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The Herald (Adelaide)

January 01, 1970

The Herald was a weekly trade union magazine published in Adelaide, South Australia between 1894 and March 1910; for the first four years titled The Weekly Herald. It was succeeded by The Daily Herald, which ran from 7 March 1910 to 16 June 1924.

History edit

The 1890s was a period of intense industrial unrest in Australia: squatters and shippers, manufacturers, merchants and miners had all been doing very nicely in the 1880s with exports booming, but little seemed to the shearers, labourers and sailors to be "trickling down" to them. Then around 1885 demand slackened off and with falling prices, the employers felt the need to reduce their labour force, and cut the wages of those who remained. The Maritime Labour Council (MLC) was formed in Adelaide in 1886 and the following year raised a Maritime Strike Fund of £9,600, of which various workers' unions subscribed around half. When the United Trades and Labour Council of South Australia needed money to start a workers' newspaper, the Port Adelaide Seamen's Union was quick to assist with an interest-free loan.[1]

The Weekly Herald edit

A predecessor of The Herald was Our Commonwealth for which A. W. Rayment and Ignatius Singer wrote articles on Single Tax. Another, though later derided,[2] was The Voice edited by John Medway Day (1838–1905) in 1892 for the Single Tax League. Labor Party organisers Devin Williams,[who?] John Abel McPherson, Henry and his brother George H. Buttery, and others, founded the Cooperative Printing and Publishing Company of S.A. Limited, with 30,000 shares of 10s.,[3] and merged with the company publishing The Voice.[2] The Weekly Herald was founded in October 1894, edited by Geoff Burgoyne, later leader writer for Sir Winthrop Hackett's West Australian.[4] George Wedd was editor from April 1895.[5] He was later associated with the Sporting Life weekly. He was also secretary of the SA Athletics League, the Band Association of SA and Goodwood United Rifle Club.[6]

The Herald edit

From the first issue in 1899 the publication was named The Herald, with uninterrupted numbering, and no other substantial change. Shortly after foundation, the paper's banner was subtitled "Labor and Democratic Organ of South Australia"; in 1896 "The Official Organ of the Labor and Democratic Parties of South Australia" and from 1897 "The Official Organ of the Trades and Labor Council, United Labor Party, and Democratic Societies of S.A.".

The Daily Herald edit

The Daily Herald was from 7 March 1910 published by the Cooperative Printing and Publishing Company of S.A. Limited, with offices at 117 Grenfell Street for the Labor Party.[7]

William Wedd (9 January 1845 – 10 February 1922) was the first editor, with Geoffrey Burgoyne as associate editor.[8] The first few weeks' issues were printed by The Register, as its own presses had teething problems.[9] Wedd was forced by ill-health to retire after a year or two, but continued to contribute, as "Epsilon" and "Remus", to the Herald and other newspapers.[10] Burgoyne, a son of T. Burgoyne M.P., was later with The West Australian, then in 1924 the founding editor of the Hobart News, daughter publication of the Adelaide News.[11] In 1940, he was managing editor of the Perth News.

Editor from 1911 to 1912 and 1916 to 1924 was Harry Kneebone,[12] Editor from 1912 to 1914 was Cam Pratt, a member of a family of journalists,[13] who was next with the West Australian, followed by the Sydney Morning Herald, publicity department of Ford Australia then with Cinesound Productions[14] and editor of the film journal.[15] The editor from 1914[16] to 1916 was Labor politician E. H. Coombe. Julian Woods, previously with the Melbourne Telegraph and The Age, and the Perth Daily News, was a sub-editor 1913.[17]

Harry Kneebone returned to the editor's chair in 1916, with the paper in decline. In 1910 the paper had 12 pages and cover price was 1d.; by 1924 it had 4 pages for 1½d and although the Advertiser was the same price it boasted 16 pages. The perceived poorer value resulted in a decreased circulation and reduced advertising revenue, and the paper's financial position, already shaky, became dire. A meeting of shareholders 23 June 1924 decided on immediate voluntary liquidation.[18]

