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The Chronicle's rival from 1867 onward was The Evening Herald (later The Wanganui Herald), founded by John Ballance. The ownership of the two daily papers merged in the 1970s, and in 1986 the Herald became a free weekly, later renamed the Wanganui Midweek. [1] The Chronicle is currently Whanganui's only daily newspaper.
The Wanganui Herald, originally published as The Evening Herald, was a daily newspaper in Wanganui published from 1867 to 1986 when it was replaced by a community newspaper of the same name. John Ballance arrived in Wanganui in August 1866; he was to become New Zealand's prime minister in 1891. [ 1 ]
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1856 The Wanganui Chronicle is first published. 1860s Scandinavians settle in the Tararua District, later founding Eketāhuna, Dannevirke, and Norsewood. 1865 A battle ensues between the Hau Hau adherents (who were largely upper Whanganui Māori), who want to expel the Pākehā at Wanganui, and the Māori of the lower river.
The elevator and tunnel were proposed by Wanganui Chronicle editor John Ball and his friend, Technical School engineering instructor Edward Crow. [3] Ratepayers were not prepared to pay for the project, and only a quarter of the 80 or 90 families buying sections in the new suburb were interested in forming a cooperative, so Col. A. E. Wilson and his brother-in-law W. J. Polson formed the Durie ...
The Wanganui Chronicle stated “Rangi Chase, the well-known New Zealand representative league player wants to be reinstated to rugby according to information which Mr. W. Pine, a member of the Taihape Rugby Union, supplied to the Union at a meeting of the management committee… “Rangi Chase is now a married man living in the Taihape ...
The Wanganui and Rangitikei cricket clubs played each other regularly in the 1860s. [4] Wanganui achieved a notable success when their team of 22 defeated the touring Australian XI in February 1881 at the Racecourse Ground. [5] The pitch was hard and bumpy, and the Wanganui selectors had made sure they selected the district's best fieldsmen.
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