THE FUTURE STAFF OF THE NELSON EXAMINER.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 14, Issue 725, 11 October 1869, Page 3

THE FUTURE STAFF OF THE NELSON EXAMINER.

(From the Nelson Examiner.)

ifitoM a recent article of our contemporary [the Nelson Cjlonist] we learn not only the authorship of a particular leader which has appeared in our columns, but also that >\ series of articles from the p3ns of Sir D. Monro, Mr Stafford, and Mr J. 0. Rich* raond, will shortly appear in them. Wo heartily congratulate our readers upon this brilliant accession to our staff. As their authority will be unimpeachable, no less, indeed, than that of the Colonist itself, we beg our friends to make the fact known in hll directions. We have already taken all necessary measures, and have provided for ,i trebled circulation. We must not forget ro tender our best thanks to our contem.' porary, no less for his unselfishness in ina* king this arrangement —though we could have wished to be consulted —than for his consideration and courtesy in advertising it so effectually to the Nelson, or, may we not say, the New Zealand world. There are no men in this colony who possess nearly so intimate an acquaintance with public affairs; none who can comment with equal authority upon events as they occur ; certainly no more brilliant or able writers than those whose pens he has so kindly retained for us. In return, will our contemporary permit us to hint that, although personal comments even upon the defective teeth or hair of an opponent's female relatives, appear not to be uncommon in the press of some parts of America, such licence is rarely taken by well conducted journals ? Mr Slurk himself, though ho was under the painful necessity of speaking of the editor of the Ealanswill Independent as a " most unparalleled and unmitigated viper," respected the veil—in small communities necess»rily thin —which is supposed to con« ceal the personality of the press, and did not mention that journalist by name. Shall we be suggesting too high a standard if we venture to commend Mc Slurk's, reticenca to the Colonist ? How will the Colonist's friends, Messrs. Fox, Vogel, and Macandrew—for he is the backbone (and a supple one) of the present Ministry, feel with a paper conducted as the Colonist assures the public that the Examiner of the future is to be conducted?