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and was initially published monthly (

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was involved). The newspaper was produced in Christchurch for a short period, with

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and Alexander Wildey prominent. It was published by Michael Laracy then General Secretary of the N.Z. Shearers´ Union. It was soon taken over by the

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and became the official organ of the federation. The journal ceased publication in 1960. At the time it was called ''The Standard'', and was published weekly. In 2007, the spirit of the journal was revitalised as an online blog. ''The Standard'', occasionally differentiated as ''The Standard: Version 2.0'', is a co-operative online blog which posts news articles and opinion / think pieces from a left-wing point of view.

Timeline

* 1910 - Robert Ross invited by the FOL from Melbourne to edit the paper * 1911 - Robert Hogg (later editor of

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) was Manager. * 1913 - Contributors

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and

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charged with sedition. * 1913–1918

appointed editor. McLintock 1966 * 1922 - Publisher John Glover prosecuted (unsuccessfully) for blasphemous libel. New Zealand's only trial to date for

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. * 1922 - The manager John Glover lent £100 interest free to

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. * 1930s - Renamed to "the Standard". * 1960 - Ceased publication. * 2007 - ''The Standard'' revitalised as an online blog, posting views from a labour-movement perspective.

Notes

References

* * * {{cite web , title="Red" Federation of Labour , publisher=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, url= http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/political-parties/page-12 , editor-first=A. H. , editor-last=McLintock, orig-year=1966 , date=22 April 2009 , ref=McLintock1966 , access-date=14 November 2013

External links

Papers Past
- online archive with issues of ''The Maoriland Worker'' (currently 1910–1924 only) Defunct magazines published in New Zealand Magazines established in 1910 Magazines disestablished in 1960 1910 establishments in New Zealand 1960 disestablishments in New Zealand Monthly magazines published in New Zealand