Guide to the Records of The Times (as filmed by the AJCP)

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M2396 - M2397

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Created: 2019

Collection Summary

Creator: Times Newspapers Ltd.. Record Office
Title: Records and Collections of The Times (as filmed by the AJCP)
Date Range: 27 October 1849 - November 1964
Collection Number: M2396 - M2397
Extent: 68 items
Language of Materials: English
Repository: Australian Joint Copying Project
Sponsor: The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Manager's letter-books 1852-1914. Subjects include: appointment of colonial judges; Australian railways; British-Australian communications; republican doctrines in Australia; Australian politics; attacks on British colonial policy; possible annexation of Fiji; annexation of Cook Island; visit of American Fleet to Australia and New Zealand in 1908; and White Australia policy. Main correspondents are M. Morris, J. MacDonald, C.M. Bell, F.H. Kitchin, A. Michie, A. Garran, F.W. Haddon and A. Jose.

Correspondence 1920-1960 concerning the operation of its Australian office.

Correspondence and agreements 1912-1956 of the Australia and Times News Service. Correspondents include K. Murdoch, H. Denison, H. Campbell Jones and L. Dumas.

Papers 1849-1874 of John T. Delane, editor of The Times, referring to convict transportation, establishment of colony of Queensland and colonial politics. Correspondents include B. Howes, G. Elder and Sir James Fergusson.

Papers 1932-1938 of H.A. McClure Smith of Sydney Morning Herald referring to British foreign policy.

Conditions Governing Access

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred Citation

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Archival History

Material selectively filmed at the Times Newspapers Ltd. Record Office, London, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1987 (AJCP Reels: M2396-M2397). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

Existence and Location of Originals

Times Newspapers Ltd Record Office, London Bridge Street, London, England.

For more information see The Times. [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/]

Existence and Location of Copies

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2299017] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Finding-aid Notes

This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2019. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.

Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.

Subjects

American Fleet; Australia; Australia: politics and government; Australia: visits to; Bell, C.M.; Campbell-Jones, H.; Cook Island; Delane, John T.; Denison, Sir Hugh; Dumas, Sir Lloyd; Elder, G.; Exploration: land; Fergusson, Sir James; Fiji; Fiji: annexation; Garran, Andrew; Great Britain; Great Britain: relations with colonies; Haddon, F.W.; Howes, B.; Jose, A.W.; Journalists; Kitchin, F.H.; MacDonald, J.; McClure Smith, H.A.; Michie, Sir Archibald; Morris, M.; Murdoch, Sir Keith; Queensland: politics and government; Railways: Australia; Republicanism; Sydney Morning Herald, newspaper; The Times (London), newspaper; Transportation of convicts

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 462, p180. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-397322928]

Biographical / Historical

Members of the Walter Family were the proprietors of The Times from 1785 until 1908. The newspaper was founded by John Walter (1739-1812) in London in January 1785, originally with the title Daily Universal Register. Under his son, John Walter (1776-1847) and his editors Thomas Barnes (1785-1841) and John Delane (1817-1879), The Times achieved its pre-eminence among British newspapers, with its reputation for authoritative news, anonymous journalism, political and financial independence, and its extraordinary influence on public opinion. By 1850 its circulation was more than double the combined total of its five London rivals. Other factors in its continued success in the second half of the nineteenth century were its financial prosperity and its investment in new printing technology.

Although Delane was one of the greatest newspaper editors, he had relatively few dealings with The Times' foreign correspondents. It was the manager of The Times, Mowbray Morris (1847-1873), John MacDonald (1873-1889) and Charles Moberly Bell (1890-1911), who corresponded with correspondents overseas and played the chief part in determining the paper's foreign and imperial policies. When Morris first took up his position there were very few permanent representatives in foreign cities, but by 1860 there were over 12 staff based in Paris, Vienna, Constantinople, Madrid, St Petersburg and other cities. By the later years of the century there were The Times correspondents in Washington, San Francisco, Cairo, Calcutta, Bombay, Peking and elsewhere. The managers sometimes used travelling reporters for colonial news, such as Flora Shaw (the first woman on the permanent staff of The Times), but generally they relied on local journalists such as Andrew Garran, who edited the Sydney Morning Herald from 1873 to 1885. Arthur Jose was the first permanent representative of The Times in Australia (1904-1915).The Walter dynasty of proprietors ended in 1908 when The Times was bought by Alfred Harmsworth (1865-1922), Viscount Northcliffe. Following his death, members of the Astor Family owned the paper until 1967, when it was acquired by the Canadian-born Roy Thomson, Baron Thomson.

Item Descriptions

Series. Manager's Letterbooks: Series I, 1852 - 1887

16 items

Volume 3, December 1852 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

M. Morris to L. Filmore, 8 December 1852 (Item f. 298)

Plans to send correspondent to Australia for one year; offers Filmore the appointment.

Volume 4, April 1854 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

M. Morris to L. Filmore, 27 April 1854 (Item f. 316)

Recall of Filmore to Europe owing to Crimean War; reasons for appointing an Australian correspondent; novelty of Antipodes; appointment of H. Chapman.

Volume 5, October 1854 - January 1856 (File)

2 items

Filmed selectively.

