TAUPO TIMES

Taupo Times, Volume II, Issue 52, 14 January 1953, Page 2

TAUPO TIMES

' THE EDITORSHIP At ihe end of the present rnont^i Mr C. J. McKinnon will vacate the editorial chair of the Taupo Times, and will be succeeded by Mr Ralph H. Ward. Mr McKinnon, who was assoeiated with the original provisional comniittee which founded the Times, undertook the editorship until such time as its progress warranted a more permanent arrangement, and a suitable successor was available. It thas now been possible for the Board1 of Directors to re-arrange matters to enable him, at his own request for urgent personal reasons, to re* tire once more into private life. Mr Ward has been a va.lued contributor to the Times as the aathor of the series, "Tales of the Taupo Country," and has also been closely associated with the Editor as a contributor of news items and reports. The Directors have everf confidence in his ability to carry on in the best tradition of sound journalism. Mr McKinnon's services will still be available in a consultafive capacity. To Our Subscribers. Readers will note from our editorial pages that we celebrate our first anniversary with this issue. Subserrptions that were taken {out twelve nionth ago now become due. We thank all our readers for their support during the >past year and especially those who live in distant paris of the countiy. Their help has been most encouraging and we trust tbat they will continue to snbscribe to our paper. We now have a postal circulatlon of over 300 copies — with retail circulation, nett saies are approaching the thousand inark. Wherever possible we would ask our local readers to purchase their copy of the TAUPO TIMES through their local store if they can do so with.out inconvenience. In view of ihe recent increase of pcstal-rates which nearly doubles our postage bill eaoh week v/e mosf regretfully f ind its necessary to readjust our postal subscriotion rate to 1 F'/- per year-— an increase of 2/- on the past year. Any readers who are on holiday may re-new their subscriptions at Mr M. L. Svensen's' office in Houhou Street. f