SALE OF THE WOODVILLE EXAMINER.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 305, 27 November 1883, Page 3

SALE OF THE WOODVILLE EXAMINER.

We understand that the Woodville Examiner, which .was ,erftabliijbetl .not quite two months ago, has just changed; liahd^,- the' purchrtsep' being Mr E. A. Haggen, fovmcrlv sub-editor of the Wanganui Herald, and ,m die iddently travelling reporter for. the Yeoman, -m both which capacities lie is favourably , kno-wn all over the, \Vest Qoast.. The transaction is regarded as a satisfactory one both by vendor and purchaser, and is somewhat remarkable , m ijljesej-tlays 'from the fact pf/its.-bejngj.a |pash^ne t sWe . >li^ ; . %^ purchasing price 'lor plaut^ goodwill," and book,de^s represents > ia. con4deraJjle sum. Tfoggft tai^s oyer the.paper .oil the,llsV of January, and wehaye nq.donbt j r w^lllap^^ceedipgly yre'lL;; The..pr§si>n^ 'enipidyes and appcentices; .Syjll remain with'him, Mr'V. Harrison retaining his., position aw overseer, and the meclianical staff is also to beconsiderabFy infarefised !( Wpodyille presents , a grand .field ifor eiLterprise,.and; Mr/ Haggin is just the man to 'push the idm'.rict rapidly forward, being energetic, assiduous; and; full of zeal m everything he undertakes., Woodville is the centre of an imnaensp . Jvith lesource^ thatJcaii'scatCely . district also ; that will accord a newspaper- Bbeftij support both m the matter of advertising und u subscription patronage. W6 belifeve 1 Mr Haggiu will well 41eser-ve lauch snppont, and we cPrdiaHy'wish htuj success iv his.iveuttire^ and are; Satisfied that he Ml! SUcceed* qtfite equ^l to his anticipations. All necessary, arrange ; -merits *h connection tlie : mih' w^re, .completed :to-d*# th§ fofhial derails m. conneejAbu with the' transiet 1 ; of : tnej •f>K>pei'ty v having' ' been; % rj jhe hands of Messrs Hankins and Balrer, , acting as solicitors fpr^bothpavties, f i ;