"THE SUN."

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1979, 9 February 1914, Page 8

"THE SUN."

: A NEW METROPOLITAN DAILY. An addition has been mado to tho list of daily metropolitan newspapers in tho C'hristchurch *Sun,' an evening paper, which made its debut on Friday last. Tho new arrival among the "brief chroniclcs of tho times" is neatly printed and rather smaller in sizo than the average daily newspaper. The arrange- : ment of the matter leaves little to be desired, whilst tho clean-faced typo em- 1 ! ployed makes for easy reading. Other than tho ordinary range of news items . the "Sun" issued on Friday ail illustrated two-page sporting review, the opening chapter of ft story by William Le Queux, andean article dealing with tho genesis of tho paper. As io-r its politics, it takes up an independent attitude. On this point let ilio "Sun" j speak for itself: _ . ( "On political and social questions the policy of , 'Tho Sun" will be broadminded and independent. Extreme,partisanship is the bano of journalism in this country as it is nearly everywhere : else, and tho perpetual bickering of party newspapers soon becomes tiresome to a dogree, and - a weariness to the ! flesh. It cair bo explained, if not ex- ' cusod, by the fact that most newspaper writers find it easier to criticise a«d irn-. puto motives than advance constructive proposals and ideas. The former method invariably generates the... maximum amount of friction aud ill-feeling, and 1 contributes nothing towards the forma* tion of a sound public opinion. 'The Sun' hopes to bo more useful to the ■ community than.that. It is quito likely that it will differ Very sharply from some of our politicians and public meii on matters of national interest and importance, but when it does so, it will bo because 'The Sun' thinks ifc can suggest a better method of reaching tlio goal that we are all striving for, via., the common good,"