''The Telegraph'', later ''The Daily Telegraph'' was a newspaper published in

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between 1881 and 1928.

History

A newspaper, ''The Telegraph'' was published in Launceston fro
2 July 1881
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15 June 1883
originally as a weekly, then bi-weekly then tri-weekly in its last year of publication. The first issue of ''The Daily Telegraph'' appeared on 18 June 1883, and the last issue appeared on 28 March 1928. With the imminent demise of the ''Telegraph'', ''

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, from March 1928 expanded its branch office in the northern city, and increased its penetration by putting on "fast cars" to get their paper to Launceston by breakfast, thus putting extra pressure on the ''

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'', the ''Telegraphs competitor. Murray Amos White, who had been brought from Melbourne to Tasmania to take the position of editor-in-chief in October 1927 in the hope of reviving the paper's circulation, sued the managing director A. C. Ferrall for not giving him three months' notice of termination of contract.

Digitisation

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* Defunct newspapers published in Tasmania Publications established in 1883 1883 establishments in Australia Publications disestablished in 1928 1928 disestablishments in Australia Daily newspapers published in Australia Launceston, Tasmania {{Australia-newspaper-stub