M. Morris to H. Chapman (Melbourne), 27 October 1854 (Item ff. 133-34)

Petition on appointment of colonial judges; unwilling to meddle in colonial politics; offers of J.Temple and G. Hicks to be Melbourne correspondent; Crimean War.

M. Morris to H. Chapman: payment of salary, 28 January 1856 (Item f. 740)

Volume 6, June 1856 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

M. Morris to H. Chapman: payment of salary, 20 June 1856 (Item f. 6)

Volume 8, October 1857 - June 1858 (File)

3 items

Filmed selectively.

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 16 October 1857 (Item ff. 129-30)

Sympathy on loss of office; visit of Mackinnon of Argusph>.

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 16 March 1858 (Item ff. 507-8)

Progress of communications with Australia; railways.

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 16 June 1858 (Item ff. 620-21)

Anglo-American relations; European affairs.

Volume 9, September 1858 - September 1859 (File)

4 items

Filmed selectively.

M. Morris to A. Garran (Sydney), 15 September 1858 (Item f. 60)

Payment for articles.

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 16 September 1858 (Item ff. 65-66)

Poor communications between England and Austalia; political progress of Victoria.

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 16 April 1859 (Item f. 279)

Argument with City correspondent about Geelong railway.

M. Morris to H. Chapman, [19 September 1859] (Item f. 534)

Difficulties of establishing telegraph communication.

Volume 11, June 1861 - October 1862 (File)

10 items

Filmed selectively.

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 26 June 1861 (Item f. 149)

Supply of papers.

M. Morris to A. Garran (Sydney), 26 June 1861 (Item f. 150)

Payment; welcomes further articles on affairs of N.S.W.

M. Morris to A. Garran, 25 October 1861 (Item f. 284)

Payment for articles.

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 26 February 1862 (Item ff. 425-426)

Attack by Empire (Sydney) on Chapman's letters.

M. Morris to A. Garran, 25 February 1862 (Item ff. 428-29)

Seeks views on criticisms in Empire on Times articles on Australia; republican doctrines in Australia.

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 25 April 1862 (Item ff. 533-34)

Appointment of Chapman to Bench; declines suggestion that he continue to contribute to Times through W. Hughes.

M. Morris to A. Michie (Melbourne), 25 April 1862 (Item f. 535)

Offer of appointment as Victorian correspondent of Times.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 August 1862 (Item ff. 659-60)

Dissatisfaction of editor with first article; abilities of H. Chapman as correspondent.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 September 1862 (Item f. 695)

Second article.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 24 October 1862 (Item ff. 732-34)

Reflections on duties of colonial correspondent; style.

Volume 12, December 1862 - February 1864 (File)

12 items

Filmed selectively.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 27 December 1862 (Item ff. 49-50)

Financial arrangements.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 January 1863 (Item f. 83)

Praises article; Australian politics.

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 26 February 1863 (Item ff. 151-53)

Delay in appointment of Victorian correspondent.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 25 May 1863 (Item ff. 288-89)

Financial terms; praises article.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 June 1863 (Item f. 324)

Style; letter from Otago.

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 26 August 1863 (Item f. 389)

Continuance of New Zealand correspondence.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 August 1863 (Item ff. 392-93)

Presentation of letters.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 25 November 1863 (Item ff. 509-10)

Congratulations on appointment; requests article on New Zealand.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 23 December 1863 (Item ff. 545-46)

Style of presentation

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 23 December 1863 (Item ff. 547-48)

Criticism by Chapman of financial arrangement.

M. Morris to A. Garran, 25 February 1864 (Item f. 679)

Publication of articles since last settlement.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 February 1864 (Item f. 684)

Style of presentation.

Volume 13, April 1864 - October 1865 (File)

14 items

Filmed selectively.

M. Morris to H. Chapman (Melbourne), 26 April 1864 (Item ff. 37-38)

Article on state of Victoria in 1862; non-publication of transportation letter (faint).

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 25 May 1864 (Item f. 67)

Congratulations on appointment; letters from New Zealand.

M. Morris to A. Michie (Melbourne), 26 August 1864 (Item ff. 162-63)

Acknowledges New Zealand letter; progress of Victoria in manufactures.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 25 October 1864 (Item ff. 221-22)

Acknowledges alarming despatch; possible prelude to separation.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 25 November 1864 (Item ff. 247-48)

Inquires if Canada stirs up feelings of emulation in Australia; close union of colonies.

M. Morris to J. Knowles, 26 December 1864 (Item ff. 279-80)

Appointment as New Zealand correspondent; requests monthly summary of news but no political disquisition.

M. Morris to H. Chapman (Dunedin), 26 December 1864 (Item f. 281)

Appointment of J. Knowles as New Zealand correspondent.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 January 1865 (Item ff. 306-9)

Economic affairs (faint.)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 27 March 1865 (Item f. 376)

Gift of wine.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 April 1865 (Item ff. 416-17)

Praises letter on Confederate difficulty; assassination of A. Lincoln.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 May 1865 (Item ff. 460-61.)

