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Bulletin Nos. 9 and 10, January and February 1942.
Letter from Chairman to Mr Henderson suggesting suspension of directors' fees due to the current situation April 7 1942. Copies of replies
Minutes of Meeting held on November 13, 1941, attached are memos for directors dated July 14, 1941; tables showing base year consumption and tonnage delivered 1939, 1940 and 1941; Memo to Mr Colin Syme January 29, 1942; Memo to Directors April 23, 1942. Minutes of Meeting on Tuesday, July 7, 1942 List of broadsheet pages per week of all the newspapers - August 5, 1942
Correspondence regarding Newsprint pool and a memo on the newsprint position in Australia at July 20, 1942.
Memo to Mr Dunstan on  the practicality of percentage cuts, August 1942
Tonnage (based on the then present consumption) of all newspapers, September 10, 1942
Memo to ANPA regarding schedules relating to stocks and consumption of newsprint August 17, 1942
Tonnage supplied by Newsprint Pool to October 20, 1942.
Draft directors' report November 12, 1942 List of points for Newspaper Supplies Board November 12, 1942 on Tasmania, price, accounts, sheet newsprint, free papers, allocation of costs and possible future shipments.
Memo on tonnage supplied to newsprint tool to December 25, 1942
Correspondence with Newsprint Manufacturers' Association of Canada regarding the present position acceptance of Aust.'s rationing limitations and shipping embargo February 1943
Revision of figures submitted for consumption of newsprint on the assumption that importation of newsprint from Canada will be resumed. February 18, 1943
Typed list of companies listing stock at December 31, 1942, Tas. quota, availability, consumption, suggested contributing to pool etc. February 1943.
List giving names of companies, First 2000 tons, balance of first priority, balance to complete 22,000 tons and amount required. in 1944 to maintain 12 months reserve. April 1943
Summary of balance of tonnage required during 1943. June 1943
Copies of Bowaters and Lloyd's invoicing covering: Shipment without wood ends; shipment with wood ends and statements showing the cost in i, (A) of each item on the invoices July 1943.
Letter from John Hughes, secretary to H & W T regarding investment of funds on fixed deposit and the replies from the various companies contacted. August 10, 1943
Notes for ANPA conference on May 11-13 1943 about newsprint position in Australia, newsprint price, price of dailies, position in England
List of reel newsprint users as at April 5, 1943.
List of Canadian shipments as at September 9, 1943
List of Companies, annual consumption, contributions to pool from Tasmania and from stock, requirements etc as at September 22, 1943
Cost of the first three shipments September 25, 1943
The War Essentiality of the Pulp and Paper Industry of Canada - Need for Immediate Action to Avert Shortage October 16, 1943
Newsprint Pool Trust Account -Financial Position as at December 31, 1943
Minutes of Meeting held on December 17, 1943
Newspaper Supplies Pty Limited 1942 -1945 (cont'd) Correspondence during July 1943 about the Newsprint Pool and its finances.
Correspondence regarding Annual General Meeting to be held on December 17, 1943. The correspondence refers once again to the financing of the newsprint pool.
Shipment of 1944 specifications. February 1944
Summary of newsprint shipments December 1943; January and February 1944
Memo on 1945 Import Requirements - March 1944
Report of Enquiries regarding 30-pound newsprint, February, 1944 (From Canada)
Circulation figures for half years ended September from 1939 to 1943 Mar 1944; total metropolitan circulations; comparison of consumption figures 1933 against 1938/9 and a memo to Mr Henderson on stocks in hand and usage based on these figures. Mar 27, 1944
Newsprint shipments to date March 1944; April 1944
Memo to directors — Treatment of Contributors Funds May 8, 1944
Further correspondence December 1943 - March 1944 on the question of the pools funds and copies of replies received from the various companies.
