IRISHMEN IN NEW ZEALAND.
According to a report in the Irish Independent, whose representative interviewed him on his return to his family seat in Ireland, Lord Plunket spoke with pride of the success of Irishmen in New Zealand, instancing Sir Joseph Ward, the Prime Minister. "Wherever you go," continued his lordship, "you find the Irish doing exceptionally well, and, thank God, there are no differences of opinion, religious or political between them. I saw myself in Auckland the Protestant and Catholic bishops walking, arm in arm, through the streets, cracking Irish jokes, and certainly, so far as I am concerned, the kindest friends I had there were amongst my Irish compatriots, especially the Catholic Bishops, and the priests of their communion. I think it is a country in which Irishmen hav'e done as well as in any part of the world, and though I should be the last man in the world to support and encourage emigration, if the Irish must emigrate, I don't think they could find a happier and more richlyendowed country f han New Zealand."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10136, 5 November 1910, Page 4
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178IRISHMEN IN NEW ZEALAND. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10136, 5 November 1910, Page 4
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