Newspaper
p. 38 · Read in the full issue
Norfolk Island's New Newspaper
THE enterprise of Mr. M. S. Reynolds has given Norfolk Island back its local newspaper. The news-sheet begun by the late Mr. A. S. Gassard in 1938, and carried on after his death by his daughter, ceased publication during the war years and since then Norfolk Island has been without any medium of local news and events.
The Norfolk Island News Edition (NINE) got off to a flying start on June 10, 1949, and will be published weekly thereafter. It is a 12-page roneoed paper to the production of which has been given a great deal of industry and skill.
Apart from brief items of overseas news, the whole of the paper is devoted to local affairs, with ample coverage of sporting events, social activities, public services and personal items. It will be a boon to residents of and visitors to Norfolk Island,
where there are no concentrated settle ments or villages.
In his new enterprise Mr. Reynolds has obviously received the support of local business people who have advertised ex tensively in the paper.