Huon Times
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The Huon Times (1910–1933), later the Huon & Derwent Times (1933–1942), was an English language newspaper published in Franklin, Tasmania, Australia.{{Cite web|url=http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=A&id=NG01295|title=HUON TIMES PRINTERY (Agency NG1295)|website=Archives Tasmania catalogue|date=January 1901 |access-date=28 September 2018}}
History
The newspaper was first published on 16 February 1910 by Sydney Wentworth Addison[https://stors.tas.gov.au/AUTAS001126438076 "TASMANIA Post Office Directory for 1911–12], p. 580. Archives Tasmania. Retrieved 28 September 2018.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137270384|title=THE HUON TIMES.|date=19 February 1910|newspaper=Huon Times|accessdate=28 September 2018|issue=2|location=Tasmania, Australia|volume=I|page=2|via=National Library of Australia}} the manager-editor of Huon Newspaper Co., Ltd. It was published bi-weekly until 1931 when it became a weekly newspaper.
In 1933 the name of the publication was changed to Huon & Derwent Times, and an additional section was included that targeted readership in the Derwent Valley region. Publication was suspended by the Board of Directors in 1942 with the hope that it would be reinstated at the resumption of peace.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136177298 |title=AU REVOIR FOR THE DURATION. |newspaper=Huon and Derwent Times |location=Tas. |date=26 March 1942 |accessdate=22 September 2014 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
Digitisation
The Huon Times and the Huon & Derwent Times have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.
See also
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External links
- {{trove newspaper|667|Huon Times|Franklin, Tas. : 1910 - 1933}}
- {{trove newspaper|668|Huon and Derwent Times|Tas. : 1933 - 1942}}
Category:Defunct newspapers published in Tasmania
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