CAPTAIN BARRY AT HOME.

Dunstan Times, Issue 911, 3 October 1879, Page 3

CAPTAIN BARRY AT HOME.

The following is taken from an English paper dated the 28th July :—“ On a ’day named a meeting of working-men was held on Peckham-rye for the purpose of hearing an address by Captain W. J. Barry, on “ New Zealand as a Field for Emigration.” In the outset, the speaker said he was not a professional lecturer, nor was he in any respect a paid agent. He had come home from New Zealand on his own private business. after an experience of fifty years’ colonial life, and had been startled by the amount of poverty and privation which he saw prevailing in England when such a splendid field for emigration existed. He found that many peonie had very peculiar ideas about New Zealand. They seemed to think it unsafe except on the seaboard ; but he could testify, from personal knowledge, that the mass of the Maories had long since become civilised, and that the country was one of the most secure, healthy an I fertile in the sou'hero hemisphere. 'Within the last twenty-five years flourishing towns had sprung up in the interior, with churches, chapels and schools There were also good mads and an efficient railway system, an abundance of good water, and a most salubrious climate. In fact, all the conditions of cnmfo-t and wealth ex isted for active, young, and indnsti ions men, the only want of the colony lieing more people to develop i's rich resources. As instances of the remuneration to be earned, he stated that men able to work on the rail aay were paid 10s. per day, bricklayers and carpenters 14s. per day, farm laborers 255. ts 3Hs. per week, and domestic servants L 25 to L3O per annum. In conclusion, the speaker bore a high tribute to the energy and talent of Sir Julius Vogel, who ha I done more for the welfare and advancement of the colony than any o'her living man, and who, as agent-general in London, was always ready to give intending emigrants every information and assistauce. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Captain Barry for his address.

The following is .1 copy of a “ hand! ill ’’ for one of his Lecture's RELEASE TICHBORNE.. Captain Bairv and the Claimant. A PUBLIC MEETING Will be hell at Ladehroke Hall, Netting Hill on .Tidy 24th, IS'fl, when Captain Barry of New Zealand will give his account of the Thrilling Interview with the Prisoner and his knowledge of both Castro and Or on, and the startling incidents of his Colonial Life Addresses will he delivered by Mr Kiniher. Solicitor, and Mr ,1. De Morgan, candidate for Leeds, Mr Skipworth, Mr Powall pnd other gentlemen. Mr Hall, in the Chair Admissson fid , and la. Men and Women of England. We appeal to you to come forward like Christians and assist us to rescue an innocent man from prison ; to purge our country from the great stain which now rests upon it, and to establish the administration of justice on a pure and solid foundation throughout the length and breadth of the land.