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Print prestations: The social embeddedness of reading publics in colonial Papua
Print prestations: The social embeddedness of reading publics in colonial Papua
Ryan Schram
A paper presented in the session “Textual ecologies of difference and transformation” at the 2016 meeting of the Australian Anthropological Society, University of Sydney
14 December 2016
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To the Papuan Times
TO THE PAPUAN TIMES
Many happy returns to you.
Thank you for your good work in the past. May the years ahead of you
bring more rich work you may do in sending out news to all parts of
Papua and other countries.
Happy birthday to you and a few gifts for your work:-
A pen, to address your
papers.
Paste, to paste your
stamps
A 10/-, to buy your ink
A basket, to send you out
in.
Alice Wedega. (Papuan Times, June 27, 1951, p. 9)
As the Editor
As the Editor I would like to express on behalf of the Papuan Times how grateful we are for being able to keep the paper going and I am personally grateful for being able to help to save my own race with what little bit I've got. Editor (Papuan Times, June 27, 1951, p. 2)
Journalism for the villages
The unsigned article entitled “Journalism for the villages: When you are sending news to the editor of the newspaper” was published in Papuan Times on September 28, 1951 (vol. 4, iss. 9, pp. 5-6)
Local news should hold plenty of names because readers like to see what their friends are doing... (p. 5)
You will find plenty of material to write about even in a small village. There are MEETINGS to report, SPORTS EVENTS to record, CROPS, RAINFALLS, MARRIAGES, WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES, VISITS of well-known PEOPLE, TRIBAL FIGHTING, NEW BUILDINGS, SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, etc. (p. 5)
The new flying boat
In the “News of People” section of the April 18, 1952 issue, a letter from Osineru Dickson appears describing a trip on the Sandringham, a passenger seaplane which flew between Samarai and Port Moresby.
Violeta Basinauro's birthday
In the August 29, 1952 issue, Violeta Basinauro published an account of happenings at her school at Gelemalaia, in Buhutu, on the mainland of eastern Papua.