CAPTAIN BARRY AT HOME.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1082, 8 October 1879, Page 2

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 asa Field for Emigration." In the outset, the speaker said he was not a professional leoiurer, nor was he in any respect a paid agent. He had come home from New Zealand 011 his own private business, after an experience of fifty years' colonial life, and had been startled by the amount of poverty and privation which 110 saw prevailing in England when such a splendid field for emigration existed. He found that many people 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 Maoris had long since become civilised, and that the country was one of the most secure, healthy, and fertile in the Southern Hemisphere. Within the last 25 years flourishing towns had sprung up in the interior, with churches, chapels, and schools. There were also good roads and an efficient railway system, an abundance of good water, and a most salubrious climate. In fact, all the conditions of comfort and wealth existed for active, young, and industrious men, the only want of the Colony being more people to develop its rich resources. As instances of the remuneration to be earned, he stated that men able to work on the railway were paid 10s per da;;, bricklayers and carpenters 14s per day, farm laborers 25s to 30s per week, and domestic servants L 25 to L3O per annum. In conclusion, tho speaker bore a high tribute to the energy and talent of Sir Julius Vogel, who had done more for the welfare and advancement of the Colony than any other living man, and who, as Agent-General in London, was always ready to give intending emigrants every information and assistance. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Captain Barry for his address. The following is a copy of a handbill for one of his lectures RELEASE TICHBORNE. Captain Barry and the Claimant. A PUBLIC MEETING Will be held at Ladebroke Hall, Notting Hill, on July 24th, 1879, when Captain Barry, of New Zealand, will give his account of the Thrilling Interview with the Prisoner and his knowledge of both Castro and Orton, and the startling incidents of his Colonial Life. Addresses will be delivered by Mr. Kimber, Soli-

citor and Mr. J. Do Morgan, candidate for Leeds, Mr. Skipworth, Mr. ]\Z], and other gentlemen. Mr. Hall in uT Chair. Admission, (id and l s . ' the Men and Women of England— e appeal to you to come forward lilChristians and assist us to rescue an i nn cent man from prison; to p llr ,Y 0 country from the great stain which now rests upon it, and to establish the iu i ministration of justice 011 a pure and solid foundation throughout the length breadth of the land. ° ncl