The Star. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1880. TO OUR READERS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 5, 28 April 1880, Page 2

The Star. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1880. TO OUR READERS.

To-day the Haweba and Nobmanby Stab appears in the size originally intended by the proprietors. About two inches more have been added to each column, and although that does not appear at first sight to be very much, yet it makes a difference of two to three columns in the size of the paper presented to our readers today, as compared with that previously issued. We have kept the promise which we made to the people of this district, and we are glad to be able to state that the pledges given to vs — and on the strength of which we cast in our lot with the residents of the place — have, so far, been fulfilled. We promised that we would supply our readers with latest market intelligence, latest European telegrams, latest news from all parts of tbe colony ; and we leave it to them to say whether the pledges given on our part have been redeemed. As we pointed out in our first issue, to do all this involves considerable expense, and if the assistance of the people of this district is not still given to us, we may not be in a position to launch out into further expenditure, or to improve the paper as much as we desire. We have sunk a large amount of capital in coming here ; we did so, because we expected a good return from it, if not immediately, at all events, in some few years to come. We freely confess that philanthropic motives have not solely actuated us in coming here. We have done so, because we were led to believe that a fair amount of support would be accorded, and, by that means, that our cayital would be recouped to us.

With regard to the competition to which we are now subjected, we have only a few words to say. If there is room in a district for two papers, two stores, two tailors, two cabinetmakers, or two kinds of any business whatsoever, it must he for the best interests of such district that they shall exist. But we ask our readers — and we ask the people of this district — is theie sufficient room for two papers ? We unhesitatingly answer that there is not ; and we look to the people to fulfil the promises made to us, as we have endeavored on our part to keep faith with them. If they do — and we have no doubt they will — we have no fear of the result. We are prepared to work hard, and shall use our best endeavors to make the Haweba and Nobmanby Stab not only a paying speculation, but a journal which the residents shall not be ashamed to send to their friends either in the old country or in the colonies. We would, in conclusion, again thank our numerous friends for the many kindnesses which we have received at their hands, and for the generous help which they have given to the Stab.