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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1266, 3 February 1883, Page 2

There were no cases for hearing at the Re sident Magistrate's Court this morning.

*The Poverty Bay Standard has on very many occasions been accused of “ strong ” writing, of using slang, and of not keeping up that tone a newspaper should. We feel “strong”: sometimes, and therefore write strong, I We believe in the maxim taught and i known by every college boy, “ When ' you hit, hit hard.’’ If you wish to expose anything do so plainly, and in language ail can understand We are of opinion, that a paper, having at heart the interests of. the people, should be so written that a child can take it up, and understand its contents. We admit we do write strong, simply because we place before the public facts. Facts are facts, and no doubt many people imagine, because we publish “ plain unvarnished truths ’’ that we are actuated by ulterior motives. This is not so. We discover that a certain evil exists, and then, without hesitatingly expose it without respect for or fear of any person. This is rhe only excuse we can offer for our “ strong” writing. As to the accusa- :■ tion of using slang, we certainly are, in a measure guilty, but slang has be- | come so incorporated with the English i language, that it is difficult to avoid i it. Slang is, however, sometimes parI cularly expressive, and more can be ; conveyed in a short word at times than • could be given in a lengthy paragraph. ; As to keeping up the tone of a newspaper, well, every one seems to know all about it, so but little need be said. It is the old story of “ The old man .and the ass.” If we try to please one we offend another. Our idea of running a newspaper may be different to that possessed by our detractors, but we are determined not to pander to ■ any one person to the detriment of the i community. Act with us fairly, and j you will be treated fnirlybut when you ’ attempt tn dictate to ns any particular i course we are to follow, we arc bound i (more slang), to get our back up. We i are not gilt-edged, and look uu John ' Smith, if he be an honest man, as ", being every whit a good as Lord ■ Knows Who, and, at our hands, shall receive as much consideration.