"Laradale" and Seth Ferry edit

Between 9 March 1918 and 1 February 1919 The Herald ran a weekly feature, instalments 1–35 bylined "Laradale" (William W. Goddard), based on interviews with, and unpublished memoirs of, Seth "The Master" Ferry, a major figure of the Adelaide turf scene for some 50 years. Chapters from #36 were not attributed, and may have been written by Ferry himself, and the series ended peremptorily at #46 with no explanation.[19] Goddard successfully sued the Co-operative Printing and Publishing Company, publishers of The Daily Herald for withholding part of his wages.[20] Goddard's accounts of details of his contract were refuted by The Herald.[21]

Printing edit

The Weekly Herald edit

Though some preliminary arrangements may have been made with C. W. Chandler,[2] printing was first contracted out to Webb & Son of 28 Grenfell Street. In January 1896 the contract was changed to Scrymgour & Sons of King William Street. A fortnight later Ralph William Webb and Henry Arthur Webb petitioned for the winding up of the Co-operative Printing and Publishing Company, producers of The Herald, on the grounds of unpaid debts.[22] From June 1896, Trades Hall had its own printing facilities.

The Daily Herald edit

Having decided to publish daily, it was necessary to upgrade the printing machinery. A rotary press would have been ideal, but the lead time for manufacture and shipping to Adelaide was too great, so they settled on a secondhand "Victory" web printing press, ex-Melbourne. A "state of the art" stereotyping plant and five Mergenthaler linotype compositing machines (four Model No. 1 duplex single-letter machines and one Model No. 4 machine) were sent out from the Broadheath, Greater Manchester factory, and were received eight weeks from placing the order.[23]

Other work edit

From November 1913 printing of The Southern Cross went from Scrymgour & Son to the Co-operative Printing and Publishing Company.[24]

Digitization edit

The National Library of Australia has digitized photographic copies as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Project.

References edit

  1. ^ Jim Moss, Sound of Trumpets Wakefield Press, Adelaide 1985 p.163 ISBN 0 949268 05 4
  2. ^ a b c "Growth of the Paper". Daily Herald. Vol. 2, no. 317. South Australia. 11 March 1911. p. 14. Retrieved 15 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "A New Weekly Democratic Paper". South Australian Register. Vol. LIX, no. 14, 927. 15 September 1894. p. 6. Retrieved 15 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia. Ten shillings, which converted to $1 in 1966, would equate to around $50 in today's values.
  4. ^ "Labor's New Editor". The Mail. Adelaide. 25 April 1914. p. 13. Retrieved 22 July 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Yachting Yabber". Quiz and The Lantern. Vol. VI, no. 293. South Australia. 11 April 1895. p. 5. Retrieved 1 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Who's Who in the Sporting World". Saturday Journal. Vol. XL, no. 16275. South Australia. 14 March 1925. p. 14. Retrieved 1 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "The 'Herald'". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 26 March 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 21 July 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "The Daily 'Herald'". The Herald. Adelaide. 12 February 1910. p. 8. Retrieved 22 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "What Our Readers Think". The News (Home ed.). Adelaide. 9 January 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 22 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Obituary". The Chronicle. Adelaide. 18 February 1922. p. 14. Retrieved 22 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Journalist Leaves Perth". The News (Home ed.). Adelaide. 4 March 1924. p. 10. Retrieved 22 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Alleged Libel". The Register. Adelaide. 20 June 1923. p. 9. Retrieved 22 July 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "Death of Mr. W. R. Pratt". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 October 1927. p. 22. Retrieved 22 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "On The Set With Cinesound". The Singleton Argus. NSW. 20 December 1935. p. 2. Retrieved 22 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "Personal". The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate. NSW. 28 August 1943. p. 5. Retrieved 22 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "Town Tattle". Bunyip. Gawler, SA. 8 May 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 22 July 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ "Personal". Daily Standard (Brisbane). No. 33. Queensland, Australia. 17 January 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 5 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. ^ "Exit the Daily Herald". The Register. Adelaide. 24 June 1924. p. 8. Retrieved 22 July 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. ^ "The Turf World". The Daily Herald (Adelaide). Vol. 9, no. 2791. South Australia. 1 March 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 28 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  20. ^ "Journalist's Successful Claim". The Journal. Vol. LIV, no. 14882. Adelaide. 27 March 1919. p. 1. Retrieved 6 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  21. ^ "The Daily Herald Sued". Daily Herald. Vol. X, no. 2803. South Australia. 15 March 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 6 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  22. ^ "A Printing Company in Court". South Australian Register. Vol. LXI, no. 15, 350. 24 January 1896. p. 5. Retrieved 14 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  23. ^ "The Daily Herald Plant". Daily Herald (Adelaide). Vol. 1, no. 1. South Australia. 7 March 1910. p. 3. Retrieved 12 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  24. ^ "General News". The Southern Cross. Vol. XXV, no. 1265. South Australia. 28 November 1913. p. 11. Retrieved 15 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

