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THE "Wyndham Farmer" was a vigorous little bi-weekly tabloid which had served the lower Mataura area of Eastern Southland for more than 60 years. So when it went to press for the last time the other day a commentator from Stetion 4YZ took along his microphone to broadcast the news story. He was so fascinated with what he saw that he decided to make a halt-hour programme telling in full the paper's story. This will be broadcast from 4YZ at 8.12 p.m. on Thursday, March 24. The owner-editor of the "Wyndham Farmer," Douglas Macpherson (shown at left putting the last edition to bed), took over the paper from his father, who established it in 1895. Fierce political partisanship, threats to wreck the office, libel actions and torrid local sports meetings are some of the events recalled in "The Wyndham Farmer-The Story of a Country Newspaper."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 816, 18 March 1955, Page 29
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147Last Edition New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 816, 18 March 1955, Page 29
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