A NOTED LITERARY HAUNT.
Pbele's Coffee House, one of the noted literary hannts of the neighbourhood of Fleet street, and well known to colonists, has disappeared, having recently been absorbed into the contiguous hotel of th« same name. It had of late yearH languished as a public newsroom, and the coap de grace was given to it "when Mr. F. Neale opened the City News Boom at Ludgate Circus. Amongst the treasures for which Peele's was noted was a perfect copy of the Times, and of the deceased Morning Chronicle, both from the date of their first appearance. When it was determined to close the p'ace, these were offered at the price of waste paper to the British Museum, but were declined. Advertisements in the United States and some of the colonics likewise failed tn bring purchasers, and the proprietor was compelled to dispose of the whole of his files to a waste paper merchant of the Borough. The Times, Morning Chronicle, and other files which were sold, weighed no lens than 40 tons, and realised the suit ef £200 as waste. They have long since passed through the mill again, and appeared once more in a newspaper form, but under other names. Ooe would have thought that a file of the Time* from its commencement would have hpen briskly competed for by the various olonial libraries.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5490, 21 June 1879, Page 7
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227A NOTED LITERARY HAUNT. New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5490, 21 June 1879, Page 7
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