External links edit

  • Weekly Herald (Adelaide, SA : 1894 - 1898) at Trove
  • Herald (Adelaide, SA : 1899 - 1910) at Trove
  • Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA : 1910 - 1924) at Trove
  • "Along the Inky Way 5". The West Australian. Perth. 1 August 1936. p. 6. Retrieved 22 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  • "Along the Inky Way 6". The West Australian. Perth. 22 August 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 22 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  • "Along the Inky Way 7". The West Australian. Perth. 29 August 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 22 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  • "Along the Inky Way 8". The West Australian. Perth. 5 September 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 22 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.

January 01, 1970
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The Herald was a weekly trade union magazine published in Adelaide South Australia between 1894 and March 1910 for the first four years titled The Weekly Herald It was succeeded by The Daily Herald which ran from 7 March 1910 to 16 June 1924 Contents 1 History 1 1 The Weekly Herald 1 2 The Herald 1 3 The Daily Herald 1 4 Laradale and Seth Ferry 2 Printing 2 1 The Weekly Herald 2 2 The Daily Herald 2 3 Other work 3 Digitization 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe 1890s was a period of intense industrial unrest in Australia squatters and shippers manufacturers merchants and miners had all been doing very nicely in the 1880s with exports booming but little seemed to the shearers labourers and sailors to be trickling down to them Then around 1885 demand slackened off and with falling prices the employers felt the need to reduce their labour force and cut the wages of those who remained The Maritime Labour Council MLC was formed in Adelaide in 1886 and the following year raised a Maritime Strike Fund of 9 600 of which various workers unions subscribed around half When the United Trades and Labour Council of South Australia needed money to start a workers newspaper the Port Adelaide Seamen s Union was quick to assist with an interest free loan 1 The Weekly Herald edit A predecessor of The Herald was Our Commonwealth for which A W Rayment and Ignatius Singer wrote articles on Single Tax Another though later derided 2 was The Voice edited by John Medway Day 1838 1905 in 1892 for the Single Tax League Labor Party organisers Devin Williams who John Abel McPherson Henry and his brother George H Buttery and others founded the Cooperative Printing and Publishing Company of S A Limited with 30 000 shares of 10s 3 and merged with the company publishing The Voice 2 The Weekly Herald was founded in October 1894 edited by Geoff Burgoyne later leader writer for Sir Winthrop Hackett s West Australian 4 George Wedd was editor from April 1895 5 He was later associated with the Sporting Life weekly He was also secretary of the SA Athletics League the Band Association of SA and Goodwood United Rifle Club 6 The Herald edit From the first issue in 1899 the publication was named The Herald with uninterrupted numbering and no other substantial change Shortly after foundation the paper s banner was subtitled Labor and Democratic Organ of South Australia in 1896 The Official Organ of the Labor and Democratic Parties of South Australia and from 1897 The Official Organ of the Trades and Labor Council United Labor Party and Democratic Societies of S A The Daily Herald edit The Daily Herald was from 7 March 1910 published by the Cooperative Printing and Publishing Company of S A Limited with offices at 117 Grenfell Street for the Labor Party 7 William Wedd 9 January 1845 10 February 1922 was the first editor with Geoffrey