New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-24
THE AUSTRALIAN EDITOR
INTER rsTING AND AMUSING FEATURES
OF COLONIAL JOURNALISM.
From The Pail Mall Gazette.

I'd whom n knowledge OF the shotgun was the
FIRST requisite in the drectns ol a ts ,aps
have gone by and even in America the stories
~ these good old times have probably peen ex-
aegerated For a township which mas got as faf
as having a newspaper VIII aIso nav ."o .,
three LAWYERS and one of the coohiais chel
amusements Is getting into lawsuits IL IS true
an up-couDtry paper addressed ITS patrons as
won rascals'' In leader not long ago. and
onother wished to know why the editor OF The
Pcrth gazette cannot tell the truth But these
are exceptions The bush editor, having no com
no,itIon 10 under no necessity or making his
$780, snicv and the unlimited use of scissors
md paste takes much less trouble
Ono ~ the most interesting points about bush
Journalism Is the romance ana rcser.nc , Wild
still cling to the editorial we hpp1oach,
gentlemen, approach. | am man Just IKE your
selves" said an up-country editor TO ueputa.
ton once. And though every one km"wS t nat
eve are a printers devil. the edi,or TWO
| daurhters (who direct envelopes ana hlinse!L
| still he Is made to feel that his IS a position
which would turn the head Oh VIM dndnrs a'' are
| Acknowledged even by those who write thcn,
| to have little influence on the reaurt III 'nosI
countries. and the bush editor Won ~ piop"u,
not have his weekly leader at all n 1t was not
| the regular thing to do and IL he mac enough
An ,dvantare Of his occupation is the connec-
ton II has with the public-house as ne IS readily
sunplied with free drinks for himself ana his
| friends. This Is not so much lor ocCls,o'eu
"pars" in his paper or adVer,lstnentS 80" as
for the increase OF trade resulting from ms
| friends treating him in return. lie is also com
| monIv a man OF conVcrsat iOnal powers able TO
sing or recitc qualities when are APT 10 ara"
| crowd and encourage thirst
| The bush newspaper must often be pers"lA
The sydney Spectator" once asserted that we
are an old fashioned fellow. We nave a con-
| science" THE sydney Times Extraordinary
has asked: will it be credited by our suDscrib-
ers that the editor has been lately annoyed Dy
the want Of 1852" "Our staff tsc) has not YET
| recovered from the effects OF the late holidays;
we trust our readers will overlook the dry ap..
pearancc Of the paper this week, suggests GOOD
MANAGEMENT as does the bald announcement
that owing to Unforeseen circumstances QUIZ
last Issue did not appear!
EDITORIAL IMPECUNIOsITY.
Finances are always a serious consideration
where the subscribers (often deep in dcbo only
number a few hundred but they were more
directly alluded TO some years ago can we
afford 10 publish gratis was the burden OF
lcadcrcttc in The sydney Gazette. ana the
same paper offered 10 accept either wheat or
money In payment. a certain MI S'nltn WAS
alluded - as this mean snob OF a smith VINO
has had our paper for two years and advertised
In Il. and have never yet seen ms money
and SO on for half column ending with MT:
Smith has just called and paid the money o..
This iupccuniosity is not surprising, considering
that the first Governor OF Queensland on ms ar.
rival found scVcnpencc IN the Treasury. and that
vas stolen the following night The Voice In
the Wilderness can appropriate name IN q
LEADING article mentioned some years ago 'h'i
"thc', is NOR" dsagrceahle task for an cd
tor than having 10 make his own NIX when
one can believe.
But in spite - his primitive life. the bush ed
ltor is commonly man OF many parts, VINO
could command good salary on a frst-class
sydney or Melbourne paper. only FOR the vaga-
. rios 4 a constitution which requires StnuianS
/ at frequent Intervals. lie has led varied life
and has an excellent knowledge of the world
Mistakes are due To pure Carclossn"ss. THE
effect r the holidays on our staff" explains the
ref, renee 10 the Diseased Wfe's sister I'M IN
Il bush paper not long ago The willows OF our
church want washing badly; they ar" disgrace
To the township" should have read windows"
a ha ~ hos
b a shivWrcck stated that the captain and an
Other barrel II whiskcy rolled overheard with
- pos -ihlv uuintcntional accuracy.
Tho English Times has made as bad mis-
, takes IN publishing news from Australia When
land il reported that his wife had given birth
\ To twins the eldest being son. the dihculty
being that Sir Arthur WAS at that time unmar-
ricd The cahlcgram read twins first SON in
stead Of turns first sod" referring TO the max
: Ing OF 4 railway.
COLONIAL DiRECTNESS.
The bush paper may be said to really consist
Of two parts. advertisements OF local sales and
clippings. "Aut scissors aut nullus' was the
motto our editor adopted. but the outlying set
tier has other way Of finding the dates OF
sheep and cattle sales but through our col
umns." In the township Itself few Will sub
scribe except those who do SO from motives OF
policy. Advertisements such. as "Wantcd
man who do compound interest are UNI
English and another Of wanted. young man
tn be- partly out-of-doors and partly inside an
hot"l' compelled correspondent to ask what
would happen when the door shut. \ par
stating that a Thousand gallons Of whiskcy arc
missionary" provoked Il remonstrancc from the
local clergy. Libel is speciality IN small com
munitics where half the population are engaged
In hating the other half and even arises iro'n