GAOL CHAPLAIN.
Mr Torrance, after explaining that he has only exceptional opportunities of ascertaining what has been tbe effect of his labors among prisoners, says :—": — " The few instances I have had of knowing the course of life pursued by discharged prisoners on leaving the Gaol, apart from the fact that as a rule my attentions are unmistakeably more or less desired, show that my labors are not in vain. I can speak of a number of men, once drunkards and criminals, who are now living a steady and respectable life ; and the letters sent me by others who have settled in distant places must be accepted as evidence of their rectitude, as, being beyond reach of any help from me, they could have no object in deceiving me. As far as lies in my power, I help discharged prisoners to begin life anew respectably, by endeavoring to obtain situations for them, or the means to leave the Colony."
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Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 226, 30 May 1872, Page 5
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158GAOL CHAPLAIN. Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 226, 30 May 1872, Page 5
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