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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 1, 1 July 1926, Page 4

The word "news" is made up of the four letters that indicate the main points of the. compass, N., 8., R, W. In a book published- more than a century ago, tho. author comments upon this in v way that is- by no means- out of dute at the present time. He says:—"As- news implies the intelligence received from all parts of the world, the very word itaolf points out as meaning—N-, the north; Ft, t!ie east; W, the west, and S, the south. This expressive word also recommends the practice of the following virtues:— in our thoughts, .Equity. ii_ uur, dealings, Wisdom in our counsels, and Sobriety, ia pur. .eftjoymeats,"-