Figures based on percentages of base year, circulation adjustment, stock discount and showing the import requirement.
Letter from secretary of Newspaper Supplies to H & W T regarding figures supplied at Mr Henderson's request on just one increase in consumption rather than a number of increases. April 20, 1944
Copy of letter to H & W T on the provisional price of newsprint. May 4, 1944
Memo on average costs of Reels and Sheets May 17, 1944
Minutes of meeting held on May 9, 1944.
Summary of Newsprint Shipments to date May 1944
Report of a meeting held between Newspaper proprietors and the State Cargo Control Committee held on July 10 1944 to discuss the storage problems of newsprint and the shortage because of storage required for other goods. Fairfax offered a small part of their Rosebery space to help some of the other proprietors.
Summary of newsprint shipments June and July 1944.
Newsprint Pool Trust Account. Notes on financial position as at August 31, 1944.
Summary of Newsprint Shipments August & September 1944.
Memo on Australia Newsprint Stocks and Consumption August 17, 1942.
Memo Sunday Newspapers -Effect of Newsprint cuts and restoration in % of Base Year Consumption -November 13, 1944 and a similar memo of same date on weekly newspapers
Memo on the summary of newsprint consumption for dailies, Sundays, weeklies and exemptions. November 7 1944
Memo dated November 2 on Suggested basis for further consumption increase. (1944)
Memo dated November 9 1944 on schedule of cuts and restorations for dailies, Sundays & weeklies.
Directors' Report -November 13, 1944.
Summary of Newsprint Shipments October 1944.
Letter from Newspaper Supplies to Mr Henderson enclosing items of interest from World's Press News on (1) How soon will bigger papers return? (2) 5% continues. Better prospects ahead and (3) Newsprint supply when hostilities cease. From the American Newspaper Publishers' Association -Relation of paper and pulp in Finland to Russia and from the Newsprint Association of Canada -U.S. Consumption.
Summary of Newsprint Shipments November 1944.
Copy of letter to Bruce Fallows of the Newsprint Association of Montreal following checking of the complete 1944 specification. December 8 1944
Copy of letter from Truth & Sportsman to Newspaper Supplies detailing their stocks on hand at December 31 1944
Draft of a letter to Mr Fallows (January 19, 1945) about two problems which arise after the letter of December and these were -Bowaters' inability to supply their full share of 1945 orders and Bowaters inability to ship from Newfoundland to Australia during January-April.
Copy of letter from Consolidated Press to Newspaper Supplies seeking a delivery of 450 tons of 62%" reels and giving the necessary information for the request.
Copies of letters from Truth and Sportsman (December 1944 and January 1945) giving newsprint stocks in Sydney and Melbourne.
Summary of Newsprint Shipments December 1944 and January 1945.
Statement of the financial position of the Newsprint Pool Trust Account as at February 28, 1945.
Summary of Newsprint Shipments February, March, April, May and June 1945.
Memo on consumption quotas for half year ended September 10, 1942 after adjustments up or down in accordance with circulation increases or decreases whether the fluctuations exceed 5% or not. August 27, 1945
Memo on NSW Newsprint Stocks. September 6, 1945.
Memo to Mr Henderson dated October 29, 1945 listing stocks held by the principal Sydney consumers.
Directors' Report presented at A.G.M. on November 12, 1945.
Copy of letter to Department of Trade & Customs following a letter of complaint from Mr Ezra Norton about not being fully informed on Truth & Sportsman's 1945 Australia quota. November 20, 1945.
Minutes of Directors' Meeting held On November 12, 1945.
Summary of Newsprint Shipments September and October 1945.
Chairman's Report to the Annual Meeting on November 12, 1945.
Memo from ANPA on Australia's newsprint requirements for 1947.
Summary of Newsprint Shipments November and December 1945.

