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The Fiji times : with which is incorporated the Suva times

documentary heritage
  • Other Name

    The Fiji times (Alternate title)

    The Suva times (Alternate title)

    Western Pacific Herald (Alternate title)

    The Fiji Times and Herald (Alternate title)

  • Place
  • Other Id

    AP7.7.F5 FIJ (Library of Congress Call Number)

    90521 (Cat ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    The Fiji times : with which is incorporated the Suva times
  • Other Name

    The Fiji times (Alternate title)

    The Suva times (Alternate title)

    Western Pacific Herald (Alternate title)

    The Fiji Times and Herald (Alternate title)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Arthur G. Griffiths : George R. Griffiths ; Alport Barker
  • Place
  • Date
    From 1869?
  • Physical Description

    volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 70 cm

  • Serial Holdings
    Current Holdings: No.1806 (18 Aug 1887) ; No.2507 (2 May 1894) ; No.2800 (20 Feb 1897) ; No.2855 (10 Nov 1897) ; No.2922 (7 Jul 1898) ; No.2438 (18 Jul 1900) - No.2439 (21 Jul 1900) ; No. 2441 (28 Jul 1900) ; No.2519 (27 Apr 1901) ; No.2547 (3 Aug 1901) ; No.2566 (9 Oct 1901) ; No.2883 (27 Jan 1904) ; No.2887 (10 Feb 1904) ; No.5149 (04 Jul 1908) ; No.6133 (new ed. no.41, 17 Jul 1915) ; 4 Sep 1969 (special centenary issue).
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Related Object Notes
    Ethnology artefacts 1992.213 & 54228, Niusipepa Masi / Bark cloth newspaper.
    MS-405 Historical material relating to New Zealand (items donated by Mr C.M. Gordon, who seems to have been a descendant of Mrs Gordon, Waterloo Quadrant).
    MS90/42: Copy 2 of centennial supplement (4 September, 1969) from this collection.
  • Subject Category
  • Provenance Details
    Many of the copies have "Mrs Gordon, Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland, N.Z." handwritten on the front cover accompanied by either 2 ha'penny or 1 penny Fijian stamps.
    Copy dated 18 August 1887 has 'Miss Mary Garrett, C/- Robert Garrett Esquire, Otahuhu, Auckland, N.Z.' handwritten in ink at the top of the masthead.
  • Content
    Also held is a one sheet extraordinary supplement of The Fiji times dated 2 June 1902, stating:
    "Peace Proclaimed
    The following telegram has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies ;
    The representatives of the Boer forces still in the field have accepted the terms of surrender offered by His Majesty's Government.
    Chamberlain.
    The following reply has been despatched by his Excellency the Administrator :
    On behalf of the Europeans and natives of Fiji desire to convey to his Majesty te King and his Majesty's Government most sincere congratulations on cessation of hostilities.
    Governor of Fiji".
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Pacific newspapers; Fijian newspapers; Suva (Fiji)--Newspapers]

    Both No.1806 (18 Aug 1887) & No.5149 (04 Jul 1908) issues held are printed on Masi - fine tapa material. Includes advertising. The Suva times (absorbed by the Fiji Times) was published from No.1 (29 Oct 1881) - No.453 (29 Dec 1886). In 1918 the proprietor of the 'Western Pacific Herald' bought 'The Fiji Times' from George Griffiths and merged the newspapers to become 'The Fiji Times and Herald'.

  • Collection Type
    General Serials Outsize
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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