The Press.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 23 October 1914, Page 2

The Press.

The 'Tjre'ss:'plays, ■ .en .considerable part in the daily life of "the" average man or, woman., No day is considered, complete' some portion' of, which is not devoted ;to a'perusal' of the newspaper. The newspaper; indeed, forms the sole /intellectual pabulum,of vast numbers of readers>;;: It is:., the ~ jpopr; jrnan's ; , eiicy- ~ clopaedia., ~..There is. no phase of life' which the newspaper leaves untouched. It panders to the lowest instincts o.fr a sensationrloviivg , pub- J lie, it soars into? the r high regions of: divinity and philosuphy, it discourses .. learnedly " :'about ' 'science and art "and' literature, 'it" !>giVes'' racing "tips," if is a nio'ine'ntary'' microcosm, p^ the world. We accept the ". afj ffljysteripus pow'er t itl^at i< works (quite literally) in the night.. Of that vast army of labour without which no news-paper^-.c'onijtl eyerr ije delivered atj obf-^'frerit^doo'f^thivt i|fi;)ny'./pf l%ds- ■' ;tors, sub-edifcorsj - t ..news editors, reporters, reviewers, v compositors, readers,, ..^distributors, and : a..liundred■•- -other-STrrwe -/-have , v no icojneeption. ; -_~ v ;;.^ -■» ~,-.....-^ C-'I X X Lff j^J