File 02: Newspaper Supplies Pty Limited, 1942-1945

File 02: Formation of Queensland Television Limited, QTQ Channel 9, 1957-1958

Copies of correspondence in regard to the setting up of the program buying pool, 1959.
Copies of correspondence between GTV and ATN on Film Exchange and the rights of each station in their respective states. The setting up of Australian Programme Services (a partnership formed by the two stations) and minutes of meetings held on March 31 and May 26, 1960.
Copies of correspondence in 1957-1958 about ownership of programs and the restrictions on transferring programs from one station to another. Also about renewal of programs.
Copies of correspondence between the two networks on program buying and some of the difficulties that arose within the network, 1958.
Most of the correspondence deals with program purchases etc, but on March 8, 1960 Mr Henderson wrote to Sir Arthur Warner regarding Pye’s attempt to get a third licence in Sydney and was being helped by GTV as revealed in the hearings for Newcastle and Wollongong. Mr Henderson sent a memo to ATN that there was to be no further association with GTV regarding programs or anything else without his prior approval.
Correspondence regarding TCN's purchase of the Graham Kennedy show, April-May 1960.
Correspondence between August and November 1960 in which GTV accuses ATN of breaching the agreement regarding film purchases for the network.
Correspondence between March and May 1960 regarding the Graham Kennedy show. Its lack of success shown on ATN and differences of opinion between the two stations regarding the transfer of programs to other stations when they are locally made. It ended up with ATN agreeing that GTV could offer the Graham Kennedy show to TCN.
Pye Industries Ltd 36th Annual Report 1958-1959.
Copy of joint memorandum by general managers of ATN & GTV on Inter-Station co-operation; commission; overseas representation; newsreels; programs, March 1956.
Memo from Mr Alexander of ATN to Mr Henderson on purchase of AWA films and GTV's feeling on the matter of a particular show not offered to them.
Report by Mr McLachlan on a meeting held in Mr Warner's home in Melbourne and attended by Mr Patience, Mr Moir as well as Mr McLachlan setting out the terms of the joint memorandum by general managers of ATN & GTV. The reports also details the differences between the two companies and touches on purchase of AWA and Artransa films, March 28, 1956.
Copy of portion of minutes of meeting of GTV of April 28, 1956 sent to Mr Henderson by Mr Patience because it covered some items about ATN and the buying of programs.
Copies of correspondence between the network and AWA about program buying by Mr Bednall.
Typed noted dated September 27, 1956 announcing that GTV had sprung a major surprise that day by broadcasting an experimental program of live and film material for Peoples Day of the Royal Show.
Proposal that Woman's Day use both GTV AND ATN as an advertising medium, March 1957.
Memos dealing with the costing of producing a 52-page booklet along the lines of "Television Preview" for GTV, July 1957.
Copy of Bulletin No 5 "What's Sold on GTV" as at week ending July 20, 1957.
Copy of letter from Mr S. Clark of Macquarie to GTV about the future of simulcasts and the abolition of them for a couple of shows, August 1957.
Some correspondence during September 1957 in which it appears that advertisers had proposed that purchase of programs should be by them for presentation on the stations.
Copy of letter written to Commercial Broadcasters, Hobart, with regard to GTV & ATN joining with them in an application for licence, November 1957.
Handwritten note from Mr Falkingham to Mr McLachlan pointing out the relevance of Section 92B and D of the Broadcasting Control Act, May 1960.
Profit and Loss Statement for GTV, October 1957.
Clip of correspondence from October 1957 to May 1958 regarding Queensland Television, application for shares in the company and for the four commercial networks in Sydney and Melbourne to apply for licence in Queensland.
Correspondence during October 1958 about meeting of the Queensland Television Company.
Copy of draft agreement between Queensland Television, ATN, GTV and Truth & Sportsman, November 1958.
Copy of Letter to Sir Arthur Warner setting out terms of agreement with Queensland Television to seek an independent report on the Pye and RCA tenders for equipment, if all things are equal to press for the acceptance of the Pye tender and accept GTV's decision to withdraw from the company, December 1958.
Copy of letter to Sir Arthur informing him of the acceptance of the RCA tender, January 1959.
Correspondence about the loss of the Pye tender for QTQ but acceptance of Pye equipment from Hobart and Perth, January-July 1959.
Teleprinter message on question asked by Mr. E. G. Whitlam in Parliament about the possibility of a foreign company gaining control of GTV, August 1959.
Copy of letter from Mr Henderson to Sir Arthur Warner offering to purchase Electronic Industries' holding in GTV for £3,760,000 and enclosing bank cheque for £100,000 July 5, 1960. Letter from Sir Arthur dated July 6 returning the bank cheque.
Newspaper clippings and teleprinter messages about the transfer of shares in GTV to TCN 9 giving it a controlling interest in the Melbourne television station, August 1960.
Newspaper clippings reporting the purchase of Sir Arthur Warner's shareholding in Electronic Industries, November 1959.
Correspondence during August 1959-July 1960 regarding the sale of Fairfax's 14,000 one pound fully paid shares in 2GB to Electronic Industries and a letter to the Control Board stating the company would not be prepared to sell the shares to General Television Corp. Ltd.
Teleprinter message announcing the resignation of Sir Arthur Warner as chairman and a director of GTV January 1961.
Newspaper clipping about the purchase of 85 per cent interest in radio station 3AK by GTV, February 1961.
Copy of letter from Colin Bednall to Herald-Sun Television setting out agreement between HSV and GTV on country stations, September 1961.
Memo from R. P. Falkingham to A. H. McLachlan on the Articles of Association of GTY, April 1962.
Newspaper clipping from the Sydney Morning Herald of June 15, 1963 on Sir Arthur Warner's family company regaining the balance of power in Electronic Industries Ltd.

