AN EDITOR'S LAMENT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 820, 27 June 1879, Page 2

AN EDITOR'S LAMENT.

. [To the Editor of the Herald.] Sir, — By a mere accident, this morning's issue of the Standard (the standard of wheat ? — certainly not literary perfection, or anything creditable to either " the Proprietor " or the district) came into my hands. In common with many others, I never see the " ensign," and as I am regularly posted up m everythingmoving by my. Herald, the news U stale by the time it has been spun into a cob-web, besides which, the editor seems to think that his private grievances are of sufficient interest to commend his paper to the public, and doses his few remaining readers with " leaders " on the inconveniences lie is caused to suffer, or the wrongs done to him, by others riot taking the same views of subjects as' he does. His leading article (save the mark !) to-day is a fine specimen, of his volatile, versatile and self-laudatory style. He complains that certain bodies do not advertise m his paper, when the fact is patent to everyone but " The Proprietor " that it is needless to do so ; m fact, merely money thrown away, when greater publicity can be given to any notice by inserting it m another paper, which everybody sees and reads every evening m town snd every morning m the country, Then he puffs himself up by stating that he subscribes liberally to any and all movements initi-ated — balls, races, theatres," &c. Well, if he does, what of it ? Other people do the same from ' far more disinterested motives. They give their money freely to forward the enterprise, j whatever it may be ; but he expects to get his back and something to boot, by advertisements and printing. Oh, what an innocent world this is ! The less your contemporary says about becoming a member of any of the"* 'secret societies" the better. Certain questions are indispensable, and there is such a naughty, thing as "black-balling." Finally, lie considers it his " duty" to fill his paper': with his foolish complaints, and patronisingly pats the offending society on 1 the head, as he might a little child, and promises to give it his support, notwithstanding its errors of omission and commission. Truly, lie deserves much praise for not blotting his offenders out of existence at one full swoop of his mighty pen. — Yours, &c, A Member of a Sborbi Sockets'/; > Gisborne, June 26, 1870 ' '"' [These kind of letters are not to our taste. We prefer pursuing' the even tenor of our way, leaving our contemporaries to do the same. —Ed.]