CLERGYMEN HARD HIT

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1079, 17 September 1930, Page 16

CLERGYMEN HARD HIT

REQUEST TO HELP “ITINERANT DESTITUTES” HEAVY FINANCIAL CALLS From Our Oven Correspondent TAUMARUNUI, Tuesday. An unusual request was made by a deputation which attended the monthly meeting of the Taumarunui Hospital Board. The Revs. C. R. Taylor, C. Brierly, J. E. Ward and J. Scott, representing- the local Ministers’ Association, met the board and suggested that some arrangement might be come to in regard to relief for destitute people who visit the town. Mr. Taylor. acting as spokesman, raised the point that the ministers desired to get relief from the “itinerant destitutes,” who called at their homes and asked for relief for the night. The clergymen gave quite a lot of help to local people in need, and in addition very frequent demands were made by strangers to the town. The other ministers present supported Mr. Taylor. The chairman and managing secretary of the board pointed out that the board was co-operating with the police in giving assistance to these travelling destitutes. Aid was always given by the board. The board finally carried a resolution to the effect that the ministers refer urgent cases of distress to the secretary of the Hospital Board. Information from the Ministers’ Association discloses that the calls made on the clergymen by people who do not belong to tbe town have been very heavy indeed, making a big financial outlay.