| The Evening News | |
| Type: | Daily evening newspaper |
| Format: | Tabloid |
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| Founder: | Samuel Bennett |
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| Publisher: | Associated Newspapers |
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| Language: | English |
| Publishing City: | Sydney |
| Publishing Country: | Australia |
The Evening News was the first evening newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1] It was published from 29 July 1867 to 21 March 1931.[2] The Sunday edition was published as the Sunday News.
The Evening News was founded in 1867 by Samuel Bennett[2] and was regarded as a "less serious read" than other Sydney newspapers.[3] In 1875 labour difficulties forced Bennett to merge another of his papers, The Empire into The Evening News.[1]
A. B. "Banjo" Paterson was editor from 1903 to 1908, when he resigned.[4]
In November 1918 the firm of S. Bennett Ltd, capital £200,000, was established to acquire the assets of the late Samuel Bennett, including the Evening News, Town and Country Journal, and Woman's Budget. Directors include K. L. Bennett.[5] The Evening News continued to be published until 1931 at which point it was closed by Associated Newspapers Ltd, who had acquired most Sydney newspaper titles by that time.[3] A Sunday morning edition was published as Sunday News from 1919–1930.[3]
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[6] [7]