The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-06-14
Bulletin and the Star Are TO Be
Combined Under One
Management.
DEAL is ALMOST THROUGH
w. R. harrington Is to Be the
Business Manager of
Combine.

After July ] there will be but two
daily papeers printed in English in Ho,
nolulu. for on that date the Star and
the Bulletin, afternoon sheets, will COM
bine their forces and issue as one
paper. with W. R. Harrington as busi-
ness manager, and some one. whose
name is as yet unknown, as editor.
Such was the gist of the statement
made yesterday afternoon by Frank Q.
Atherton, general manager of the Star
company, and representing the largest
interest among the owners of that
paper Mr. Atherton said that he did
not care at the present time to say
more than that the two papers have
at last come together and would be
issued as one, and that the formal
details of the deal are now in the
hands of attorneys for working out in
legal shape.
When first asked regarding the COM
bination of his paper with that of the
Star company Mr.. Harrington declined
to make any statement, nor would he
go farther than to admit that the de-
tails of the deal are now under consid-
Grafton and nothing would be done
until July /. "Whatever Mr.. Atherton
says is perfectly correct" he con
cluded.
Atherton Talks.
Mr.. Atherton was but slightly more
communicative. "There is very little
that / am at liberty to say just now, "
he began. 81 have just finished con-
ference with Mr.. Harrington at which
the outlines of the merger of the two
papers were discussed, and it was de-
cided to place the matter in the hands
of attorneys for drawing up of the
necessary papers. These, when they are
finally prepared, will be as of July /,
and the papers will be issued as usual
until that date.
"We have decided that Mr.. Earring
ton shall be the business manager OF
the new paper, but as yet have moi
been able to reach any conclusion re-
garding the editorship Mr.. Walter e.
Smith will, of course, be out of the
running for that office, and there is
no other man upon whom we have been
able to decide. Indeed that question
will have to be answered later"
Financial End.
Asked regarding the financial end Of
the big newspaper deal, Mr.. Anterior
sidestepped for the time. "I havC
nothing to say regarding that feature
at present The Harrington Interests
and the Atherton Estate interests vii
be pooled in the new venture. That /
all / can say at present, Neither viii
have the control although the Ather
ton Estate retains the right to dictat
the editorial policy of the new paper.
Mr.. Atherton was equally noncom
initial regarding the name of the neN
paper. "'That is matter we have no
reached as yet Indeed no one has giN
en- that question any thought so far a
] am aware. We will have to eros
that bridge when We come to 1T. ~
Report Leaks Out.
The announcement of the propose
merger was to have been printed tn
afternoon by both afternoon paper
but the report leaked from warrior
points and the report which had bee
wandering idly around the streets fl
several days became so strong that
was impossible to longer keep silen'
regarding the facts.
Much interest is felt regarding Il
outcome of the new venture in new
paperdom. The combination of the st
and the Bulletin should make mo
effective organization, say all those a
preached on the subject last night. 7
feeling seemed general that the amalg
nation of the afternoon papers won
work for the benefit of the Territory,
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