The Evening Star  -  3 November 1979    - 

  The Evening Star   -  Final Edition


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page 1   -    Front Page,  Daily since 1863  -    The final Edition,  Saturday 3 November 1979

page 2 -    The Beginning   -    History of  "The Evening Star"
               article  -     The post war boom
             photos  -  Stafford st, Dunedin, 1863
                            Mr George Bell,  prop. 1869 - 1895
                            Mr C.S.Smith, director 1902 - 1943  Managing director 1923 - 1943
                            Mr C.G.Smith,  director 1917 - 1953,  chairman 1945 - 1953
                           Mr S.D.Smith,  director 1933 - 1974,  chairman  1953 - 1971
                           The Bond Street building of  "The Evening Star"  used from 1881 until 1923?

page 3 -    Editors gave long and loyal service.
              articles -      Reasons given for closing of  "Star "
                           Evening Star's death a national loss.
                           This is our lasr word.
             photos  -  Mr George Bell,  1869 - 1894,  Mr Mark Cohen,  1894 - 1920,   Mr W.F.Alexander 1920 - 1946,  Mr L.Jillett, 1947 - 1950
                            Mr W.J.Noble,  1951 - 1975  Mr P.J.Stewart,  1975 - 1978,   Mr F.R.Nicol  1978 - 1979
                         Mr Julian Smith, 1976 - 1979, 
                        Mr V.G.Cavanagh,     Mr D.S.Braithwaite,     Mr Neville Webber.

page 4 -   Excerpts from Editorials
                 article -    Look at it this way   by John Halifax

page 5 -  A Notable story  -  "The Game's Up Amy"   ---- Amy  Maud Bock.
                   A scoop is always a scoop.
                photos  -  Detective Hunt of Dunedin Central Police
                                  Nicholas Brokenshire, who worked as a journalist on the"Star"
                           Pilot Bruce Crosbie,  Neal Travis,  the 2 men had crashed in wild snow covered country between Millers Flat and Lake Onslow,  11 July 1959

page 6  -   Sports Special  -
                Pioneer sports paper  -  New Zealand's 1st  sporting paper.  Saturday 31 August 1907
                Star sporting journalism
          photo  -  Peter Snell  breaking the tape at the Royal Athletic meeting at the Caledonian ground  15 February 1963

page 7  -   A selection from the "Star" photo-files. 
             article -    The Role of Advertising 
         photos  -     Abbotsford landslide 1979
                          The Hyde railway disaster 1943
                          The Exchange Star boy
                    Hayman's fire 1952

page 8  -  The Good Old "Star"  in Retrospect  -  Staff of the "Star" look back.
              articles -     The stark reality of today    -    My dream - written in the "Stars"   -   Beginnings in Bond Street.
                   Where did I get that hat  -    On behalf of all of us.  -   from the 1st edition  -     Always working against time -
    photos  -  W.J.Noble,  J.B.Thomson,  F.W.Cave,  Mary Buchanan,  Shona McFarlane,  M.R.Keane,  W.J.Sinton.


Beverley Evans
Christchurch NZ
29 January 2011

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