File 108: GTV - Sir Arthur Warner Correspondence, 1956-1963

I. DAVID MCNICOLL
 
A. Diaries, 1941-1997 
 
1941, 1956-1997;  Appointment and pocket diaries (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/1)
1944-1945, 197-;  Travel diaries (3): en route to San Francisco on the liner Lurline, 5-23 Apr. 1944, with newscutting review of Air Mail Palestine (1943);  trip to the Caribbean and South America, 18 Apr.-20 May 1945;  and trip to South Africa, 197- (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/1)
 
B. Correspondence, 1932-2000
(Arranged alphabetically)
 
A-E: Includes Granville Aboyne, 1968;  Jonathan Aitken, 1979;  Ethel Anderson, 1947;  Australian Consolidated Press, London Bureau, 1985-1986;  Australian Consolidated Press, 1992;  Australian Encyclopaedia, 1994;  Australian War Memorial, 1998;  Baroness Brigstocke, 1998;  Patrick Buckridge, 1987;  Edmund Campion, 1982, ca. 1990 (Edmund Campion to James Hall);  Lord Carrington, 1979;   Stewart Cockburn, 1951;  Darcy Dugan, 1978;  and Allan Edgar, 1998 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/2/1)
F-G: Includes Lady (Mary) Fairfax, 1970, 1979-1999;  A. P. Fleming, 1946-1994;  Patrick Gallagher (Allen & Unwin), 1997;  Helen Garner, 1996;  Dominique Girard, 1996;  and J. G. (John) Gorton, 2000 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/2/2)
H-M: Includes Guy Harriott, Date unknown;  Bob Hawke, 1983;  Jack R. Herman, (Australian Press Council), 1999;  John Howard, 1999;  Dick Hughes, 1999;  John Fairfax & Sons Ltd, 1933;  Robert Juniper, 1990;  Danny Kaye, 1965;  John Kerr, 1975;  Monro B. Lanier, 1945;  George T. McGann, 1989 (with enclosed letter from Ben Carlin, 1949), 1993, 2000;  Ronald McNicoll, 1941;  W. R. McNicoll, 1932;  Princess Margaret, 1975-1985, 1997;  Harry M. Miller, 1986;  and Hal Myers, 1999 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/2/3)
N-Z: Includes Nigel Nicolson, 1992;  Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, 1944;  Rebel Penfold-Russell, 1987;  John Pilger, 1988;  Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly, 1995, 2000;  Elizabeth Riddell, 1998;  Cornelius Ryan, 1972;  Clement Semmler, 1990;  Lord Snowdon, 1968;  Richard Walsh, 1993;  George Warnecke, 1975;  Patrick White, 1963;  Gough Whitlam, 1999;  Paul Zanetti, Date unknown;  and unidentified correspondents (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/2/4)
1944-1972, Date unknown;  Correspondence and memoranda with Frank Packer concerning Australian Consolidated Press Limited, including his letter received from Alan Reid, 20 May 1970 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/3/1)
1950-1956, 1972;  Telegrams mainly to and from Frank Packer and E. W. McAlpine (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/3/2)
1951;  Letters received, with enclosed newscuttings, from New Zealanders responding to his critical comments after his visit to their country (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/3/3)
1960, 1963;  Letters of introduction from Prime Minister Robert Menzies, 7 Apr. 1960 and Premier R. J. Heffron, 18 Mar. 1963 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/3/4)
1984, 1996-1997;  Letters received from Rosalie Gardom (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/16 : RESTRICTED)
1988-1999;  Letters received from readers of his column in The Bulletin (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/17 : RESTRICTED)
1994;  Correspondence concerning trip to Ireland and England (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/3/5)
1994;  Correspondence concerning trip to France, including article for his column in The Bulletin (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/3/6)
1995;  Christmas and get-well cards received after his heart valve operation   (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/3/7)
 
