The Evening Star. MONDAY, MAY 8, 1871.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 413, 8 May 1871, Page 2

The Evening Star. MONDAY, MAY 8, 1871.

PEESOtfAJL. A person csled Field, who has a lead of huxtering printing place somewhere in the city, has had the aueacity to p'iack the Eyjbning Stae in a little fly-sheet issued from his mr.-g-e. 'We appear to hare trodden on his co as ii our cri'icism of the catalogue of the ociety of Artists, which, it seem-;, had been executed br ■ his Field, doubtless in a manner as wel! a^ his_ limited appl-aices would admit, but which wes redly in its "get up" very unworkmanlike. N Ey the two morning papers (in neither of which anyone connected with the Evesting Star ever wro'e one word on this subjeo!.), it was condemned, as a not very creditable exmbuion, as it mfcat possi.ly be

vegeatiej. J:y pei-so^s at ~■ distance j.3 an Auckland, specimen of tne development of " art" in piinting.' We believe W3 stated in the Stab that it appeared a; if printed at Tokangarnatu. Wirereupon .his parson attilb.les to us an anljacsity against him aiiaiog,.:: some not very intelligible way. cut o.'n alleged disputed account between Ze proprietors of 'Ah jocra .! r..id the commlvL^e of the Mechanics' Insti.ui.e. .la wc Jhj.pnen J;o have been engaged i i the operation of ii^p;ng o^ten Ihe abu ej of thai leJ argic ':/.Siiiut on, t c jlTPjlx Field makes omnion cause as a member of that esLab'ishment, and represents hiuself as involved in he fierce.res" of ou animosny. Be:n; a"p Vof the present eneyg.-tx rid courL-eous tecreJary of the Institute, ho discourses iibel- '. .usly on the uibjecfc; but r: the sr^e of he nrngle do:s not ap v; -i sufficient'^ p-..y law costs, we wr.ive.Zre Hbel for i c •resest. Wild reference J • ;Jae d'sputsil account, wlr'eh apprrrs to have been for a very trivial amount, "~ is well know.* .0 l.jj omur ,:e of the InstiJute, the dZfe.*ence was rnknown to tho person at Lack d in ihe MZle fly-sheet, who viz-: wholly unr.wa.eof Jhe circumstrnce, from being accustomed to tr.ke no shave 'n questions relating to the advertising columns ; md the rmount :'n dispute was .so smrJl that it seems a very little tiring Jo have originated all ova: criticisms, c.na especially to have tempted us to have provoked the thunder fhat has prcc:sdecl from the m?ngle. Without giving any authority we re-asser j that it Tra.n intended to give tha contract for the printing of the cat_logues of the Mechanics' Inst:----j lute Jo Field. That person wss present ; with Luc secretary of the Institute wi.-en j the open tender, which has secured the contract, was received ; and whether fro_i ise amou.:.t tendered being so low fchfcu LJiere w..s no room for tidd!ey-wink-ing, q? \ om the lash of ou? criaci m jeing raised ever somebody's head, r : absurdly high tender was given in y Field, .lue game was ivo. ye hr.ye nipped this, as wj aid the s..le of the chen'.c.: 1 apparatus ; and all's well :ha" ends we!1.. The eclogue will ow he- creditably pri .1, the tender or Jones and Tombs lav ;, been accepted, and the subscribers' cio: y will .rave be-n judiciously exoond. I on a work t_. be i^ueJ f"om on; o? io legi'imaJe printing establishments of Ze city. Ihemm of the mangle know* «;s nc\ or b.e wc.nl'. not suppose that d .veiling c zt world deter us fVcm the gratiTier :icn wh. :et vre fe?l mr. loping open an abnso. So long as a committee that hrs fois! d i'cz'ii o:i the Institute continues j conduct the establishment in a way tl.'ai has ma-no its name a bye-word, so long she.! we keep the public eye fixed en the Mechanics' Institute. And as for the man Field, we r. v-?.. not his mangle ; but f .:e desirs ic-vzcz n possession of it, we wou'd r-tcomme d him to beware, aod T,ot ' a second t:mo _, p::s«j uithm the Jin'ts of libs 1.