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Melbourne's Daily Telegraph 'owed its origin to the circumstance that a large number of compositors were thrown out of work by the transformation of the Melbourne Morning Herald into an evening paper. The hands who were discharged from the Herald formed themselves into a company under the management of Mr. C. F. Somerton, who had been in charge of the printing department of the Herald, and they combined to establish The Daily Telegraph.'
Source: Gordon & Gotch, Australasian Newspaper Directory, (1888): 33.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Related Works
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y
The Herald
Melbourne Herald;
Melbourne Morning Herald
Melbourne
:
F. B. Franklyn & Co.
,
1879
Z1079373
1879
newspaper
(1818 issues)
The Herald's publisher, the Melbourne Newspaper Company, was sold in 1891 to the City Newspaper Company. In 1892 it acquired the Weekly Times and formed the Herald & Standard Newspaper Company.
Originally a morning paper, the Herald changed to an evening publication on 4 January 1869. Staff retrenched at this time formed a company to publish the Melbourne Daily Telegraph, managed by Charles Somerton. He saw an opportunity to publish a weekly companion publication and the Weeky Times was launched on 11 September 1869.
PeriodicalNewspaper Details
ISSN:
1033-2030
Frequency:
Daily (Monday - Saturday)
Range:
No. 1 (8 February 1869) - no. 7252 (3 May 1892)
Continued by:
The Herald
Size:
61cm
Price:
1d
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