Burgoyne as associate editor 8 The first few weeks issues were printed by The Register as its own presses had teething problems 9 Wedd was forced by ill health to retire after a year or two but continued to contribute as Epsilon and Remus to the Herald and other newspapers 10 Burgoyne a son of T Burgoyne M P was later with The West Australian then in 1924 the founding editor of the Hobart News daughter publication of the Adelaide News 11 In 1940 he was managing editor of the Perth News Editor from 1911 to 1912 and 1916 to 1924 was Harry Kneebone 12 Editor from 1912 to 1914 was Cam Pratt a member of a family of journalists 13 who was next with the West Australian followed by the Sydney Morning Herald publicity department of Ford Australia then with Cinesound Productions 14 and editor of the film journal 15 The editor from 1914 16 to 1916 was Labor politician E H Coombe Julian Woods previously with the Melbourne Telegraph and The Age and the Perth Daily News was a sub editor 1913 17 Harry Kneebone returned to the editor s chair in 1916 with the paper in decline In 1910 the paper had 12 pages and cover price was 1d by 1924 it had 4 pages for 1 d and although the Advertiser was the same price it boasted 16 pages The perceived poorer value resulted in a decreased circulation and reduced advertising revenue and the paper s financial position already shaky became dire A meeting of shareholders 23 June 1924 decided on immediate voluntary liquidation 18 Laradale and Seth Ferry edit Between 9 March 1918 and 1 February 1919 The Herald ran a weekly feature instalments 1 35 bylined Laradale William W Goddard based on interviews with and unpublished memoirs of Seth The Master Ferry a major figure of the Adelaide turf scene for some 50 years Chapters from 36 were not attributed and may have been written by Ferry himself and the series ended peremptorily at 46 with no explanation 19 Goddard successfully sued the Co operative Printing and Publishing Company publishers of The Daily Herald for withholding part of his wages 20 Goddard s accounts of details of his contract were refuted by The Herald 21 Printing editThe Weekly Herald edit Though some preliminary arrangements may have been made with C W Chandler 2 printing was first contracted out to Webb amp Son of 28 Grenfell Street In January 1896 the contract was changed to Scrymgour amp Sons of King William Street A fortnight later Ralph William Webb and Henry Arthur Webb petitioned for the winding up of the Co operative Printing and Publishing Company producers of The Herald on the grounds of unpaid debts 22 From June 1896 Trades Hall had its own printing facilities The Daily Herald edit Having decided to publish daily it was necessary to upgrade the printing machinery A rotary press would have been ideal but the lead time for manufacture and shipping to Adelaide was too great so they settled on a secondhand Victory web printing press ex Melbourne A state of the art stereotyping plant and five Mergenthaler linotype compositing machines four Model No 1 duplex single letter machines and one Model No 4 machine were sent out from the Broadheath Greater Manchester factory and were received eight weeks from placing the order 23 Other work edit From November 1913 printing of The Southern Cross went from Scrymgour amp Son to the Co operative Printing and Publishing Company 24 Digitization editThe National Library of Australia has digitized photographic copies as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Project References edit Jim Moss Sound of Trumpets Wakefield Press Adelaide 1985 p 163 ISBN 0 949268 05 4 a b c Growth of the Paper Daily Herald Vol 2 no 317 South Australia 11 March 1911 p 14 Retrieved 15 June 2016 via National Library of Australia A New Weekly Democratic Paper South Australian Register Vol