NAVY PUBLISHES OWN NEWSPAPER
“PACIFIC POST” PRINTED IN SYDNEY (Rec. 11 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 20. For the first time in history the Royal Navy has its own daily news-paper-written, edited, printed, and published by officers ana men m the Navy. The first issue of the newspaper, “Pacific Post,” was published in Sydney this morning. . The paper, a four-page tabloid, is for distribution only among naval personnel in operational and base areas. It will have a cable service covering world events, and, in addition, British local news and sporting items will be featured. The readers of “Pacific Post” are thousands of miles from the presses, and aircraft will fly each edition to forward bases and ships of all types. The newspaper was published at the request of the Commander-in-Chief of the British Pacific Fleet (Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser) and is issued free to men of the Fleet.
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24624, 21 July 1945, Page 7
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