AN ACTORS OPINION OF NEW ZEALAND.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1339, 29 March 1883, Page 3

AN ACTORS OPINION OF NEW ZEALAND.

' "l* tragedian who thus in Lloyd's Weekly on tho subject of emigration, to New Zealand, . If tho many needy millions of my countrymen only knew the glorious chances of gaining a copijietency. for themselves ; which uwuifc them in thilV-great'country; of 'New Zealand, how quickly would thoy 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 tho stupidity, I may say tho madness, of delaying tho step so longl Teeming with agricnl•tural acres;,full.of mineral wealth, medicinal, and other treasures; redolent of perfumes from-natural flowers, and the most picturesque scenery in the whole world it nray justly be termed " Paradise." But tho above picture is principally for the working and agricultural classes. The Etlen seems to have been created soiely for thorn; at all events, at present, as .'there is no chance, or comparatively hone,' for the more refined members of the genus kmo, For instance, those who have been brought up. to wear'"kids" 1 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 L " drugs" in the market, It is only the stonecutters, the bricklayers, the smiths,-the roadmakers, and the farm laborers who arereaily wanted ther#, unless, he it clearly understood, they have a little' capital to start on. Then there aawhances for .them in a hundred iBRf which they can meet with in England, The city of Auckland, alone is one of the most thriving' and delightful in the colonies, and. one of the cheapest to live in. Imagine rump steak at 4d per lb; and as for houses, a four-roomed house: with verandah all round, and an acre of ground, for lis per week, and no taxes. And when I inform you that mechanics command double pay for work done, I think it will be readily acknowledged ,-tbafc it is the home for the working man.