C. Subject files, 1920-2000
 
1974-2000;  7 Australian Division Cavalry Regiment Association, including letter received from A. D. (Dan) Johnston, 1999 and Christmas card from Bruce Ruxton, 1999, and printed material (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/4)
1995-1997;  Australian Press Council, being mainly minutes of meetings with related papers (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/18 : RESTRICTED)
1989-1996;  Australian War Correspondents' Society, including letter received, with enclosures, from Tony Rafty, 1996 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/4)
1949-198-;  'Bligh Material', being mainly printed material, photocopies, colour transparencies and colour slide (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/4)
1984-1988;  Bligh Statue, Circular Quay West, being mainly concerning Bligh Memorial Fund,  including letters received from Charles Court, 1985;  Paul Everingham, 1986;  Irving Gallery;  Frank Halliday, 1986;  Douglas Oliver, 1985;  and Manning Clark,  1987;  and Polaroid photographs (6) of statue (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/4)
1984, Date unknown;  Christmas cards address lists (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/4)
1955, 199-;  Commonwealth Press Union, mainly concerning conferences, including Australian Handbook for Delegates to VIII Commonwealth Press Union Conference,  29 Oct.-27 Nov. 1955, edited by E. W. McAlpine (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/4)
1953;  Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, including press passes and order of service in the Abbey Church of St Peter Westminster (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/4)
1959-1987;  Fairfax Family, including order of service for the funeral of Sir Warwick Fairfax (1901-1987), St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, 30 Jan. 1987 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/5)
1920-1929;  The Home, being mainly cuttings of social photographs from the magazine (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/5)
1978-1987;  International Press Institute, mainly concerning conferences and general assemblies, including photoprints of David McNicoll at conference in Florence (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/5)
193--1992;  Invitations (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/5)
1998;  John Laws, being Attorney-General for the State of New South Wales v Radio 2UE  Sydney Pty Limited & Anor, Supreme Court of N.S.W. Court of Appeal judgement on contempt of court by 2UE and John Laws (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/5)
196-, 1979-1980;  'Luck's a Fortune - Launch', including letters received from Ranald McDonald, Geoffrey Dutton, Malcolm Fraser, George Molnar, Col Allison and Charles Court, photoprints and reviews (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/5)
1978;  C. R. Macdonald (Managing Director, David Syme & Co. Limited), being copy of speech on Freedom of Information Act, 14 Aug. 1978 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/5)
1946-1998;  Menus, including autograph menus of dinners of The Single Bottle Club, being 3rd Dinner given by the Rt Hon. Malcolm Fraser (Prime Minister), The Lodge, 22 June 1982, with colour photoprint of David McNicoll, Len Evans and Malcolm Fraser, and a dinner held at the Two Faces Restaurant, Melbourne, 17 Aug. 1984 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/5)
1955;  'Newspaper Strike, 1955', being issues of the Emergency Strike Edition of the joint newspaper of the Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mirror and The Sun, 11 July 1955 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1967, 1971;  'Newspaper Strike, 1967', being mainly issues of newspapers, including The Clarion: The Newspapermen's Newspaper, 9, 10, 16 Aug. 1967 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
ca. 1955;  Ezra Norton article, 'Sydney's Newspaper Standover Man', by ? Casey, being corrected typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1972-1997;  Orders of Service, mainly of friends' funerals (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1973;  Frank Packer, being his last and annotated horse racing programme of barrier trials held at Canterbury Racecourse, 14 Sept. 1973 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1991;  Gretel Packer's Wedding, St Mary's Church, Eastbourne Priory, 27 July 1991, being mainly order of service and newscuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1985;  Penfolds Ultimate Dinner Party 1985, including menu and illustrated commemorative booklet (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1951, 1971;  'Privilege Committee', including of House of Representatives Committee of Privileges Report relating to an article published in the Daily Telegraph, 27 August 1971, together with minutes of proceedings and minutes of evidence of the Committee (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1947;  'Royal Wedding, 1947', concerning attendance at marriage of Her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth, C.I. with Lt. Philip Mountbatten, R.N., Westminster Abbey, 20 Nov. 1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1992;  Royal Windsor Horse Show, mainly concerning Australian Olympic rider, Vicki Roycroft, at Women's National Show Jumping Championship (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1980;  'Travel - Ballooning', concerning trip to France (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1990-1995;  'Robert Vincin Environmental Consultant', being mainly media releases and attachments (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
 
