Newspaper, 'The Little Un'
Maker
T. W. Rhodes
Production date
24 Dec 1884
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Description
A one sheet newspaper with four printed pages originally folded in the centre. The masthead reads 'The Little Un' No.17 Vol.1. December 24 1884. Price 1 half penny. The contents includes advertisements for T W Rhodes, The Strand, Tauranga. Includes an editorial, community news, public notices, shipping news and national news.
In December of 1884 T. W. Rhodes, a book seller on the corner of Hamilton Street and The Strand, began publishing 'The Little Un'. His aim, as expressed in the first edition, was to publish an ‘independent journal bound to no party, or clique, in which freely to discuss matters of public interest’. Rhodes printed 'The Little Un' on a press from his Strand premises, which was the original office of 'The Bay of Plenty Times'.
'The Little Un' continued for five months after which Rhodes began publishing 'The Evening News' and 'East Coast Advertiser'. In 1888 Rhodes left Tauranga for the Coromandel with the intention of publishing a newspaper there.
In December of 1884 T. W. Rhodes, a book seller on the corner of Hamilton Street and The Strand, began publishing 'The Little Un'. His aim, as expressed in the first edition, was to publish an ‘independent journal bound to no party, or clique, in which freely to discuss matters of public interest’. Rhodes printed 'The Little Un' on a press from his Strand premises, which was the original office of 'The Bay of Plenty Times'.
'The Little Un' continued for five months after which Rhodes began publishing 'The Evening News' and 'East Coast Advertiser'. In 1888 Rhodes left Tauranga for the Coromandel with the intention of publishing a newspaper there.
Maker
T. W. Rhodes
Production date
24 Dec 1884
Production place
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Measurements
height 215mm width 340mm
Accession number
0279/11
Current rights