Notes and Events.

Manawatu Herald, 23 December 1893, Page 3

Notes and Events.

Colonials are right in taking the highsst developcment of any enter prise as a standard, but it also is apt to cause them to depreciato the efforts that must be made in the early 'history of all such institutions. Rome was not built in a day, nor did the London Times come out a hundred years ago in quite such large sheets as it does now. Everything must have a start, even Ig^riouß man wjßis born insignificant. ■ VvTafe led to make these remarks as some of our readers seem to think that a paper after the present London Times would be more suited to the town than the present issue oL the Herald. Nothing would give us greater pleasure than to issue one in everyway equal to the Great Thunderer, if, a modest but important little word, advertisers would make -ill worth our while to lay out the very large capital necessary. At present we do our best and have never missed a chance to meet our friends in the , increasing support which is earning 'to us. 1 We have increased our issueß by one-third, we have given extra reading matter in each issue, and we have secured capable, and interesting correspondents, and we have the position of being the first country paper to introduce the new photo-electrotype in our columns. We would do more and will when the time is ripe, but that is not just yet.

We have travelled a long way from the London Times of August 1800, and therefore have to retrace our steps. This issue* is printed on thick coarse paper which is not even white. The size of the page is '19inehea by 12|ihches. There are only four pages, with four columns to a page, and there are only 6£ columns of reading matter. The paper was published at sixpence a copy. To show the bona fides of the copy, the small s is printed like f with the half stroke, making the reading, until you get accustomed to it, like one reading with a lisp.

At the present moment there is a telephone between London and Paris, by which immediate communication can be held between the two capitals. To show the immense change that has taken place within the 93 years, the Times commences its paragraphs with this announcement : "An Evening Paper of last night states that an American gentlemen arrived at Portsmouth from France, has brought with him Pans papers of so late a dajfce aflithe sth instant of which 'the^;foll6wiage extracts are given.' f Four days, bo late a date ! ! !