Trove Tuesday - When Daylight Saving came to Town

As we are entering our first week of Daylight Saving we consulted the Newcastle Morning Herald archives on Trove to see what residents in earlier times felt daylight saving was introduced.

1917 'DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 2 January, p. 4. , viewed 05 Oct 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133758402

One wonders if these anonymous Letters to the Editor were all penned by one hand or if it was a vocal minority who were not in favour of daylight saving.

1917 'DAYLIGHT SAVING.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 23 January, p. 3. , viewed 05 Oct 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133758635

1917 'DAYLIGHT SAVING.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 6 January, p. 2. , viewed 05 Oct 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133755475

1917 'DAYLIGHT SAVING.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 4 January, p. 7. , viewed 05 Oct 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133751443

1917 'DAYLIGHT SAVING.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 12 January, p. 7. , viewed 05 Oct 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133749827

And the last word goes to The Idle Woman in her regular column.

1917 'AN IDLE WOMAN'S DIARY.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 12 January, p. 7. , viewed 05 Oct 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133749834

Trove Tuesday - The Pick of the Lake

On a recent morning I decided to don my Voluntrove hat and do a few text corrections in the newspapers on Trove.  I decided to search for newspaper articles in  The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), the regional newspaper for our area.

Today's search

I chose to search for "Limeburner's Point" a location close to my home. Most of the articles I located were for sales of land in the area which is near Toronto, NSW on Lake Macquarie. I had corrected around eight articles when I came to this one.

1924 'Advertising', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 20 December, p. 3. , viewed 07 Apr 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137778275

As I now live in one of the blocks neighbouring these sites I can attest that nearly 100 years later it is, The Pick of the Lake, an area with unsurpassed views that is great for boating and fishing. I'm not sure about the swimming as there are said to be sharks lurking in Lake Macquarie. 

How about making your local area come alive on Trove by doing some newspaper text corrections for your area?

Posted with permission from the GeniAus Blog