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(in a mangle) and published by Henry Falwasser, sole Editor 

 and Proprietor." It is plain from the specimens here shown 

 that the compression of the mangle varied much : sometimes 

 it was so violent as to drive the ink through the paper, so that 

 the letterpress can there be read by reversal, and sometimes it 

 is so faint as to be barely legible. Words were printed with 

 letters of various type, so that small capitals, italics, and 

 old English met together in the same word, producing a 

 most comical and mystifying result. If not a confusion 

 of tongues, it was certainly a confusion of letters. Of 

 course, the paper afforded great amusement, and doubtless 

 had a good circulation, especially as it lashed out to 

 the complete satisfaction of the public. Its comical charac- 

 teristics and scanty pages no doubt protected it from the 

 fiery persecution of those days, especially as the numbers were 

 issued gratis until, as the editor assured his readers, proper 

 type and paper could be procured from Sydney. But 

 gradually its strange appearance improved with the occa- 

 sional addition of a little new-found type, better paper, and 

 better handling of the mangle, until, in its forty-second 

 number, on the 13th April. 1843, it said farewell in quite a 

 presentable form. On the 7th November it reappeared in 

 legitimate form and in its new Sydney dress, once a week, and 

 continued in its former hearty and independent style until 

 the 17th January, 1816, when its 159th number was issued. 

 A week later Henry Falwasser died, and with him ceased 

 his journal, which, with all its vicissitudes, almost equalled in 

 duration the united age of its predecessors. 



The last of this class of old Auckland newspapers was the 

 Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, which put 

 forth its first number on the 8th November, 1841, and shortly 

 afterwards ceased, but when I have not been able to discover. 

 Its second appearance, however, was on the 12th November, 

 1842, and in September, 1843, it commenced its second 

 volume. It was printed by the usual John Moore in the 

 interests of the Government, and was thus doubly obnoxious 

 to the "mangle," which sneeringly spoke of it as " that ad- 

 ministerial thing called ' the Chronicle ' — bah ! " In return the 

 Chronicle dubbed its rival "The Old Lady of the Mangle," 

 and advertised: "For sale, a mangle; apply to the proprietor 

 of the Auckland Times." These little endearments were con- 

 tinuous, and it must be allowed that the "mangle" won the 

 honours. Mr. John Kitchen — "which was where he came 

 from," as Mr. Falwasser said— was editor of the Chronicle, and 

 had previously been on the United Service Gazette. After leav- 

 ing New Zealand he went to Hobart and Melbourne as a short- 

 hand reporter. The final fate of this paper I have not been able 

 to learn, but conclude that it must have closed its career early 



