{"id":88631,"date":"2023-03-31T04:53:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T17:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=88631"},"modified":"2023-03-27T17:24:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T06:24:10","slug":"this-papers-fearless-first-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/this-papers-fearless-first-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"This paper\u2019s fearless first editor"},"content":{"rendered":"

HENRY Thomas was appointed as the McIvor Times<\/em>\u2019 first formal editor by the original shareholders.<\/p>\n

He was an early McIvor goldfield\u2019s pioneer, arriving in 1853, and he championed many of Heathcote\u2019s early institutions including the Borough Council, the Mechanic\u2019s Institute, the racing club, and the local Masonic and Forester\u2019s lodges.<\/p>\n

Competent, energetic and outspoken, he was renowned for an honest and fearless approach coupled with great wit and a penchant for stirring up divisions within the community while pressing home his own convictions.<\/p>\n

An early editorial from 2 July 1863 defended this partisan approach.<\/p>\n

\u201cA NEWSPAPER without a policy is much the same as a carpenter without tools, or a township without houses; and is almost as useful as an Editor without brains; and although such things are to be found occasionally, they rarely fulfil the functions for which they are intended,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

The sly dig at McIvor News<\/em> editor and direct competitor Henry Furze was unlikely to have escaped readers.<\/p>\n

After resigning from the McIvor Times<\/em> in 1868 Henry Thomas began a profitable auctioneering business conducted from Heathcote\u2019s Victoria Hotel.<\/p>\n

In 1872 he organised a successful Easter fair in aid of Heathcote hospital which saw more than 2000 people pass through the gate and raised more than \u00a3300, or over $52,000 in today\u2019s money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HENRY Thomas was appointed as the McIvor Times\u2019 first formal editor by the original shareholders. He was an early McIvor goldfield\u2019s pioneer, arriving in 1853, and he championed many of Heathcote\u2019s early institutions including the Borough Council, the Mechanic\u2019s Institute, the racing club, and the local Masonic and Forester\u2019s lodges. Competent, energetic and outspoken, he […]<\/p>\n

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