The Warwickshire Herald. — 1892-04-07 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

ADVICE TO EMIGRANTS.  The April circulars of the Emigrants' Information Office, and the new annual editions of the penny and othiT handbook*, with maps, which were issued on Friday, shew the present prospects of emigration. Branch offices are now organbool at Bradford (Yorks), Bury St. Edmunds, Cardiff, Devizes, Glasgow, Herefard, Leatnington, Leeds, LiverpooLand Reading—mostly id connection with Free Public Libraries, where all the above peblications and other information may also be obtained. This is the best season', of the year to go to Canada, and there is likely tio be a good demand f, r farm labourers,and to a less extent for general labourers and navvies and for mechanics in the building trades. The Canadian Government is offering bonuses of five to ten dollars a head to those who take up land in the North West or llritish Columbia. In New South Wales and Victoria, harvests have been fairly.favourable,but medlar 'cs are not wanted, ex except in a few distriets, aid in Victoria especially the depression is great. The Queenaland Government withdrew ;h in' emigrants have to p v full I free 1. passages last February, so that now all xcept nominated and indented faxes. This withdrawal is the most importa t fact which has happened during last quarter in cliinection with emigration. There is no demand ulititever for mechanics in Queensland; many carpenters, plumbers and general labourers have been out of work, and no one shoal(' go there at present n the chance of finding employment. Western Au ralia i offers free and reduced passages to certain asses of emigrants, but free passages for farm-labourers have just been suspended. Work there has been %itch brisker than for some time past, and there is 'a demand for a hunted needier of tanti-latagorers, men in the building trades, miners, and labourers on railways and public works. In Tastesnia the chief demand is for minera, farm-labourers, and a few country blacksmiths ; the new silver mines at Zeelian on the West Coast are giving employment to considerable numbers of miners, railway navvies, and small traders. In various districts of New Zealand there is a demand for farm and station hands, and for miners. Many persons who left the colony in recent times a depression have now returned; the applications for land under the new regulations have been numerous; the harvest has been excellent, and prospects altogether are better. Cape Colony and Natal offer reduced passages to I mechanics, female servants and others, for whom ' there is a limited demand. In all the abovementioned colonies there is a demand for Mali 1 capitalists, farmers, fruit -growers, and female 1 servants. Government Labour Bureaus have recently I (wen opened in New South Wales, Queensland, and I New Zealand. Emigrants on arrival should apply I to the Head Offices at Sydney, Brisbane or Welling! ton, or to one of the country branches, which are I very numerous. The warnings already issued by I this office against emiwation to South America, I especially to Brazil, still hold good.  Jamea Campbell was executed at 8 o'clock onMonday morning at the county gaol at Tullamore for the murder at Clara, on the 19th of December last, of a little girl named Mary Kate Nehan, 6 years of age, whom he first violated and then strangled. Scott, who was the executioner, arrived from England by an early train on Saturday. The prisoner after his sentence displayed the greatest resignation, and employed himself diligently in devotional exercises. Scott entered the condemned cell a few minutes before 8, and pinioned the culprit. Campbell, on the way to the scaffold, fervently responded to the prayers of the Bev. William Bracken, the prisoo chaplain. Death was instantaneous.  A boy named v. titian Isherwood, residing la Leigh, Lancashire, found a £25 note. The boy's It appears that, following the precedent of last mother took the not to the owner,and was rewarded year, the Emperor William sent no congratulations with thanks—and 2d. ! to Prince Bismarck on his birthday. A report that Discovery is said to have been made at Odessa Count Waldersee had been sent to Friedrichsruhe of a conspiracy, with branches in 10 other cities, tuins out to be incorrect, having for its object the overthrow of the present Serious disturbances have broken out in Bulgarian Government. Dah9mes, the King having advanced on the French Pearls from Ceylon will be scarce this year. settlement of Porto Novo, to which he lays claim. Violent storms have washed away all the oysters The French Government will stop his subsidy, and from the famous banks, ao that the annual fishery will despatch reinforcements to Dahomey. must be abandoned.