Tuapeka Times. AND GOLDFIELDS REPORTER AND ADVERTISER. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1873.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 263, 13 February 1873, Page 4

Tuapeka Times. AND GOLDFIELDS REPORTER AND ADVERTISER. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1873.

'•MEASURES. NOT MEN."

Five years; ago the Tuapeka Times first saw the light. Its establishment was encompassed with difficulties, greater than which ordinarily attend the starting of a journal. Formidable opposition had to be encountered by the unaided energy of the proprietors, ai\d the inherent conservatism of "Britons, which impels, them to adhere to unpopular institutions, simply because they exist, l\ad to be attacked. The first conflict won, a still severer one ensnea. And in it the Tuapska Times also proved the victor. Since then, the course of this journal has been clear. But the wounds received, in the fierce struggles, first for existence and then for mastery, long remained unhealec^, impeding its onward progress. Now, however, nought but the scars remain ; and the remembrance of a victorious past, giving promise of a prosperous future. The success which has attended the Tuapeka Times, we attribute solely to one cause. " Measures! not men," was the motto we inscribed^ on the first slieet we issued, and to., it we have faithfully adhered. With pride we say we never knowingly diverged from it. When, we,, established ' ourselves in Tuapeka, our ambition was to, publish a newspaper to advocate the cause of the goldtields — then sadly in need of an advocate — and to endeavor to. the utmost of gu/ power to advance the interests of all districts, so., far as they were consonant with the. eternal principles of justice. Whether our efforts in these directions have been successful or otherwise, we leave our readers to determine. But that these exertions have been appreciated, we have received the most satisfactory evidence. Ever since its establishment as an unpretending four-page.neivs-paper, the circulation of the Tuapeka Times lias steadily increased. Public support and encouragement, and proofs of public confidence have ever freely been accorded. At times our politics have been considered treasonous, and we have been threatened with a withdrawal of support. Whether popular or j unpopular, \ve have never swerved ! from the path of rectitude ; we have never allowed personal prepossessions or private interest to interfere with the public good. We have more than once nailed our colors to the mast, and determined rather than forsake what we considered truth and justice, that our venture should be.'swamped. But we have found that the public respect honest and manly conduct ; and although our opinions raight be afe. variance with those, of our readers, our subscription lists never sensibly suffered. As we previously stated, since we issued a &u.r-4>age sheets our

circulation has been always on the increase. We have endeavored to keep pace with the public demands, and have consequently, whenevei* it seemed desirable, increased the size an.d improved, in other ways, our journal It is no w.. treble the size of any newspaper published on the gpjdtields. As. a consequence of repeated and continuous improvements, \t possess, a circulation considerably larger than that of all the other goldfields journals added together. Further improvements, to keep, pace, with the advancing requirements of the times, will be made as soon as arrangements, now in active progress, are completed. We have determined that the Tuapeka Times shall be second to none in Otago. In conclusion, we venture to express a hope, that with increased circulation, our sphere of usefulness has extended. We know that our political influence has greatly increased, and continues increasing. Whatever power in this di.mGtio.n we acquire, shall in the future, as it has been in the past, be used for the benefit of the goldtields. Whatever is for- the advantage of the goldtields shall ever find in us an advocate; to expose grievances we will ever be ready ; and to foster enterprise for the development of Otago's latent wealth, none shall be, more willing. To our motto we will stand true ; and our pen shall always iv the future, as in the past, be wielded For the cause th,at lacks assistance, For the wrong 3 that need resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do..