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The linotype machines were used to make small blocks of type used for the newspaper, to make it easier for typesetters to put the paper together. From left: Colin Furness; Unidentified; Andrew Dick; Ian Whitson; Clive Holms; Charlie O'Brien. The Manawatu Evening Standard, launched in 1880, was the first daily newspaper in Palmerston North.

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Image
Digitisation ID
2009P_Bc339_BUI_2588
Title
Working on the linotype Machines at the Manawatu Evening Standard:
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Bc 339
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Coolstore

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Place
Church Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date
circa 1965

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Manawatu Evening Standard
License
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