DAILY COLONISTS, DAILY NEWS 581 DAILY COLONIST. See COLONIST, THE. dor, those which did not have immediate access to a daily DAILY GLOBE. This St. John's daily began publishing in De­ paper. The Weekly News consisted of a compendium of those cember, 1924. It was published by Daily Globe Publishing articles and news events which appeared in the daily edition, Company at the Union Publishing Company premises in St. along with outport news. John's. It began publishing after the closure of the Evening The Daily News changed from an evening to a morning Advocate (see FISHERMEN'S ADVOCATE). The paper's paper in 1896. Two years later, on October 25, 1898, it was editorials supported Richard Squires qv. Its editor was Dr. sold to the News Publishing Co. Ltd., a company jointly H.M. Mosdell, succeeded by Joseph R. Smallwood. It ceased owned by Henry Y. Mott qv and A.B. Morine qv. The new publication in June 1926. Ian McDonald (1970), The Daily company was responsible for both the printing and publishing Globe (1924-1925 passim). DPJ of The Daily News, with Mott acting as editor of the paper. DAILY JOURNAL. Little is known of this St. John's daily On May 31, 1906 the paper was again sold. At this time, newspaper which was established on May 15, 1924. Lemuel Bartlett, the proprietor, founded the paper; however, there are no known copies in existence and the duration of the publica­ ~t. ~ogns ~ailrr Ilctns. tion is not known. The paper was printed and published by The Union Publishing Company of St. John's, which was sit­ ROBERT WINTON, Editor and Proprietor, uated in the Advocate Building on the north side of Duck­ worth Street. Archives GN 32/22. DCM DAILY LEDGER, THE. See PUBLIC LEDGER AND NEW­ 169 DUCKWORTH STREET. FOUNDLAND GENERAL ADVERTISER. DAILY MAIL, THE. There were two such St. John's newspa­ Tbe First Daily Paper Establisben in Newfoundland. pers between 1914 and 1924. Their similarities could lead to the assumption that they were one and the same paper, but they were not. The first Daily Mail started publication on Jan­ ~nib1 · !lctus ~ uary 15, 1914. It was issued as a daily from the office of the proprietor, The Daily Mail Publishing Company Limited, at 167 Water Street. Dr. H.M. Mosdell qv was the managing ed­ BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE. itor of the paper. It was printed by the Union Publishing Com­ pany Limited. On May 1, 1914 the Daily Mail was incor­ porated into the Fishermen's Advocate qv, and became a daily called The Mail and Advocate. by ROBERT WINTON, In February 1923 H.M. Mosdell, President of the New­ 1GH J)"l,f ( ' Ti:,,-()ll'l'll ~'1'. foundland Publishers Limited of St. John's, acting on its be­ half, r~-established The Daily Mail. Daily publication began Daily News advertisment on February 19, 1923 from the paper's offices on 14 and 16 Prescott Street. The paper's editorial policy was established in J.A. Robinson bought back the paper he had started twelve the very first issue when unequivocal support was given to Sir years before, and incorporated it with the Free Press qv, ape­ Richard Squires and his Liberal party. The paper claimed that riodical he had started in 1901. The Daily News was at this it represented ''The voice of Liberalism and of Labor in New­ time printed and published at the Daily News office on the foundland." The last known issue appeared on September 13, comer of Duckworth and Bell Streets. 1924. The Daily Mail (Jan. 15, 1914-May 1, 1914 passim), John S. Currie qv retained the position of editor of The The Daily Mail (Feb. 19, 1923-Sept. 13, 1924 passim), Ar­ Daily News for forty years, from 1916 until his death in 1956. chives GN 32/22. DCM At that time his son, L.C. Currie, took over as publisher and DAILY NEWS, THE. This St. John's newspaper was founded managing director of the paper. Since December 1971 Wil­ by J. Alex Robinson qv on February 2, 1894. Publication of liam R. Callahan qv and James R. Thoms have been publisher the paper began on February 15, 1894. It was issued each eve­ and editor-in-chief, respectively. The printing office of The ning from the office of J.A. Robinson on the north side of Daily News was moved on March 1, 1971 from Duckworth Duckworth Street, opposite T. and M. Win~er. Robinson be­ Street to Robinson-Blackmore on O'Leary Avenue. On Au­ came the paper's proprietor, publisher and printer. Shortly gust 21, 1972 the administrative offices of the paper, along after the paper started publication, around the end of March with the advertising and circulation departments, were moved 1894, a weekly supplement known as the