Compton did not stay long with the "Herald" and towards. the end of 1861 he left the editorial chair, Mr. Samuel Messman taking over on January 1, 1862, During the preced. ing year, a competition had arrived on the journalistic scene in the shape of the "Shanghai Daily Times" Which the proprietors, Messi Wynter & Ca., announced would be the same size as the "Herald" the "Shanghai Weekly Times" whi would be double its size. The ye ture was an ill-fated one, for by April, 1862, Wynter had disappeared With,' Tis, ' 4,500. representing the year's subscriptions to the new Papers, and one of their reporters R. & Gundry fat the top of the "leader" column Where it Is to be found to-day Improvements in the "Herald"
Mr. R. A. Jamieson succeeded Messman in 1863, "and it is really from that date that the more important changes of lasting effect came into being. In August of that year the "Herald" commences to include Baume "of weekly news from the Shipping and Commercial News" which did not become the "North-China Daily News" until 1864, The "Herald" was expanding its influence and the change was adopted for the purpose of conveying intelligence to readers up.country and in the outports. "The resume was not particularly good, It was rarely more than a column in length, and the apparently did not realize the versity of separately paragraph: ing each item, with the result that it'made somewhat heavy reading. But it was the first step towards making the "Herald" what it is today Was successfully suing them for $50. the "Herald" the motto, which it—the best means of providing the The papers did not survive the blow. and the "North China Daily News" week's news in compact form to The departing editor was not carry toxlay on their editorial readers in the interior and its China sparing with words when the subject page, Shortly after assuming con- news. to subscribers all over the seemed, in his opinion to deserve trol he appears to have dallied with world, them, and his editorial on September the question of mottoes, announcing Jameson's three years of editor-7, 1861, dealing with a Rev, Roberts within a few weeks that "our motto ship were probably the most News" became the "North-China Daily News," the following year th first Hong List, a modest publication in sheet form' was issued, and in Jamieson leaves the editorial to give place to Mr.
Gundry who was the first editor to occupy the position for over 10 years, going home in 1878 after approximately twelve years' service, of his predecessors Jamieson was eminent for showing a great breadth of mind, He was a better classical "scholar than any of the others who had come to Shanghai, was. well acquainted with Chinese, and had taken his M.D. Ready' to give credit where credit was due, the departing editor ood qualities even in Bur-whom so many in contem-neons Shanghai were ready 80 tly to condemn, A Beilliant Journalist Little peindty, jas the first of the pressed his qualities on the com Editors of the "Herald" who imalways so successful as the title munity here, and the public at homo, would suggest. The treachery of not only by "hig undaub the Fu-tal of Soochow to the two tic qualities but by his activities Wangs, leaders of the Taiping has in other directions, Born in 1838, aroused Gordon's ire and the after a private education at home indignation of the foreign com- and in Brussels, he was_given an munity, on whose behalf the paper official appointment' in India. A
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