The Clipper
Edition of 23 September 1893
TypePeriodical
Editor
Launched8 April 1893 (1893-04-08)
Political alignmentSocialism in Australia
Ceased publication25 December 1909 (1909-12-25)
CityHobart, Tasmania
ISSN1839-714X

The Clipper was a weekly labor-orientated newspaper published in Hobart, Tasmania, from 8 April 1893 until 25 December 1909,[1] before its merger with the Daily Post in 1910.[2][3]

History

The newspaper was founded by James Paton, proprietor and editor, and Gerald Tempest Massey, printer and publisher

In 1902 Edward Mulcahy, Minister of Lands in the Tasmanian government, sued Paton and Massey for defamation of character, in respect of an article alleging impropriety in awarding a contract for the Strahan storm water channel.[4] Paton left for Western Australia, and Massey founded The Critic

Walter Alan Woods became editor and part owner in 1903, until the newspaper merged with the Daily Post in 1910.[5]

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Project by the National Library of Australia.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "The Clipper (Hobart, Tasmania: 1893–1909)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Clipper (Newspaper, Serial, Microfilm)". LINC Tasmania. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Companion to Tasmanian History". University of Tasmania. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Alleged Libel". The Mount Lyell Standard and Strahan Gazette. Vol. 6, no. 1368. Tasmania, Australia. 12 November 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 14 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Woods, Walter Alan (1861–1939)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
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