"Following the first major discovery of gold in the Thames area in August 1867, William Wilkinson and Claude Corlett decided to try their luck as newspaper proprietors in the embryonic Thames settlement. Born in Derbyshire, England, Wilkinson arrived in Auckland on the Nimroud in 1863. He joined the Southern Cross newspaper, acting as a ‘war correspondent’ during the New Zealand Wars, notably at the battle of Gate Pa, Tauranga, in late April 1864. Corlett, from Manchester in England, a compositor by training, also worked at the Southern Cross. The first issue of the tri-weekly Thames Advertiser and Miners’ News appeared in April 1868."
Source: Paperspast
The issues covered are:
1 April 1874 - 30 December 1899 (7184 issues)
You will find a wide variety of information and for the family historian no doubt BMD notices in particular that are not in the Thames/Evening Star.
Another good example of information often published by the Thames Advertiser are these roll lists - objections where people may appear more than once on a roll. Friday 17 May 1878 are published for the THAMES and TIKI Highway Board District. Continued on page 6. Sample below:
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| Thames Advertiser 17 May 1878 |
