ACCIDENT INSURANCE FOR CLERGY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1678, 19 February 1913, Page 6

ACCIDENT INSURANCE FOR CLERGY.

. ,;■/■■-- —» ■■-•■ ; .\'. V A GENEROUS PRQPOSAII;;."- ." (By AGeoclitlon.) . 1 Auckland,' February 18. - , Tho Anglican diocesan clergy: hav« haa placwl before tlwui a very benevolcn.il .< sefieme of iusuranco against, accident. In- • , response, to u request, irom several clergy, tho Auckland members of jtlie Pensions Board have arranged to coror- all European clergy of the diocese against acci* Uent resulting in* iuenpacit riroiu duty. On payment of .a single/1» >mium or an,.' cntmnco fee of £2 We.'cmli, a clergyman will be insured by thojbrard for tho whole term of his service i|i: tho diocese. ; Tho clergyman makes no further payments,' the Auoldahd Board meeting tho annual piremiuma ibr them..out or moneys at its disposal. The EChemo provides for tho payment of .t'2 a week for tho time of tho .sufferer's incapacity, tho poriod of payment, however, being limit-ed-to fifty-two weeks at most..- Uses of death or permanent or partial ■■ disablo- ■ „ ■■ lhcnt by accident may be considered hv < tho board, and such aid granted ns each ' case appears (o warrant. Tho application of tho scheme is limited to clergy holding ft charge or curacy within the, diooeso, and a member ceases to have any. cl&iln when ho is no longer in active employment with' tho dioooso. In a letter to tho clergy, Bishop Cresslcy says:'"l cordially commend this genorous, and most beneficial proposal to my clergy, and urge them to put themselves, under its advua- ! tagos without delay," Tho Bishop ij chairman of tho board.:/'. ' •

Tho annual conference of the Now Zoilun & Federation of Freezers and allied workers was opened at tho Trades Hall yesterday. Tho conference was not open t6 Ui<x pros*,