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Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 208, 4 November 1873, Page 7

Mr Wm, Jackson Barry celebrated the ! forty-sixth anniversary of his career in the I Colonies, by an invitation party to all classes, iat the Prince of Wales hotel on Monday, ;The utmost cordiality prevailed, and we | learn that it continued to the end of the j chapter. Hospitality, on Mr Barry's behalf, ! and by him, was regally shown, and genuine : " No. 2" was not, wanting in quantity. Here I we might stop and thus give a dry record of i a fact. But the party was an instructive one 'nevertheless, and deserves even more than ; ! the notice we intend to give it. The eventi j ful history of a colonist of forty-six years' | standing—who was a man almost when he licame to Australia a free immigrant; who, i amidst the ups and downs of colonial life, | has yet maintained a forward position—is .! one of more than passing interest. Mr Barry j can still hold his own ; his memory is yet 1 green ; he can exercise an influence upon his j fellow-men ; he has been elected to positions ij of trust; been Mayor of a corporate town ! more than once ; been wealthy and poor ; j been always known to be generous ; was i • mate to Captain Howell, and an officer under I the respected "Johnny" Jones—as he liked .! to be called by his friends ; such a career ; might, if correctly pourtrayed, form the sub- ■ ject of a biograpical record of no mean value to the rising and future generations. It is a pity, in a public view sense of the matter, to • let such records pass away, and we urge upon Mr Barry to take some steps to have his ■ varied walk through life in the Colonies : placed in a more immutable form than a mere i walking dictionary. Publishers at home i would be too glad of such an opportunity.— ; Wakatip Mail.