Western Post

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1896

24 October 1896
Prominent among the pioneer provincial press of New South Wales is the Mudgee "Western Post," now in the thirty-seventh year of its establishment and it is a noteworthy fact that at no period of its existence has the paper been more popular than at present, it finding its way into almost every home in the broad expanse of country between Coonabarabran and Bathurst and Wellington and Wallerawang. During its time it has seen the birth and death of a dozen or so rivals. From the advent of Messrs. Shaw, Kear, and Garling as proprietors, wonderful advancement has been made. A couple of years ago they purchased their oldest contemporary, the Mudgee "Independent," and the incorporation thereof with the "Post" has made the latter unquestionably the most widely circulated and representative newspaper in the north-west. In politics the "Post" is Protectionist; but its columns are principally devoted to mining, pastoral, agricultural and general news, its readers being kept well posted up in the doings of all parts by reliable correspondents. Its literary staff includes some of the oldest and smartest pressmen to be found out of the city, and it is by no means an uncommon thing to find extracts from the "Post's" articles quoted in the metropolitan papers. It is published bi-weekly (Mondays and Thursdays), and each issue contains the latest telegraphic and cable news procurable up to the hour of going to press. The plant is one of the most complete of any country office in the colony, and the class of work turned out from the job printing department is quite equal to anything from the best city jobbing establishments. The principal issue of the week is, of course, that printed on Thursday, as it contains twenty pages, while the Monday's contains but eight pages. The "Post's" last Christmas issue was a most creditable production, and was generally acknowledged to be the best publication ever turned out from a country office, being profusely illustrated from process blocks. As an advertising medium the "Post" stands unrivalled among country papers, by reason of its long establishment and large circulation. Its Sydney agents are Reuter's Telegram Company, Gordon and Gotch, and Hennessy, Harper, and Company, at whose offices copies of the "Post" may always be seen and advertisements arranged for1 .

1899

23 September 1899
THE PRESS.
The Press is represented by The Western Post (bi-weekly), owned by Messrs. Shaw, Kear, and Garling, universally recognized as a first-class provincial journal.

THE "WESTERN POST."
Prominent among the pioneers of the provincial press of New South Wales is the Western Post, Mudgee, established in 1860. It is, indeed, the oldest of the North - Western district newspapers, and enjoys a reputation and clientele which none of its compeers have been able to approach, though, for vigorous journalism, Mudgee undoubtedly stands unique among centres outside the metropolitan area. The plant of the Western Post is the most complete that I have yet seen in my journeyings throughout the colony. In the composing-room are upwards of two hundred founts of type, embracing the most modern, and a staff of a dozen compositors. The paper is printed on a double Royal Wharfedale, made by W. Dawson and Sons, the motive power being a National gas engine. The job printing department is both extensive and up to date, and new machinery is now being indented from America to cope with increasing business. The Post is published bi-weekly (Mondays and Thursdays), containing eight and twenty pages respectively. For city firms to overlook the Post when arranging for advertisements in country newspapers would certainly be a mistake. City agents for it are Reuter's Telegram Company, Gordon and Gotch, and Hennessey, Harper and Co., any of whom will be pleased to receive advertising orders; or the proprietors, Messrs. Shaw, Kear, and Garling, will be glad to do business direct. I may add that an unusual feature of the Western Post is its issue of a special illustrated Xmas number, which, for the past several years, has been acknowledged by the intercolonial press to be the finest production issued from any country office in the colonies2 .

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