and it is expected that the new ministers, being outstanding men, will be successful at their work. The tendency to go fer afield, however, seems to be spreading, and churches offering much smaller stipends are in some cases seeking information outside their own domain While a change of minister* is a good thing under certain conditions, the younger men say that the harder and more scattered charges, where much spade work is needed, have not the attractions for the outsider that the more compact city charge* have. It is the scattered charge which tests a man out at his work, and by that standard the young New Zealander thinks very often, and rightly, that sometimes his claims should not b 4 overlooked.” The Railway Department has arranged a special train to leave Christchurch for Ashburton at 10.15 p.m. tomorrow to enable persons cksiring to attend the Gipsy Smith mission to return to their homes the same night. Cheap fares will be in operation. An advertisement appears in this issue.