THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE." HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, March 8, 1917 COST OF NEWSPAPERS.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 8 March 1917, Page 2

THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE." HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, March 8, 1917 COST OF NEWSPAPERS.

IN the course of his Presidential address at the Annual Conference of the Newpaper Proprietors' Association, Mr Selig said that newspaper owners had grave reason for concern regarding future paper supplies. The first shock of the New Year was the failure of the essential shipment from Powell River. Contracts made for 1917-18 were : " Freight at buyers' risk." Twelve months ago he had referred to the fact that the cost of the output of newspapers had gone up by leaps and bounds. All materials that entered into the production of the newspaper had continued to increase in price, and the principal offices had had to face an increase in the price of news printing paper of nearly 25 per cent compared with pre-war figures. Metal, ink, and other materials, also wages, cost of cable service and telegrams had also largely increased. All over the world somewhat similar conditions prevailed, and they must face here, as elsewhere, the question of raising the selling price of papers to the puplic, to, in some measure, recount these heavy additional expenses in production. After a very full discussion by the largest meeting of newspaper proprietors held in the Dominion for many years, it was unanimously resolved —That this meeting of members of the Newspaper Proprietors' Association of New Zealand is of opinion thatj in view of the enormous increase, in the price of news printing paper, and the increase^ cost pf material and of working expenses in practically all departments of newspaper production., the time has arrived when an Increase in the selling of New Zealand newspapers can no longer be avoided, such change to come into force on April 2. -