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Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 3
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At a case to be heard in Wellington, according to a country paper, some of the principal citizens will « configurate as witnesses. » We commend this new application of the verb to all ambitious penny-a-liners.
The Melbourne correspondent of a contemporary writes: Mr David Gaunson was not joking when he declared war against the Age two months ago. The ex-M.L.A. accused the Age of helping to keep him out of Parliament, because it had suggested that the new House would get on better without him. He still adheres to his resolution to oppose the Age with a new morning paper. This will be a serious thing for the Age, though I imagine, not quite so serious as to those who invest in the new concern. If Mr Gaunson gives up law and takes up literature, we may expect to witness a somewhat startling, if not an edifying performance. The scheme has one weak point in it. The new organ is to be run in the interests of those classes who now so liberally subscribe to the Age. They are invited to give up the Age, and not only take in its proposed rival, but to become proprietors in the venture as well. Now a newspaper that relies upon a working class proprietory stands no chance at all. You may write in their favor, and pat them on the back as long as you please, and they will pay their penny every morning to read the flattering things you say about them. But I do not think they will purchase a costly newspaper plant, and maintain an extensive staff of writers, merely to pleasure Mr Gaunson, when they can obtain all they require from the Age at the very reasonable outlay of sixpence per week.