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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 June 1924, Page 6

OURSELVES.

■To-day the Star is printed on a new and modern printing press, of which details are given on page nine. This signifies progress, and the advantages secured are such that we are better equipped than ever to keep the Star in

the forefront as the representative daily journal of South Taranaki. When the late Mr W. A. Parkinson went to England in 1920 he was closely studying the question of an improved printing press for the Star and making inquiries in the hope that some improved type of machine to suit our requirements w T as being developed. We now possess such a machine, and our only regret to-day is that the man who did so much to bring the Star to its present standard and so much good in this community is not with us to see the forward step taken on wdiich lie had set his heart. As we have made plain elsewdiere everything connected with the installation has passed so pleasantly and successfully that we are confidently looking fonvard to a continuance of conditions favourable to further service on behalf of the community and district which has so loyally and generously supported this journal in the past. Our readers will doubtless have already noticed some alteration in the title of the paper, the old style being too cumbersome in present circumstances. Also the size of the pages have been somew'liat reduced, but our readers will find that this w'ill not lead to any decrease of total of reading matter issued in the week. The simple fact is that there is a considerable variation in the quantity of matter to be printed on different days in the week. The flexibility of the new' machine installed will enable us to carry a larger or lesser load as the occasion requires, and we can with confidence assert that reader and advertiser alike will be even better catered for than in the past.