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Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. When local author Private Jack Gallichan (1908-1984) was imprisoned in a German prisoner-of-war coal mining labour camp in Poland during World War II, he started a weekly newspaper called The Tiki Times. Gallichan produced 25 copies of the newspaper for fellow prisoners as well as an 856-page diary covering his experiences whilst a prisoner-of-war.
Jack Gallichan was a long time member of the Manawatū Cricket Association, serving as its statistician for many years. After the war, he became a newspaper agent for the Southern Cross and the Manawatū Standard.

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Object type
Image
Content type
Born digital
Relation
Manawatū Standard
Date
August 31, 2024
Digitisation ID
2024Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_042494
Format
Born Digital
Held In
IMCA Digital Archive

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