Weekly News was to 206 Water Street. In October 1981 Robinson-Blackmore added. This edition was primarily designed for circulation in sold the paper to Tower Communications Ltd., headed by the more isolated communities in Newfoundland and Labra- Callahan. Thursday, October 22,1981 582 DAILY NEWS, DAILY UNIONIST Initially The Daily News was an anti-Liberal newspaper, foundland' s history the keeping of cattle on the Island for the which after 1894 " replaced the Evening Telegram as chief production of dairy products and meat has usually been per­ opposition paper, most notably in opposition to Whiteway" formed by a large number of fishermen-farmers who each (Ian McDonald: 1970). The Daily News has continued publi­ kept a few cattle and other livestock to meet part of their fami­ cation since the first edition appeared on the evening of Feb­ lies' own needs, and by a small number of others who en­ ruary 15 , 1894. S.J.R. Noel (1971), Paul O'Neill (1975), DN gaged in small-scale mixed farming as a major source of in­ (Feb. 15, 1894-Feb. 15, 1980 passim.), Archives GN 32/22. come. Since the 1920s and especially since the 1940s this DCM situation has changed as small farm holdings have been grad­ DAILY POST. This St. John' s daily was published from July to ually abandoned to be replaced, equally gradually, by a small December, 1919. This short-lived paper was a morning edi­ number of relatively large commercial farms. This has been tion published by the Daily Star qv . Ian McDonald (1970). especially so since 1950. In Labrador the development of DPJ dairy and beef cattle farming has been retarded by very short DAILY REVIEW. This weekly paper, based in St. John's, summers and a lack of suitable land on which to base such an began publishing in 1899. It covered commercial and local industry. Nevertheless, small numbers of cattle have been news and tended to be non-political. Ian McDonald (1970) kept there as well. notes that the paper, " leaned toward Bond. Despite its com­ Although the first shipments of cattle to Newfoundland mercial air it was capable of amazing gaps in local commer­ (after the Viking efforts at L'anse aux Meadows) were made cial coverage." The paper ceased publishing by 1910. Ian early in the second decade of the Seventeenth Century by McDonald (1970). DPJ John Guy's colonists, dairy and beef cattle farming, if one DAILY SESSIONAL. Little is known of this newspaper except may call it that, was very slow in developing. Apparently, for that it was established by Henry Winton qv on July 22, 1861. much of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, cattle Winton brought with him the experience acquired from work­ were imported each spring to be used during the summer for ing in an administrative capacity on two earlier St. John's milk and meat by the migratory fishermen and the few rela­ newspapers, The Public Ledger and The Morning Advertiser tively permanent settlers of the coast. In the late 1730s and and Shipping Gazette. There are no known copies of theSes­ early 1740s, for instance, anywhere from forty to three sional in existence, nor is the duration of publication known. hundred head of cattle were imported from New England Archives GN 32/22. DCM yearly. Very few of these cattle, however, were over­ DAILY STAR. This daily paper was begun by its proprietor wintered and bred to build up a native stock of cattle. This is Richard A. Squires and editor H.M. Mosdell. The paper' s ed­ not surprising, when one considers that the majority of people itorials were pro-Liberal, which resulted in the nickname "the living in Newfoundland at the time were summer residents Squires paper.'' The Daily Star also published The Daily Post who had little interest in building up a stock of cattle on the qv. The Daily Star ceased publication in 1921 or 1923. Ian Island. For those who did remain on the Island for longer McDonald (1970). DPJ periods of time, it would seem that the existence of a stable DAILY TRIBUNE, THE. Patrick R. Bowers, a St. John' s jour­ herd of cattle would have been to their advantage; C. G. Head nalist, started The Daily Tribune in 1892, becoming the (1976) suggests that a lack of winter feed hampered this. paper's proprietor, publisher and editor. Although not offi­ During the last decade of the Eighteenth Century and the cially registered until February 1893 publication began on first decades of the Nineteenth, this situation changed as the November 4, 1892 and continued daily from Bower's office numbers of settlers in the Colony increased greatly, and by on 45 Military Road in St. John's.