Bingham Bulletin | 1927-07-07 | Page 7 | Preachers' Pay Raised

Preachers' Pay Raited Every clergyman In ithodesln Is to have his annual allowance raised. The minimum pay Is to be 11,000 a year. This will be for bachelors, while a married man will be allowed $500 additional for maintenance of his wife and 1150 for eac4i of his children. These Innovations were decided upon at the recent dlocesun synod held at Salisbury. During the discussion the bishop of southern Rhodesia, who presided, pre-sided, asked: "If these attractive conditions, con-ditions, which I wholeheartedly Indorse, In-dorse, com Into force, what guarantee guaran-tee have you that all the bachelor clergy In the diocese will not be married mar-ried by this time next year?" None could answer, but the step was voted.