About the time his apprenticeship concluded and he became a tradesman Barrow noticed an advertisement for a junior reporter on the Ashburton Guardian, published in the small town of Ashburton, south of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island.
Barrow noticed an ad for a junior reporter position in the Ashburton Guardian while transitioning from his apprenticeship to becoming a tradesman. This newspaper was based in Ashburton, a small town located south of Christchurch on New Zealand’s South Island.