The Evening Star. Press Onward! FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1871.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 459, 30 June 1871, Page 2

The Evening Star. Press Onward! FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1871.

It is with great satisfaction that we to-day- present __to_pflg readers ..the. Btekino'SiAJ-.iii, an enlarge^, form; and in doin^ %(T we ld6si*fe*to'-ekpress our .gratitude 3 $o L Ifie public <foi f the. kind and Se^l rWi?BVW^sf%\Y c: h&Y&'y Mjiovmljiy. received, A sm,c§ the Bate"of our "first publication.. .'The. ! Star has now been in existence for a . jear^nd^a-thft-lviaad during that .time, ihort though it day vre haVe< witnessed "fA'&rsb, i^d,last. wsuee of no,incq_t T fe|*hle':.7niu-n^Jßr_ 'of".New' Zealand . IBMf ' _ while our own city has not

been the least distinguished for such ephemeral literature. We thank our friends for the fact that we have not only been enabled to outlive the { diseases of infancy, but that we have ] attained to the state of vigorous health, and development of form, which, we present to-day. We admit that we , are vain enough to suppose that.tjjie J kindness we have received is owing j for the most part to our having dealt i honestly with the public in the treat-1 j ment of every question of public , interest. We know that we have alienated friends, whom we might have retaihed by glozing over abuses ; but we commenced this publication with the avowed intention of freely using the dissecting knife; and we can conscientiously say that we have discovered no abuse deserving of exposure that we have not exposed, regardless alike of friends and foes. We have wantonly wounded no on«s feelings ; but when necessity demanded we have spoken in Anglo-Saxon, leaving feelings to take care of themselves. We have been threatened with various law-suits, and, not in the spirit of bravado, we have expressed our readiness to submit our statements to the opinion of a jury, and for much more that we have said we should have been similarly threatened had it not become apparent that such threats are wasted. This style of thing has apparently pleased the public, which likes plain speaking. And although we have by no means been successful in correcting

all the abuses to which we have called public attention, we have done the next best thing, we have deserved success.

As we have done in the past so shall we do in the future, but having larger space at our disposal we shall probably make our strictures more influential.

It is not an unusual thing to hear disregard for the press expressed. As this is tantamount to saying that it signifies nothing what the public hear or think, :it is a duty to make public opinion felt, and when wrong-doers say that they ido not feel the lash of the press, it is a duty to lay it on more heavily. "We shall try to do so. The smallness of our size may have marred our usefulness in the past ; we trust that with increased size we shall evince corresponding vigour, and we hope for corresponding influence. For some-time we ihave been contemplating enlarging this journal, but the favours of our advertising friends have at length compelled it. We, therefore, at the commencement of the fourth half-year of our existence Imake our respectful bow to the public with, we trust, an improved appearance, and with the assurance that in the future as in the past we shall be faithful to the interests of the public, and above all else, to truth.