The Labor News
The Labor News was a weekly English-language broadsheet newspaper published in Sydney, Australia.[1] It was later absorbed by the Labor Daily newspaper.[2]
History
First published in 1918 on behalf of the N.S.W. branch of the Australian Labor Party by the Worker Trustees, The Labor News commenced publication on 12 October 1918, with issue No. 1 of Volume 1, and continued to be published under that title until 26 January 1924.[3]
The last issue of the paper appeared on 26 January 1924, and contained on page 7 a notice proclaiming "The Labor Daily arrives – The Labor News passes", which also stated that the paper "...willingly ... joins up with its big successor ... and whole-heartedly throws its weight into the effort that is going to make our Daily Sydney's leading newspaper".[4]
Digitisation
Many issues of the paper have been digitised as part of the
See also
References
- ^ "Labor News (Sydney, NSW : 1918 – 1924)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ^ "Press timeline: Select chronology of significant Australian press events to 2011". Australian Newspaper Plan. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ^ "Labor daily (Sydney, N.S.W.)". State Library of New South Wales catalogue. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ^ "The Labor Daily Arrives". The Labor News. 26 January 1924. p. 7. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ^ "Digitising our collections". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2013.