The Evening News (Sydney)
The Evening News, 6 November 1869
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| Type | Daily evening newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Founder(s) | Samuel Bennett |
| Publisher | Associated Newspapers |
| Founded | 29 July 1867 |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | 21 March 1931 |
| City | Sydney |
| Country | Australia |
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The Evening News was the first evening newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was published from 29 July 1867 to 21 March 1931. The Sunday edition was published as the Sunday News.
History
The Evening News was founded in 1867 by Samuel Bennett and was regarded as a "less serious read" than other Sydney newspapers. In 1875 labour difficulties forced Bennett to merge The Evening News with another of his papers, The Empire.
A. B. "Banjo" Paterson was editor from 1903 to 1908, when he resigned.
The Evening News continued to be published until 1931 at which point it was closed by Associated Newspapers, who had acquired most Sydney newspaper titles by that time. A Sunday morning edition was published as Sunday News from 1919-1930.
Digitisation
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.