THE SMALLEST NEWSPAPER.
The world’s smallest daily newspaper is published on Thursday Island, which lies between the Far North of Australia and New Guinea. It is called the “Torres Strait Daily Pilot.” It is a single sheet, 12in. by Din., printed on one side, but it keeps the inhabitants of this tiny speck of Empire abreast of world doings till the ocean-going steamers (with gaps of weeks) bring city papers to the island. The subscription rate is Is a week, but to non-subscribers the cost is Is 6d a copy. The “Pilot” consists of three columns. One is devoted to shipping news, another to Australian and cable news, and the third to rid vert batmentH,
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Waipawa Mail, Volume LXII, Issue 47, 29 March 1935, Page 3
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115THE SMALLEST NEWSPAPER. Waipawa Mail, Volume LXII, Issue 47, 29 March 1935, Page 3
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