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Description

The Manawatu Evening Standard, launched in 1880, was the first daily newspaper in Palmerston North. This photograph marks the day the newspaper changed ownership from the David and Frederick Pirani to the partnership of N H Nash and John Coombe. From left. Back Row: D Sexton; D Mawhiney; B Halpin; T Hastings; G Bouzett; H G Kerslake; B Tremain. Middle Row: F Newth; Phoebe Spinks; T Mitchell; Frederick Pirani; David Pirani; W Jewell; A I Spinks. Front Row: S Lucas; J Russell; B Lyford. [Bell Spinks, died early in 1980, the last surviving member of the 1903 staff.]

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Bc 187

Date

July 1, 1903

Digitisation ID

2009P_Bc187_BUI_2604

Held In

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