Acknowledges wine; resolution of land question in Australia; search for correspondent in United States.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 October 1865 (Item ff. 606-11)

Constitutional crisis in Victoria; wine; death of Lord Palmerston; Lord Russell. (faint)

M. Morris to A. Garran, 26 October 1865 (Item ff. 612-13.)

Denies engaging another Sydney correspondent; satisfaction with Garran's letters. (faint)

M. Morris to J. Knowles, 26 October 1865 (Item ff. 614-15.)

Need for greater brevity in letters; violence of colonial disputes.

Volume 14, November 1866 - March 1867 (File)

4 items

Filmed selectively.

M. Morries to J. Knowles, 16 November 1866 (Item f. 401)

Diminishing public interest in New Zealand; request short summary of news by each mail.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 16 November 1866 (Item ff. 402-3.)

Michie's loss of office; constitutional crisis in Victoria.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 February 1867 (Item ff. 558-60)

Acknowledges lecture; Reform Bill.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 25 March 1867 (Item ff.600-3)

Relations with United States; Reform Bill.

Volume 15, June 1867 - October 1869 (File)

10 items

Filmed selectively.

M. Morris to A. Garran, 26 June 1867 (Item f. 14)

Publication of Garran's letters in Times.

M. Morris to A. Garran, 25 October 1867 (Item f. 170)

Regrets Garran unable to continue correspondence; H. Reed.

M. Morris to A. Garran: payments, 26 November 1867 (Item f. 216)

M. Morris to H. Reed (Sydney), 25 February 1868 (Item ff. 306-7)

Instructions for Sydney letters; payments.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 25 February 1868 (Item ff. 308-9)

Treatment of Australian tour of Duke of Edinburgh.

M. Morris to H. Reed, 1 July 1868 (Item f. 414)

Payment for letters.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 17 July 1868 (Item f. 427)

Treatment of constitutional crisis.

M. Morris to H. Reed, 26 February 1869 (Item f. 591v)

Further advice on articles.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 10 September 1869 (Item f. 680)

Requests copy of Michie's lectures; libel case in Adelaide.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 7 October 1869 (Item f. 691)

Impressions of New Zealand.

Volume 16, November 1869 - April 1871 (File)

5 items

Filmed selectively.

M. Morris to A. Michie, [November 1869] (Item ff. 56-57)

New Zealand letter; attack on British colonial policy; possible annexation of Fiji.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 9 September 1870 (Item f. 237)

Michie's return to public life; Franco-Prussian War.

M. Morris to H. Reed (Sydney), 9 September 1870 (Item f. 238)

Assessment of letters; visit of Walter to Sydney.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 24 February 1871 (Item f. 495)

Mail route; payment of Members of Parliament.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 21 April 1871 (Item f. 574)

Payment; monthly letter.

Volume 17, August 1871 - February 1873 (File)

9 items

Filmed selectively.

M. Morris to J. Knowles (Wellington), 11 August 1871 (Item f. 23)

Knowles' departure; New Zealand affairs no longer require regular correspondence.

M. Morris to H. Reed, 11 August 1871 (Item f. 24)

Payment; appointment of N.S.W. Governor.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 8 September 1871 (Item f. 51)

Michie's elevation to Victorian Legislative Council; C. Gavan Duffy.

M. Morris to A. Michie, 3 November 1871 (Item f. 81)

Acknowledges Fiji letter; B. Disraeli; Morris' son at Government House, Adelaide.

M. Morris to A.W.F. Halcombe, 28 December 1871 (Item f. 104)

New Zealand letters; do not require details of party politics.

M. Morris to H. Reed, 21 March 1872 (Item f. 140)

Payment; inquires about N.S.W.-Victoria customs quarrel.

M. Morris to A.W.F. Halcombe (Wellington), 18 April 1872 (Item f. 153)

Publication of book; payment for letters.

M. Morris to A.W.F. Halcombe (Wellington), 6 May 1872 (Item f. 175)

New Zealand letters.

P.S. Stephens to H. Reed: payment; cables, 19 February 1873 (Item f.243)

Volume 18, March 1875 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

J. MacDonald to H. Reed (Sydney), 12 March 1875 (Item ff. 30-31)

Payment; no prospect of work in England; Fairfax.

Volume 19, October 1877 - April 1879 (File)

3 items

Filmed selectively.

J. MacDonald to H. Reed (Sydney), 19 October 1877 (Item ff. 271-72)

Impartial treatment of leters from Sydney and Melbourne.

J. MacDonald to A. Garran, 21 February 1878 (Item ff. 411-12)

Payment for articles; resignation of H. George from Argus>.

J. MacDonald to A. Garran, 25 April 1879 (Item ff. 862-63)

Payment for articles; progress of N.S.W.

Volume 20, January 1880 - February 1887 (File)

5 items

Filmed selectively.

J. MacDonald to C. Austin, 16 January 1880 (Item ff. 66-69)

Journey to Australia; ingenuity will be taxed to make good copy out of colonials.

J. MacDonald to A. Garran, 16 January 1880 (Item ff. 70-71)

Payments; non-publication of letters due to quietness of N.S.W. affairs.

J. MacDonald to C. Austin, 18 November 1880 (Item ff. 249-51)

Criticizes failure to write about Sydney Exhibition or impressions of Australia; stay in Canada should not be prolonged.

