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Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 5

Auckland, 23 April, 1891

Auckland, 23 April, 1891.

I regret to say that matters in connexion with the printing trade are not improving in this city; and to my mind the reason is not far to seek. There is general business depression; prices, and consequently profits, are very low; and at the present tariff of the Master Printers' Association, retailers simply cannot afford to go in for printing or advertising. One of the features of the month has been the sweeping reductions in the Star office. Several men are under notice to leave, while all who have been hitherto in receipt of more than 50/-, the society's minimum wage, are being cut down to that level.

The Auckland Typographical Society have at last made arrangements with the various local firms for the proper carrying out of the Society's rules. This had been almost accomplished for a long time; but one or two firms standing out from the Society kept the matter open. The Observer office was the last to come in, which it has now done, on the same conditions as the Star. At the General Meeting of the Society, held on Saturday last, the subject was discussed: and it was considered that the present relations between master and workmen were exceedingly satisfactory. Now that all the offices are working under Union rules, it can hardly fail to be to the welfare of both sides.

The bootmakers' strike continues. It has caused surprise in some quarters, as some of the men who are working under the « statement » say that they find it both fair and profitable. Both sides are confident of holding out, and appear each to have settled down to await the other giving in. The printers, as usual are levied in support of the strike-fund. Let us hope that the end may be near.

The Craft here think highly of Typo's New Year Greeting Card. They praise its simplicity, its absence of stiffness, the harmony of its tints; and last, but by no means least, its appropriate and well-written message.

The Star of the 20th inst., in reporting the inquiry into the fire on board the Leading Wind, refers to the « topgallant mast forecastle. » ؟Is not this something novel in ship-construction?