STIPENDS INADEQUATE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 242, 12 October 1928, Page 8

STIPENDS INADEQUATE

JHE AUCKLAND DIOCESE. (Per Pret-s Association.) AUCKLAND, Utt. 11The fear that the low stipends paid to many clprgy was likely to intenere seriousiy witii the spiritual value of work, was expressed by Archbishop Averill in his charge to the Auckland Diocesan Synod. The question, he said, vvu. of vital importance to the Diocese, as the standard of stipends was below mat in other Dioceses in New Zealand. The inevitable result was that they could not nope to secure a “d retain the services of a really efficient body of clergy when a more adequate living could be obtained elsewhere. The assistance now offered by the central fund was saving the Diocese from disgrace, and many of the clergy from semi-starva-tion. An amending Bill was later introduced providing for a minimum stipend of £350, with free house and travelling expenses. After a discussion it was decided that the minimum stipend should be raised from £250 to £3OO, and the Bill, as lUiended, was read a first time.