J. MacDonald to A.W.F. Halcombe, 22 December 1886 (Item ff. 862-63)

Difficulty of publishing regular letters from colonies; interest in material progress of New Zealand rather than party politics.

J. MacDonald to A. Garran, 25 February 1887 (Item ff. 887-88)

Payment; Colonial Exhibition; death of H. George; European situation.

Series. Manager's Letterbooks: Series II, 1891 - 1914

34 items

Volume 3, 25 February 1891 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to F.W. Haddon (Melbourne), 25 February 1891 (Item ff. 145-46)

Publication of letters; offers appointment as 'occasional correspondent'; instructions on cabling.

Volume 4, 30 October 1891 - 10 November 1891 (File)

2 items

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to F.W. Haddon, 30 October 1891 (Item ff. 557-58)

Negotiations with provincial newspapers to establish telegraphic service with Australia; payment for letters and cables.

C.M. Bell to Sir James Fergusson, 10 November 1891 (Item ff. 638-39)

Publication of unfounded statement on death of Bishop of Adelaide; explanation of garbled cable.

Volume 5, 20 January 1892 - 10 May 1892 (File)

2 items

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to Bishop G. Kennion, 20 January 1892 (Item f. 28)

Apologizes for reporting death.

C.M. Bell to F.W. Haddon, 10 May 1892 (Item f. 654)

Reporting of Deeming murder trial in Times.

Volume 6, 5 August 1892 - 30 November 1892 (File)

5 items

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to Agent-General for Victoria, 5 August 1892 (Item f. 15)

Requests letters of introduction for Miss F. Shaw, in charge of Colonial Column, visiting Australia.

C.M. Bell to W. Heinemann, 23 September 1892 (Item f. 310)

Unable to publish paper on social life in Sydney.

C.M. Bell to A. Garran, 23 September 1892 (Item f. 311)

Introduces Miss F. Shaw.

C.M. Bell to F.W. Haddon, 23 September 1892 (Item f. 312)

Introduces Miss F. Shaw

C.M. Bell to F. Shaw, 30 November 1892 (Item f. 789)

Shaw's visit to Australia.

Volume 7, 14 February 1893 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to A. Garran (Sydney), 14 February 1893 (Item ff. 329-30)

Payment; policy on colonial correspondence; only fraction of letters published.

Volume 10, 10 October 1894 - 28 December 1894 (File)

3 items

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to T. Chambers, 10 October 1894 (Item f. 290)

No plans of sending correspondent to Australia.

C.M. Bell to T. Chambers, 23 October 1894 (Item f. 319)

Payment for articles.

C.M. Bell to F.W. Haddon, 28 December 1894 (Item ff. 634-35)

Requests Haddon take charge of new telegram service; agreement with Reuters.

Volume 11, 29 March 1895 (File)

2 items

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to T. Chambers (Perth), 29 March 1895 (Item f. 146)

Publication of letters on occasional basis.

C.M. Bell to F.W. Haddon, 29 March 1895 (Item f. 152)

Instructions for cables; no need of financial news.

Volume 13, 27 December 1895 - 6 March 1896 (File)

2 items

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to F.W. Haddon, 27 December 1896 (Item f. 282)

Seeks Australian public opinion on Anglo-American difficulty.

C.M. Bell to T. Chambers (Coolgardie), 6 March 1896 (Item f. 633)

No plans to appoint Western Australian correspondent.

Volume 15, 6 May 1897 (File)

1 item

C.M. Bell to F.W. Haddon, 6 May 1897 (Item ff. 557-58)

Requests accounts of celebration of Queen's Jubilee in Australia.

Volume 25, 26 October 1900 - 7 November 1900 (File)

2 items

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to M. Ross (Wellington), 26 October 1900 (Item f. 535)

Acknowledges letters; article on annexation of Cook Islands

C.M. Bell to Lord Ranfurly, 7 November 1900 (Item f. 670)

Thanks for help in securing M. Ross as New Zealand correspondent.

Volume 26, 8 January 1901 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to M. Ross (Christchurch), 8 January 1901 (Item f. 321)

Instructions; need for speed; murders and local incidents best left to Reuters.

Volume 27, 9 May 1901 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to M. Ross (Wellington): payments, 9 May 1901 (Item f. 491)

Volume 28, 28 September 1901 - 8 October 1901 (File)

2 items

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to F.W. Haddon (Melbourne), 28 September 1901 (Item f. 652)

Haddon's visit to England; Cunningham to act as correspondent

C.M. Bell to T.A. Coghlan (Sydney), 8 October 1901 (Item f. 782)

Payments for contributions to Encyclopaedia Britannica Supplement.

Volume 29, 3 January 1902 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to M. Ross: salary and payments, 3 January 1902 (Item f. 680)

Volume 33, 27 February 1903 - 11 May 1903 (File)

4 items

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to F.W. Haddon (Melbourne), 27 February 1903 (Item f. 434)

Requests short weekly note on Australian affairs.

C.M. Bell to Fairfax & Co. (Sydney), 27 February 1903 (Item f. 434)

Requests short weekly note on Australian affairs.

