The Wyndham Farmer, Various Editions 1896-1929; 1896-1929; WY.0000.569 on NZ Museums

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The Wyndham Farmer, Various Editions 1896-1929

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This is a box of the bi-weekly newspaer, The Wyndham Farmer, various editions from 1896 - 1929

(A First Edition from 1 July 1895 is stored in Archives)

1896:
May 1.

1901:
September 17,17.

1907:
January 11, 11, 15, 15, 18, 18, 22, 22, 25, 25, 29, 29

February 1, 5, 5, 8, 8, 12, 12, 15, 15, 19, 19, 22, 22, 26, 26.

March 1, 1, 5, 5, 8, 8, 12, 15, 15, 19, 19, 22.

April 5, 19, 23.

May 10, 17, 17, 21, 21, 24, 24, 28, 31.

June 4.

August 3, 3, 23, 27, 27, 30, 30.

September 6, 6, 10, 10, 13, 17, 17, 20, 24, 24, 27

October 1.

November 5, 8, 8, 8, 15, 15, 19, 19, 22, 22, 26, 26, 29, 29.

December 3, 10, 17.

1909:
December 31.

1913:
March 14.

1914:
February 27, 27.

1920:
March 30.

1923:
September 4.

1924:
January 4.

1925:
March 27.
April 7.
June 19.
October 13.

1926:
February 2.
March 30.
April 2.
May 11.
June 15.

1927:
January 21.
March 29.
May 10, 20.
June 24.
July 1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22, 29.
September 20, 30.

1928:
January 24.
March 23
1929:
April 9, 12, 16, 19, 24, 26.
May 7, 14, 24.

Ewen Macpherson printed then published The Wyndham Farmer for 39 years and when he died in 1934, his son Doug took over the business. Doug ran the paper for 20 years, with the last issue coming out on 19 February 1955. They closed during a prosperous period purely because they could not get any staff. For the last six weeks of the paper, Doug put out the issues entirely on his own and it was said that as Doug was finishing the compositing of the last page of the last paper, a man who wished to become a subscriber telephoned.