Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The' Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29,1884. OURSELVES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 145, 29 November 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard ( PUBLISHED DAILY.) The' Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1884. OURSELVES.

.• '■•"; : " T 4 ; — ♦ ' Witii to-day's issue the' Manawatu STANi>AED enters upon another, year ot, its existence, , We feel it pur duty on f his occasipk to gratefully Acknowledge the very: substantial support .accorded to us during the past year, and more particularly during the latter portion of that period. Both by advertisers and subscribers the most liberal fiatronage hag beeri\ extetid«l, aittl Ye hav.e frequently '-Wperienced considerable aiffic'ult^fn^ finding spice; for the advertisements /that sKojuld appeal m piir column^., We^biave; exerted ourselves to testify our appreciation of this ' pa>rodage by making the Stand akd Worthy of the suppdri.gifen it,V'an|L further features of improvement will be carried out before long. We ; have spared neitner trbubf^hor /e^nse '. m thd matter of distribution, our very extensive: circulation all over the district warranting us m the outlay Tequired m the, method of deliWfV. The past year m our exis--.teflpe l?a* not been without its vicis--"jßim^e^'anJ attendant worry; but by steady perseverance, . application and industry; combined with the requisite enterprise the Standard has monthly month; steadily; ssr; vanced further % and furthei- ahead. We may say liere that our motto : Ihas been, is and sh'aU be, Piiogress. "We have no inteh'tiori 1 'of ! standing still,' or thinking of doing so. We have yet, much, tp achieye, which we. trust to do m tKefiitiire. Before long; Palmerston willbe the centre,by f uninterrupted railway communication, of a vast area of fbrtile country, which must m: course of tjni^ support a numerous r . population. Many settlements- wtll yet ispring up, now not thought of; and it is,, burli ambitionii— and ♦we landable one--to extend our field, of operations further afield, as the cpuntify gets opened' up by roads and railways, and its Waste lands are settled with thjifty and prosperous yeomen, settlers* We are glad to be able to say Wat indications /are; not wanting that the v district is on the eve of better times, and 1 that after the New Year briskness and prosperity may be expected «?nce| more to cheer 1 the hearts 'of the settlers and tradespeople; The recent depression has been .felt. by us as much as any business undertaking or local iudustry m the* place, but we have ever " put our best foot foremqst,? to usft-a-homely but expressive, phrase, an^i hoped and struggled on, confident ■ that, brighter .days were ,m, store. *What would life' be without to illumine our intermitteht peripds of T gloom, arid encourage us to tei n^wed exertions? Our journalistic interests are identical with those of the district. If it advances, so must we ; and if it retrogrades or is stagnant, prosperity cannot be pur , individual portion. !We ; are full'of' hopes and antieipationeas to, the fiir tare, most of which we ar^ sanguine enough to believe wiH be &ve«tu*ily i realized. 'In cohclusiou, we may sure our readers that we intend to keep pace with the progressive elei ment which is proverbially characteristic of the district; and indeed, if anything, we shall strive to be

m cadvance and lead the way. We are firm believers m the motto, " Nothing- venture, nothing win, 1 ' as we have 'proved its correctness if controlled by moderate and discreet counsels ;< and , our firm determination is to venture boldly during our career m the future, confident that the due reward of merit and enterprise'will%ot be withheld.-