C.M. Bell to M. Ross (Wellington): payments, May 1903 (Item f. 857)

C.M. Bell to Fairfax & Co., 11 May 1903 (Item f. 942)

Rates of payment for weekly notes and cables.

Volume 34, 3 September 1903 - 23 October 1903 (File)

5 items

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to C.R. Robinson, 3 September 1903 (Item ff.556-557)

C.M. Bell to A. Jose, 15 September 1903 (Item ff.656-57)

Salary; article by Jose on labour question.

C.M. Bell to F.W. Haddon, 25 September 1903 (Item f. 704)

Decision to send special correspondent to Australia; end of association with Haddon.

C.M. Bell to J. Bottomley, 22 October 1903 (Item f. 910)

Appointment of Australian correspondents.

C.M. Bell to A. Jose, 23 October 1903 (Item f. 913)

Letter from Australia critical of cable of Jose.

Volume 35, 23 November 1903 - 20 January 1904 (File)

4 items

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to A. Jose, 23 November 1903 (Item f. 116)

Preference to be given to Pacific Cable Board line.

C.M. Bell to A. Jose, 19 December 1903 (Item f. 372)

Payments of cables; code.

C.M. Bell to A. Jose, 15 January 1904 (Item ff. 579-80)

Difficulty of evaluating a foreign correspondent; refers to G.E. Morrison lack of public interest in Australian news.

C.M. Bell to M. Ross (Wellington): payment, 20 January 1904 (Item f. 598)

Volume 37, 12 August 1904 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

C. M. Bell to A. Jose, 12 August 1904 (Item ff. 540-542)

Failure of Australian experiment; distance too great to make correspondence by mail interesting; Times should rely on Reuters and comments of its Colonial Department.

Volume 38, 20 October 1904 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

C. M. Bell to Jose, 20 October 1904 (Item ff. 148-51)

Jose's disappointment with decision; extra cost of £800 not justified; political policy; refers to Jose's extreme views on certain subjects.

Volume 39, 27 January 1905 - 23 February 1905 (File)

3 items

Filmed selectively.

C. M. Bell to A. Jose (Melbourne): payment, 27 January 1905 (Item f. 14)

C.M. Bell to P. Rowland (Townsville): payment, 23 February 1905 (Item f. 236)

C. M. Bell to A. Jose, 23 February 1905 (Item f. 245)

Payment to P. Rowland.

Volume 40, 16 June 1905 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

C. M. Bell to A. Jose, 16 June 1905 (Item ff. 179-80)

Mail contract question; Orient Company.

Volume 42, 15 December 1905 - 15 March 1906 (File)

2 items

Filmed selectively.

C. M. Bell to A. Jose, 15 December 1905 (Item f. 113)

Requests letters be sent to Foreign Editor.

C. M. Bell to M. Ross (Wellington): payment, 15 March 1906 (Item f. 525)

Volume 43, 10 September 1906 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to M. Ross, 10 September 1906 (Item f. 666)

Analysis of payments; New Zealand does not offer opportunities for experienced journalists.

Volume 44, 9 January 1907 - 19 March 1907 (File)

2 items

Filmed selectivley.

C.M. Bell to M. Ross: payments, 9 January 1907 (Item f. 517)

C.M. Bell to A. Jose: payments, 19 March 1907 (Item f. 915)

Volume 45, 15 July 1907 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to J.H. Heaton, 15 July 1907 (Item ff. 613-15)

Coverage of colonies in Times; cost of New Zealand letters.

Volume 46, 8 October 1907 - 30 December 1907 (File)

3 items

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to A. Jose (Sydney), 8 October 1907 (Item f. 59)

Publication of book by Jose using material in his Times letters.

C.M. Bell to A. Jose, 7 December 1907 (Item ff. 377-78)

Dissatisfaction of editorial staff with Jose's partiality for Australian Labor Party; statements about A.L.P. and Keir Hardie.

C.M. Bell to M. Ross (Wellington): payment, 30 December 1907 (Item f. 483)

Volume 47, 16 June 1908 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Manager to A. Jose, 16 June 1908 (Item f. 962)

Requests description of visit of American Fleet and press comments.

Volume 48, 23 June 1908 - 26 August 1908 (File)

6 items

Filmed selectively.

F.H. Kitchin to M. Ross, 23 June 1908 (Item f. 56)

Requests report on visit of American Fleet to New Zealand.

F. H. Kitchin to M. Ross, 11 August 1908 (Item f. 719)

Fuller coverage required.

F. H. Kitchen to M. Ross, 14 August 1908 (Item f. 838)

Acknowledges improved report.

F. H. Kitchin to A. Jose, 17 August 1908 (Item f. 856)

Reports of visit of American Fleet to Australia.

F. H. Kitchin to A. Jose, 25 August 1908 (Item f. 976)

Cables on visit of American Fleet.

F. H. Kitchin to M. Ross, 26 August 1908 (Item f. 985)

Expenses of visit to Auckland.

Volume 49, 30 September 1908 - 9 October 1908 (File)

2 items

Filmed selectively.

F. H. Kitchin to M. Ross, 30 September 1908 (Item f. 462)

Criticizes lateness of cable.

