CONGRATULATIONS

New Zealand Tablet, 17 November 1921, Page 27

CONGRATULATIONS

' It is with unfeigned pride and satisfaction we .offer our congratulations to the Otago Daily Times, on attaining its sixtieth birthday. Sixty years is a long period, in newspaper life, and no journal' reaches that venerable age unless it has made itself a literary necessity to the community. "The discerning public of this province would not have supported the Times 'so loyally and so long had they not found in its columns the light and guidance that welledited papers undertake to furnish, Newspaper men take a professional pride in the advances made in journalism, and the literary achievements of one journal shed a reflected glory upon all. It was, therefore, with keen satis- ■ faction we read on November 15 the encomiums pronounced •by our public men upon the valuable work done for New Zealand by the Times during its sixty years, and we wish to echo the words of praise bestowed upon the past and present heads of its several departments. At such a time in its long history, no discordant note should be heard in the chorus of congratulations. Hence, we wish to remember only the happy occasions when we saw big issues eye-to-eye with it and when the powerful daily magnanimously supported the few against the many. No student of Otago’s past can ignore the materials for history in the columns of our jubilarian. The Timex has watched this province almost since Otago was in swaddling-clothes and has recorded faithfully every development that gave Otago its pride of place in New Zealand. The Diamond Jubilee issue of last Tuesday is a literary triumph of which any newspaper might well he proud and, of itself, forms a document that is no small contribution to the history of Otago. To all who have taken part in making the Otago Daily Timex the great organ that it now is, we tender our sincere congratulations. <v<V> EDITORIAL NOTE In connection with the present visit of his Excellency the Apostolic Delegate to the Dominion, a special illustrated supplement to the Tablet will be presented next week. This issue will have particular reference to Christchurch, and will contain a full report of Archbishop Cattaneo’s visit to that city. In due course similar supplements will he issued having reference to his Excellency’s visit to Wellington and Auckland. The whole series, when complete, will form an admirable souvenir of one of the most important events in the history of the Church in this Dominion. <X*>