With the _Southern Cross_ and the _New Zealander_ we arrive at something like stability. The promoter and first editor of the former was Dr. Martin, whose association with the first Auckland paper has been mentioned. The proprietors were Messrs. Brown and Campbell, who as business men were pre-eminent, being interested in practically every local commercial venture. _The Southern Cross, New Zealand Guardian, and Auckland, Thames, and Bay of Islands Advertiser_, to give the paper its full title, appeared on April 22nd, 1843, and continued regularly until its one hundred and sixth number (April 26th, 1845), when it was suspended because it proved unprofitable. It resumed publication in July, 1847, with the title shortened to _The Southern Cross and New Zealand Guardian_. In June, 1851 (No. 415), it was enlarged, and in May, 1862, it appeared daily. Shortly after its change to a daily it was sold to Mr. (afterwards Sir) Julius Vogel, and again resold, in 1876, to Mr. Horton, who amalgamated it with the _New Zealand Herald_, which had been founded in 1863. [Illustration: Auckland, Circa 1852 _P. J. Hogan, delt._] _The New Zealander_ commenced its career on 7th June, 1845, during the suspension of the _Southern Cross_. It was owned by Mr. John Williamson, for many years Superintendent of the Auckland Province and the Government printer of the day. Shortly after the advent of the paper, Mr. Williamson was joined by Mr. W. C. Wilson, and they became partners in its publication. The partnership lasted until 1863, when Mr. Wilson retired, owing to his dislike of his partner's philo-Maori policy at the outbreak of the Taranaki campaign. Mr. Wilson then started the _New Zealand Herald_. The _Herald_ immediately gained an ascendancy over the _New Zealander_, which ceased publication on the destruction by fire of its premises in 1866. The new paper continued to enlarge its hold and influence, and in 1876, when Mr. Wilson died, it was firmly established. He was succeeded by his sons, and they were joined in partnership by Mr. Horton, who had become the owner of the _Southern Cross_, and ever since the name of Wilson and Horton has been on the _Herald's_ imprint. The _Auckland Weekly News_, which was commenced just two weeks after the _Herald_, holds the record in New Zealand for a weekly paper, and has attained a high place among the weekly journals. Many men of outstanding ability have been editors of the _Herald_, and contributions have been made to it by the best writers the Dominion has produced. The _Herald_ was first printed in temporary premises in Queen Street, near Durham Street East. Nine months later it was removed to Wyndham Street, and from then (1863) until 1912 extensive additions have been made at different times to meet the increasing business which the firm has to handle.