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The ''Lyttelton Times'' was the first newspaper in Canterbury, New Zealand, publishing the first edition in January 1851. It was established by the Canterbury Association as part of its planned settlement of Canterbury and developed into a liberal, at the time sometimes seen as radical, newspaper. A successor paper, ''The Star'', is published as a free bi-weekly newspaper. James FitzGerald was the newspaper's first editor, and it was FitzGerald who in 1861 set up its main competitor, ''The Press'', over the ''Lyttelton Times support for the Lyttelton Rail Tunnel. In 1935, it was ''The Press'' that won the competition for the morning newspaper market in Christchurch; the ''Lyttelton Times'' was the oldest newspaper in the country when it ceased that year. ==History== The Canterbury Association was formed in order to establish a colony in what is now the Canterbury Region in the South Island of New Zealand. Part of the plan was to have a newspaper, and a prospectus was published in August 1850.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Newspapers/LytteltonTimes/Pages/Prospectus.asp )〕 The Canterbury Association entered into a contract with Ingram Shrimpton, of the Crown Yard Printing Office, Oxford, to send out the necessary plant in one of the First Four Ships to Lyttelton. The printing equipment arrived on the ''Charlotte Jane'' on 16 December 1850, and the first edition of the ''Lyttelton Times'' was published less than one month later on 11 January 1851.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Newspapers/LytteltonTimes/About/index.asp )〕 The press was first installed in a shed on Norwich Quay. John Ingram Shrimpton, Ingram Shrimpton's son, came out on the ''Charlotte Jane'' with some staff for the newspaper and was manager and canvasser.〔 James FitzGerald was the first editor for the ''Lyttelton Times'', and had agreed to work for free.〔 One of the early contributors to the newspaper was John Robert Godley.〔 Ingram Shrimpton came out from England in 1854 and took over as editor. FitzGerald had effectively relinquished the editorship upon his election as Superintendent of the Canterbury Province in July 1853.〔 The production moved to more spacious premises in Lyttelton's Oxford Street in 1854.〔 In July 1856, Shrimpton sold the newspaper to Charles Bowen and Crosbie Ward for £5000.〔 Ward became editor and showed great talent in running the newspaper. When he lost his seat in Parliament in 1866, he could devote himself full-time to journalism and was regarded as Canterbury's best satirical writer. In 1861 Bowen sold his interest in the business to William Reeves, and William John Warburton Hamilton and Thomas William Maude became minority shareholders.〔 Due to the growth of Christchurch, the newspaper moved to this bigger market in 1863, but kept its original name. The new location for the newspaper was in Gloucester Street, with the section extending back to Cathedral Square.〔〔 The buildings were extended several times and in 1884, the Star Building was established at the Gloucester Street frontage and between 1902 and 1904, the final office building, the Lyttelton Times Building, was constructed on the Cathedral Square frontage by Sidney and Alfred Luttrell. Ward died in November 1867 and Reeves took editorial and managerial control.〔 Later, his son, William Pember Reeves, joined the staff. A lawyer by training, he reported Christchurch Supreme Court cases for the New Zealand Law Reports. His real interest was in politics, though, and he wrote political commentary for the ''Lyttelton Times'' before becoming the parliamentary correspondent. He became editor of the ''Lyttelton Times'' in 1889, but resigned in 1891 when he became a minister. Reeves senior died shortly after that and it was discovered that he had mismanaged the finances of the newspaper, and the family lost its control of the ''Lyttelton Times''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lyttelton Times」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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