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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 990, 25 October 1881, Page 2

In submitting the present issue to our readers it will be seen that the Standard appears in an enlarged form, under the new proprietorship, and- as a triweekly instead of a bi-weekly publication, the days of issue being Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Nothing will be left undone to make the Standard a popular and interesting vehicle for the conveyance of news ; nothing will be left undone to make the Standard a thoroughly free, outspoken journal, unbiassed by party influences ; and nothing will be left undone to make the Standard a welcome and looked-for necessary in every household. By strenuous efforts to accomplish the above we trust to be enabled to shortly claim that we. are the possessors of the best advertising medium published on the East Coast. Particular attention will be paid to all matters of public import, and free access to our columns will be given to all who have, or think they have, a grievance the public should be made aware of—provided always that their language is couched in fit and proper terms, and that nothing libellous is asserted. We of course shall decline to insert letters showing personal spleen, because such contributions simply gratify private malice, and do not interest the greater portion of our readers. One thing we would especially promise our readers, and that is, our pen shall ever be moist with ink to write in aid of “ the cause that lacks assistance,” shall never cease to flow in opposition to the wrong that needs resistance,” or fail to urge “ the future in the distance.” and all “ the.good that we can do.” It shall be our constant study to supply true and accurate reports of anything of interest without fear or favor, but at the same time to uphold the tone of the Standard, and have nothing inserted which can possibly give offence to the most fastidious. Our political motto is “ Progress,” and everythingbeneficial to the district, we will warmly uphold, whilst everything calculated to retard its advancement, we shall as warmly descry. And now as to onrselves :—We are a young firm, just starting on the troubled sea of journalism, and sincerely hope that our friends, and well wishers, will bear in mind that every shilling is of consequence to us, and that the more monetary assistance we receive, the more valuable we shall be enabled to make our paper to our readers.