AN ACTOR'S OPINION OF NEW ZEALAND.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3651, 28 March 1883, Page 4

AN ACTOR'S OPINION OF NEW ZEALAND.

Mr J. B. Howe, the tragedian who visited us a little over a year ago, writes thus in Lloyd's "Weekly on the subject of emigration to New Zealand:—"lf the many needy millions of my countrymen only knew tho glorious chances of gaining a competency for themselves "and* uflspring

which await them in that great country of New Zealand, how quickly would they throw off the yoke of poverty and wretchedness, and hastening with their strength and sinews to that land of plenty—of glorious soil and almost perfect climate— which is eager to receive them, would look back in wonder on the stupidity, I may say the madness, of delaying the stop so long . Teeming with agricultural acres; tull ot mineral wealth, medicinal, and other treasures; redolent of perfumes from natural ilowers ; and the most picturesque scenery in the whole world it may justly be termed "Paradise." But the above picture is principally for the working and agricultural clashes. The Eden seems to have been created solely for them ; at all events, at present, as there is no chance, or comparatively none, for the more > refined members of the r/c/n.ts homo. For instance, those who have been brought up to wear " kids " and " patent leathers " had much better remain at Home, for nothing can exceed the tales of misery of many professional persons whom I have encountered. Lawyers, clerks, waiters, shopmen, stock actors, etc., are all "drugs" in the market. It is only the stone-cutters, the bricklayers, the smiths, the roadmakers, and the lann laborers who are really wanted there, unless, be it clearly understood, they have a little capital to start on. Then there are chances for them in a hundred different ways, which they enn never hope to meet with in England. The city of Auckland alone is one of the most thriving and delightful in tht colonies, and one of the cheapest to live in. Imagine rump steak at ■Id per lb ; and as for houses, a four-roomed cottage, with verandah all round, and an acre of ground, for Ms per week, and no taxes. *" And when I inform you that mechanics comnuuid double pay for work dore, I think it will bo readily acknowledged that it is the home for the working man.