C.M. Bell to A. Jose, 9 October 1908 (Item f. 648)

Travelling expenses.

Volume 50, 10 November 1908 - 29 December 1908 (File)

3 items

Filmed selectively.

C. M. Bell to A. Jose (Sydney), 10 November 1908 (Item f. 249)

Requests exclusive statement from A. Deakin on need for Cable Conference.

C. M. Bell to A. Jose, 18 November 1908 (Item f. 481)

Abolition of 50 word limit.

C. M. Bell to A. Jose, 29 December 1908 (Item f. 990)

Requests details on dispute between cricketers and Board of Control.

Volume 51, 6 January 1909 - 11 March 1909 (File)

5 items

Filmed selectively.

C. M. Bell to M. Ross: cable routes, 6 January 1909 (Item f. 118)

C. M. Bell to M. Ross: payment, 6 January 1909 (Item f. 123)

C.M. Bell to A. Deakin, 28 January 1909 (Item ff. 409-11)

Welcomes occasional articles; criticisms of A. Jose; hopes for a coalition Government in Australia; White Australia policy.

C.M. Bell to A. Jose: cable route, 11 March 1909 (Item f. 871)

C.M. Bell to A. Jose, 11 March 1909 (Item f. 876)

Demands explanation for sending message through Reuter Agency.

Volume 54, 5 November 1909 - 5 April 1910 (File)

6 items

Filmed selectively.

C.M. Bell to A. Jose, 5 November 1909 (Item f. 134)

Agrees with criticisms of Weekly Edition.

C.M. Bell to A. Jose, 14 January 1910 (Item f. 542)

Recall of L.G. Fraser from Australia.

C.M. Bell to Associated Chambers of Commerce (Melbourne), 16 February 1910 (Item f. 701)

Apologizes for irregular actions of L.G. Fraser.

C.M. Bell to M. Ross, 1 March 1910 (Item f. 768)

Requests laws and regulations on New Zealand defence.

C.M. Bell to A. Jose, 1 March 1910 (Item f. 769)

Requests laws and regulations on Australian defence.

C.M. Bell to Wilson and Mackinnon (Melbourne), 5 April 1910 (Item ff. 924-26)

Criticisms of Australian Cable Association of report by Times correspondent in Sydney.

Volume 56, 4 August 1911 - 10 January 1912 (File)

4 items

Filmed selectively.

Manager to A. Jose: travel expenses, 4 August 1911 (Item f. 765)

Manager to M. Ross, 11 October 1911 (Item f. 802)

Terminates agreement; new arrangements for New Zealand correspondence.

Manager to A.R. Atkinson, 11 October 1911 (Item ff. 803-4)

Appointment as New Zealand correspondent.

Manager to A. Jose: salary, 10 January 1912 (Item f. 858)

Volume 57, 28 January 1914 - 18 September 1914 (File)

3 items

Filmed selectively.

Manager to A. Jose, 28 January 1914 (Item f. 182)

Terminates arrangement; welcomes articles.

Manager to A. Jose, 17 April 1914 (Item f. 238)

Extension of arrangement.

Manager to A. Jose, 18 September 1914 (Item f. 270)

Suggested new arrangments; need for journalist to cover general news.

Series. Archives Folders, 1912 - 1960

2 items

Australian Office (294 ff.), 1920 - 1960 (File)

Correspondence concerning the Times agency in Australia, including agreement with General H.A. Goddard (1921), financial transactions with Goddard, growth of subscription orders, relations with Gordon and Gotch, distribution of book publications, death of Goddard (1955).

Correspondents include H.A. Goddard (Sydney), Australian Consolidated Press (London), John Hinton & Co. (Sydney), S.H. Jackson (Sydney), R. Curthoys (Melbourne), T.C. Lothian Pty. Ltd. (Melbourne). There are tables showing number of subscribers in Australia. There are no papers for the period 1937-1953.

Australasia and Times News Service, 1912 - 1956 (File)

(80 ff.)

Correspondence and agreements, including agreement between Times Publishing Co. Ltd. and Sun Newspaper Co. Ltd. (1912), agreements between Times Publishing Co. Ltd. and United Cable Service (Australasia), Sun Newspapers Ltd. and Herald and Weekly Times Ltd. (1914-26), lunch given by Times for K. Murdoch (1921), Australian Newspaper Cable Service, representation of Associated Newspapers Ltd. (Sydney) in London (1939-1940) agreement with Australian Associated Press Pty. Ltd. (1950-1955). Correspondents include K. Murdoch, H. Denison, H. Campbell Jones (Melbourne), L. Dumas.

Series. Personal Collections: Delane Papers, 1849 - 1874

9 items

John T. Delane (1817-1879), editor of Times 1841-1877.

Volume 3, 27 October 1849 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

B. Hawes to Delane, 27 October 1849 (Item f. 98)

Criticizes accuracy of article on colonial opposition to convict transportation.

Volume 4, May 1851 - 19 December 1851 (File)

2 item

Filmed selectively.

Sir William Molesworth to Delane, [1851-05] (Item f. 15)

Danger of losing Australian colonies due to series of broken promises; convict transportation; Parliamentary motion on Van Diemen's Land.

