THE TRIUMPH OF "TRUTH"

NZ Truth, Issue 327, 30 September 1911, Page 6

THE TRIUMPH OF "TRUTH"

PROGRESS OF THE PEOPLE'S

PAPER.

Big Buildings and Modern Machinery*

Mr John Norton's Intention.

'An advertisement published m the ■ business columns of this issue' calling for tenders for the erection, of a new printing house for this paper may interest, a certain section of the community m addition. to "Truth's 1 * large circle of readers and friends. When John Norton first printed and published "Truth" m New Zealand with a . plant •of his own, there were not": a few wiseacres who predicted a short existence for the paper. No doubt the. wish . '■■■ . ■ WAS FATHER TO THE - THOUGHT. As time went on and issue succeeded, issue and. the glory of "Truth" spread far and wide, even imto gaining- the largest and widest circulation of any paper published m the Dominion, pressure was brought to bear on the Government for "Truth's", suppression,' and, be it said to its discredit/the Government went as far as it dared m the matter., .However, there is no: need at this juncture to repeat what is so well known to the public at large. After all.* such trifles are mere circumstances ■ m the establishment of a fearless newspaper "Unawed by influence, and unbribed by gain." At the same time, .it is some satisfaction to be able to report that "Truth" still prevails and prospers. Mr John Norton having acquired the property at present occupied by "Truth," tenders' are now called for a new printing house and commercial and' editorial offices.. .-Theseare ' to take the place of the present premises, which, it might be mentioned, 'though weather-beaten and somewhat dilapidated now.-, at one time m the history of the Empire .' City formed. one of the. first palatial theatres erected; m New Zealand, prior to which it was ■ THE SITE. OP A MAORI' PAH. In-.tnpsfb early days the waters of the harboi lapped the . shores within ' a few. feet of the site, and dusky ' denizens * landed from... their . canoes ■ upon the beach which is to form the foundations ;'for modern establishments ' Mr Norton has also acquired 'property' with frontage to Mannei's-'street, adjoining .the Lukes-lane property, and m addi-, j tidn. to the printing house, and of("fices for the commercial and literary staffs, it is proposed to . erect shops and offices' m Manners-street, which will be quite m with the pi-etentions of the new Opera. Houss, Messrs John Fullers' -new theatre, and other proposed buildings which bid 'fair to make Manners-street one of the -most ■'important'- business thoroughfares m the city. Mr. Norton is now *m England, and upon his v return to New Zealand tenders i. will be called for ' j A LAEG;E BUILDING IN MAN- ; : NERS-STREEt. '. ■ '.- Progressive operations are not to be confined to [concrete and. bricks. By the s.s. "Rotorua," which .arrived here last Tuesday, Messrs R. Hoe & Co., of London, shipped *to Mr Norton's order one of their latest built' improved combination sextuple' rotary presses, arid a ..modern stereotyping plant: The ; capacity .of the printing ; press may be briefly stated as possessing the power to print a newspaper, from .four pages to twenty-four pages m sizq. at from. 12,000 copies to 24.000 copies per hour, m five or less colors, similar to the up-to-date . American Sunday newspapers. It also posseses th e facility of printing; m five colors or all black, folding, stitching, and cut- . ting a ninety-sbc page magazine, with colored cover, ready for sale. That is to ' say,- .that a ' magazine similar to the best English magazines may be produced. in one ;operation. The reels of paper aro placed at' one end of the press arid the COMPLETE MAGAZINE IS PRODUCED at .the other, , printed, folded, covered, and wire, stapled, at, a speed of 9000 per hour. It is also : possible to produce a paper m size and form similar to the Sydney "Bulletin," stitched,. l cut, and dressed m colored cover, m j one operation. To drive this press | which, by the way, will be the first ■ of its class, if not absolutely the-' largest, m. New Zealand, special j electrical equipment has been pur- i chased .■ m England from Messrs .-■! Kohler Bros, .whose control system j 'has been extensively adopted by i j many large newspaper, offices m Eng-- j I land- and America. In addition to being the most efficient electrical power system for printing j>resses, the Kohler control is claimed io be precise, accurate, instant, and infallible. The press will be started or stopped by .1 ,\ . , THE AIEKi: PRESSURE OF A BUTTON, a number of which will be stationed oh different parts of .the press . arid easily accessible. From any of these ! stations the machinist can start, m- j crease or decrease the speed, or stop j the press. The press can be moved ! as little as an eighth of an inch, and i the speed control is from as low as ten, revolutions per minute through intermediate speeds to maxim speed, or from maxim speed to standstill. "Safe" buttons are provided. at each station, and when one of these is ! down it will be impossible to start the press, thus eliminating all possible danger to men who may be employed working on the ma.chine. To. make "Truth's" plant up-to-date m every department Mr Norton proposes 1 to suppleinerit the present battery of type-setting machines by LATEST MODELS IN LINOTYPES. .. . One of .'* these was' installed a few weeks ago, and m the near future others will come along. It will be some months before the installation } the plant and building operations are i completed, after which readers may J expect great things '• m literature 1 emanating from "Truth's" new premises.