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.
Around the time his apprenticeship ended and he became a tradesman, Barrow spotted an announcement for a junior reporter in the Ashburton Guardian, which was published in the small town of Ashburton, situated south of Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island.