Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1871.
The first number of the Heroic! imder its new proprietary was published this morning. We note a great improvement in its general appearance. In place of the rather awkward half sheet of 14 columns it is now issued as a fourpage journul of 24 columns. The size also is much more handy than it has hitherto been. " The Grindstone " is the singular title of a literary periodical published at Runanga, a copy of which Me have seen. It is a manuscript paper, and as a specimen of literary and artistic skill excels anything of the kind we have hitherto met with. It is written on white foolscap, surrounded by a bordet in red ink. The text—we had almost written letterpress—is adorned with numerous illustrative sketches j some of which, attached to the initial letters, are perfect gems, and would bear comparison with those in any English magazine. The number we saw contained an account of the ascent of Tongariro, illustrated with beautifully-executed water-color-drawing? of the scenery and a map of the country, besides minor sketches illustrating the misadventures of the party. The " Grindstone "is apparently not the only liteiary production of this region, for in a cartoon we observe a youth labelled "Public Opinion " presenting Miss Grindstone with an apple, dla ?an>, while two rival beauties, named respectively "Mosquito" and "Gridiion" seem much incensed at the award. "Mosquito" seems to have been a thorn in the side of the editor, for in the tail-piece we find him, apparently irritated beyond endurance, transfixing the hapless insect on a pen, previously sharpened to extreme fineness on the "Grindstone." As we have only been favored with a sight of the paper, we cannot give any extracts, but it seems altogether a very creditable production. We should like well to see also the redoubtable " Mosquito."
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 982, 1 April 1871, Page 2
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314Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1871. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 982, 1 April 1871, Page 2
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