B. Hawes to Delane, 19 December 1851 (Item f. 39)

Criticizes article on transportation; believes N.S.W. will favour resumption of transportation; no evidence of contamination of Tasmanian society; land question in Australia.

Volume 5, 30 May 1853 - 17 November 1854 (File)

4 items

Filmed selectively.

G. Elder (Adelaide) to Delane, 30 May 1853 (Item f. 20)

Power of attorney relating to Burra shares; sends annual report.

G. Elder to Delane, 18 March 1854 (Item f. 73)

Dividend of Burra Company; restricted operations at mine.

W. Billyard (Sydney) to Delane, 10 May 1854 (Item f. 77)

Purchase of property by Constable; Sydney investments of Delane.

W. Billyard to Delane, 17 November 1854 (Item f. 118)

Rejects criticisms of his handling of Delane's Australian invenstments; sends copies of correspondence.

Volume 6, 17 March 1855 - 9 August 1855 (File)

2 items

Filmed selectively.

G. Elder (Adelaide) to Delane, 17 March 1855 (Item ff. 18-19)

Sends statement and dividend on shares in Burra Mines; good prospects of mine.

Elder & Co. to R. Lowe, 9 August 1855 (Item f. 49)

Purchase of shares by Lowe; depression in value of stock of English and Australian Copper Co. (copy)

Volume 10, 6 January 1860 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Sir George Bowen (Brisbane) to Delane, 6 January 1860 (Item ff. 4-6)

Establishment of new colony of Queensland; climate and scenery equal to Greece; sends reprint from Moreton Bay Courier on arrival of Bowen in Brisbane in December 1859 and Queensland Government Gazette with proclamation establishing Queensland [10 December 1859].

Volume 17, 15 September 1868 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

M. Morris to Delane, 15 September 1868 (Item f. 63)

Doubts of Sir James Fergusson about appointing Morris' son as his Private Secretary; believes he will prove either great success or great failure.

Volume 19, 31 January 1870 - 14 May 1870 (File)

2 items

Filmed selectively.

Sir James Fergusson (Adelaide) to Delane, 31 January 1870 (Item f. 12)

Scheme of South Australian Government for supplying remounts to Indian Army; establishment of settlement at Palmerston; boredom of work as Governor; sterility of Parliamentary Session; no talk of secession in Australia; popularity of M. Morris with colonists.

Lord Granville to Delane, 14 May 1870 (Item f. 37)

Decision to give guarantee to New Zealand loan to enable Maoris to be employed on public works; wrong in principle but proof of goodwill to New Zealand.

Volume 21, 19 June 1873 - 7 July 1874 (File)

4 items

Filmed selectively.

Lord Russell to Delane, 19 June 1873 (Item f. 22)

Sends letter on New Zealand; does not wish his name to be put on it.

Manager, Bank of Adelaide, to Sir James Fergusson, 14 April 1874 (Item f. 37)

Urges settlement of debt of M. Morris.

Sir James Fergusson (Auckland) to Delane, 11 May 1874 (Item f. 41)

Debts of M. Morris incurred in Adelaide; sends letter from Bank of Adelaide; requests recompense; prefers New Zealand to Australia; Conservative election victory.

M. Morris to Delane, 7 July 1874 (Item f. 44)

Inability to pay debt; requests Delane write to Sir James Fergusson.

Volume 25, 11 May 1853 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

L. Filmore (Sydney) to Delane, [1853]-05-11 (Item f. 6)

Arrival in Australia; impressions of Melbourne and Sydney; meetings with E. Deas Thomson and Sir Charles Nicholson; Delane's interest in Australian investment.

Series. Personal Collections: Repington Papers, 1911

1 item

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Repington (1858-1925), military correspondent of The Times 1904-1918.

General Correspondence, 1 December 1911 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

A. Godley (Wellington) to Repington, 1 December 1911 (Item)

Appointment of A. Atkinson as Times correspondent in New Zealand; inaccuracy of his Round Table article of universal training system; progress of training scheme; reorganization of permament force. (copy)

Series. Personal Collections: H.A. McClure Smith Papers, 1932 - 1938

4 items

Hugh A. McClure Smith (1902-1961), The Times correspondent 1933-1936, editor of Sydney Morning Herald 1938-1952.

Filmed selectively.

McClure Smith to R. Barrington-Ward, 28 October 1932 (Item)

Sends memorandum of travels, [October 1931-September 1932], including visits to Australia, United States and Ottawa Conference. (4 pp.)

McClure Smith (Sydney) to G. Dawson, 14 July 1938 (Item)

Criticism by Lord Astor of Sydney Morning Herald for its opposition to foreign policy of Lyons Government; sends copy of letter to Astor and leading articles; enjoyment of life in Austalia.

McClure Smith to Lord Astor, 13 July 1938 (Item)

Defends criticisms of Lyons Government for its reluctance to allow debate on foreign policy and unwillingness to express an Australian view to British Government; Imperial Relations Conference at Sydney.

[G. Dawson] to McClure Smith, 26 July 1938 (Item)

Continuity of foreign policy under N. Chamberlain; resignation of A. Eden; disputes claim that Europe is on verge of war.

