A little item of information, to which no one is
likely to have paid much attention, in the City columns of last week's papers, is worth more publicity than it has so far had. It is to the effect that the Bristol Evening Post, as a result of its first year's work, has paid off its preliminary expenses and declared a dividend of 10 per cent. Behind that lies a highly encouraging story. When Lord Rother- mere descended on Bristol and bought up the Bristol Times and Mirror to add to his gramophone regiment, practically the whole of the staff of the paper resigned, and with help from leading Bristol residents got together sufficient capital to start an independent evening paper. Their own , enthusiasm, coupled with the civic sense which in cities like Bristol is often so strong, arc reflected in the highly satisfactory result achieved at the end of the first year's work.
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