LIX no 14 927 15 September 1894 p 6 Retrieved 15 June 2016 via National Library of Australia Ten shillings which converted to 1 in 1966 would equate to around 50 in today s values Labor s New Editor The Mail Adelaide 25 April 1914 p 13 Retrieved 22 July 2013 via National Library of Australia Yachting Yabber Quiz and The Lantern Vol VI no 293 South Australia 11 April 1895 p 5 Retrieved 1 September 2020 via National Library of Australia Who s Who in the Sporting World Saturday Journal Vol XL no 16275 South Australia 14 March 1925 p 14 Retrieved 1 September 2020 via National Library of Australia The Herald Daily Herald Adelaide 26 March 1918 p 4 Retrieved 21 July 2013 via National Library of Australia The Daily Herald The Herald Adelaide 12 February 1910 p 8 Retrieved 22 September 2014 via National Library of Australia What Our Readers Think The News Home ed Adelaide 9 January 1925 p 6 Retrieved 22 September 2014 via National Library of Australia Obituary The Chronicle Adelaide 18 February 1922 p 14 Retrieved 22 September 2014 via National Library of Australia Journalist Leaves Perth The News Home ed Adelaide 4 March 1924 p 10 Retrieved 22 September 2014 via National Library of Australia Alleged Libel The Register Adelaide 20 June 1923 p 9 Retrieved 22 July 2013 via National Library of Australia Death of Mr W R Pratt The Sydney Morning Herald 8 October 1927 p 22 Retrieved 22 September 2014 via National Library of Australia On The Set With Cinesound The Singleton Argus NSW 20 December 1935 p 2 Retrieved 22 September 2014 via National Library of Australia Personal The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate NSW 28 August 1943 p 5 Retrieved 22 September 2014 via National Library of Australia Town Tattle Bunyip Gawler SA 8 May 1914 p 2 Retrieved 22 July 2013 via National Library of Australia Personal Daily Standard Brisbane No 33 Queensland Australia 17 January 1913 p 4 Retrieved 5 September 2020 via National Library of Australia Exit the Daily Herald The Register Adelaide 24 June 1924 p 8 Retrieved 22 July 2013 via National Library of Australia The Turf World The Daily Herald Adelaide Vol 9 no 2791 South Australia 1 March 1919 p 7 Retrieved 28 July 2017 via National Library of Australia Journalist s Successful Claim The Journal Vol LIV no 14882 Adelaide 27 March 1919 p 1 Retrieved 6 August 2017 via National Library of Australia The Daily Herald Sued Daily Herald Vol X no 2803 South Australia 15 March 1919 p 7 Retrieved 6 August 2017 via National Library of Australia A Printing Company in Court South Australian Register Vol LXI no 15 350 24 January 1896 p 5 Retrieved 14 June 2016 via National Library of Australia The Daily Herald Plant Daily Herald Adelaide Vol 1 no 1 South Australia 7 March 1910 p 3 Retrieved 12 June 2016 via National Library of Australia General News The Southern Cross Vol XXV no 1265 South Australia 28 November 1913 p 11 Retrieved 15 June 2016 via National Library of Australia External links editWeekly Herald Adelaide SA 1894 1898 at Trove Herald Adelaide SA 1899 1910 at Trove Daily Herald Adelaide SA 1910 1924 at Trove Along the Inky Way 5 The West Australian Perth 1 August 1936 p 6 Retrieved 22 September 2014 via National Library of Australia Along the Inky Way 6 The West Australian Perth 22 August 1936 p 5 Retrieved 22 September 2014 via National Library of Australia Along the Inky Way 7 The West Australian Perth 29 August 1936 p 5 Retrieved 22 September 2014 via National Library of Australia Along the Inky Way 8 The West Australian Perth 5 September 1936 p 5 Retrieved 22 September 2014 via National Library of Australia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Herald Adelaide amp oldid 1188068745, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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