Series. Personal Collections: Dawson Papers, 1941

1 item

Biographical / Historical

Geoffrey Dawson was the South African correspondent of The Times 1906-1910, and editor of The Times 1912-1919, 1923-1941.

General Correspondence, 8 August 1941 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Dawson to H. McClure Smith, 8 August 1941 (Item)

Article in Sydney Morning Herald on'Britain under bombing'; criticizes reference to idle residents in luxury hotels detached from reality of War.

Series. Personal Collections: Haley Papers, 1964

1 item

Biographical / Historical

Sir William Haley (b.1901), Director-General, B.B.C., editor of The Times 1952-1966, Chairman, Times Newspapers Ltd. 1967.

General Correspondence, November 1964 (File)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

P. Hasluck to Haley, November 1964 (Item)

General reflections on international affairs; aggressive China the dominant element in Asia; need for Britain to take active part in Asian affairs and for conventional and specialised forces to restrain China; sends press statement on European tour. (4 pp.)

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Guide to the Records of The Times (as filmed by the AJCP)

M2396 - M2397

Collection Summary

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Conditions Governing Access

Conditions Governing Use

Preferred Citation

Archival History

Existence and Location of Originals

Existence and Location of Copies

Finding-aid Notes

Subjects

Bibliography

Biographical / Historical

Related Documentation

Item Descriptions

Series. Manager's Letterbooks: Series I, 1852 - 1887

Volume 3, December 1852 (File)

M. Morris to L. Filmore, 8 December 1852 (Item f. 298)

Volume 4, April 1854 (File)

M. Morris to L. Filmore, 27 April 1854 (Item f. 316)

Volume 5, October 1854 - January 1856 (File)

M. Morris to H. Chapman (Melbourne), 27 October 1854 (Item ff. 133-34)

M. Morris to H. Chapman: payment of salary, 28 January 1856 (Item f. 740)

Volume 6, June 1856 (File)

M. Morris to H. Chapman: payment of salary, 20 June 1856 (Item f. 6)

Volume 8, October 1857 - June 1858 (File)

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 16 October 1857 (Item ff. 129-30)

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 16 March 1858 (Item ff. 507-8)

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 16 June 1858 (Item ff. 620-21)

Volume 9, September 1858 - September 1859 (File)

M. Morris to A. Garran (Sydney), 15 September 1858 (Item f. 60)

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 16 September 1858 (Item ff. 65-66)

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 16 April 1859 (Item f. 279)

M. Morris to H. Chapman, [19 September 1859] (Item f. 534)

Volume 11, June 1861 - October 1862 (File)

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 26 June 1861 (Item f. 149)

M. Morris to A. Garran (Sydney), 26 June 1861 (Item f. 150)

M. Morris to A. Garran, 25 October 1861 (Item f. 284)

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 26 February 1862 (Item ff. 425-426)

M. Morris to A. Garran, 25 February 1862 (Item ff. 428-29)

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 25 April 1862 (Item ff. 533-34)

M. Morris to A. Michie (Melbourne), 25 April 1862 (Item f. 535)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 August 1862 (Item ff. 659-60)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 September 1862 (Item f. 695)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 24 October 1862 (Item ff. 732-34)

Volume 12, December 1862 - February 1864 (File)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 27 December 1862 (Item ff. 49-50)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 January 1863 (Item f. 83)

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 26 February 1863 (Item ff. 151-53)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 25 May 1863 (Item ff. 288-89)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 June 1863 (Item f. 324)

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 26 August 1863 (Item f. 389)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 August 1863 (Item ff. 392-93)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 25 November 1863 (Item ff. 509-10)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 23 December 1863 (Item ff. 545-46)

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 23 December 1863 (Item ff. 547-48)

M. Morris to A. Garran, 25 February 1864 (Item f. 679)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 February 1864 (Item f. 684)

Volume 13, April 1864 - October 1865 (File)

M. Morris to H. Chapman (Melbourne), 26 April 1864 (Item ff. 37-38)

M. Morris to H. Chapman, 25 May 1864 (Item f. 67)

M. Morris to A. Michie (Melbourne), 26 August 1864 (Item ff. 162-63)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 25 October 1864 (Item ff. 221-22)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 25 November 1864 (Item ff. 247-48)

M. Morris to J. Knowles, 26 December 1864 (Item ff. 279-80)

M. Morris to H. Chapman (Dunedin), 26 December 1864 (Item f. 281)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 January 1865 (Item ff. 306-9)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 27 March 1865 (Item f. 376)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 April 1865 (Item ff. 416-17)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 May 1865 (Item ff. 460-61.)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 October 1865 (Item ff. 606-11)

M. Morris to A. Garran, 26 October 1865 (Item ff. 612-13.)

M. Morris to J. Knowles, 26 October 1865 (Item ff. 614-15.)

Volume 14, November 1866 - March 1867 (File)

M. Morries to J. Knowles, 16 November 1866 (Item f. 401)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 16 November 1866 (Item ff. 402-3.)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 26 February 1867 (Item ff. 558-60)

M. Morris to A. Michie, 25 March 1867 (Item ff.600-3)