sentences:  His first job was as a sub-editor at the "Wanganui Chronicle" in Wanganui, with subsequent employment by the "Gisborne Standard" in Gisborne, and the "Evening News" in Napier.He then founded and edited the "Marton Mercury" in Marton, a small settlement southeast of Wanganui.In 1892, he became editor of the "New Zealand Mail", which was a newspaper with a leaning towards the Liberal Party.