With which are incorporated the Wellington Independent, established 1845, and the New Zealander,

The morning paper is always the paper of the solid people—of the business com munity—of those who have time to read and are not forced to economise on a penny.- and Hence its superiority in value as an advertising medium. HANSARD. If there is any good in the Hansard re ports of the Parliamentary proceedings, then the more frequent and punctual the issue of these reports the better. The only people who can object to the proposal to have the Hansard published three times a week are those who object to Hansard altogether. We cannot subscribe to that doctrine, holding, as we do, that these reports are necessary, and that with atten tion to certain details they can be made very valuable. There is a great deal of rubbish in Hansard; rubbish of two kinds, that which is intended to be rubbish, and that which is not. To the first category belong columns of the drivel which is talked for the simple purpose of wasting -time. That may be a recognised Par liamentary tactic, and it may be defended on many grounds, but there is no earthly reason why a speech which has wasted the public time should go on to waste the public money. The second division is made up of orations which only the orators imagine to be great, the repetitions which the time limit cannot stop, and the mis understandings which are the result of lack of brains. If Hansard could be kept free from the rubbish of these two categories, Hansard would be a very read able publication indeed. As containing the best thoughts of the most active minds, and the result of research and study by the ablest, it would be instructive and valuable as well as readable. How the Government Printer will per form the feat of bringing out Hansard three times a week we confess we cannot see. True, his task will be made easier by the new regulation requiring members to correct the type-written not the printed report. 