D. Scotch College, Melbourne, 1927-1932
 
Papers include letters received;  testimonial from the Principal, Dr W. S. Littlejohn, 27 Aug. 1932;  certificates of merit and reports;  and issues of The Scotch Collegian, Dec. 1931, May 1932, Aug. 1932;  with papers concerning Sydney University Matriculation Examination (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/7)
 
E. Vice-Regal trip to Papua and New Guinea, 1937
 
Papers concerning his coverage of the Governor-General and Lady Gowrie's visit, including radiotelegrams to Sydney, articles and printed material   (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/7)
 
F. World War II
 
1940-1945;  Miscellaneous papers, including soldier's pay books (2), 1940-1944;  accreditation cards;  shoulder sleeve insignia of XX Corp, U.S. Army;  letters received from Lord Ranfurly and Brigadier-General W. A. Collier;  Third United States Army Press Camp Europe New Year's Eve menu, 1944, inscribed by Joe Driscoll (New York Herald Tribune);  and roll of officers on H.T. Queen Mary, Dec. 1940-Jan. 1941, and issues the shipboard newspaper, Ship's Flashes,  Jan. 1941  (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/7)
1942;  'Duckforce', being papers concerning fictional army unit (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/7)
1941-1948, 1970, Date unknown;  Newscuttings of articles mainly by David MicNicoll (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/7)
1926, 1941-1944, 1965, 1985;  Printed material, including copy of Air Mail Palestine (1943);  Heliopolis Racing Club race card, 23 Mar. 1941;  and special editions of magazines and newspapers (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/7)
 
G. Notebooks, 194--
 
Include personal and journalistic notebooks (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/8)
 
H. Writings, 193--2000
 
i. Journalism, short stories and poems
 
193-;  'MSS', being articles and short stories (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
193--198-;  Articles, short stories and poems, with draft of style notes for newspaper staff, Date unknown, and mock cover of The Bulletin celebrating Trevor Kennedy's 40th birthday, 1982 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
194-;  Poems and reviews (Call No.: MLMSS 7149/9)
1933-1982;  Magazine and newspaper articles, being mainly cuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1934-1950;  Photocopied newspaper articles and poems (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1941-1963;  Magazine and newspaper articles, being cuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1945-1962;  Magazine and newspaper articles, being mainly cuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1948-1949;  Articles in Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, being cuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1950-1951;  Articles in Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, being cuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1980-2000;  Columns in The Bulletin, being mainly cuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1937-1942;  Issues of The Home with articles and short stories by David McNicoll (Call No.: MLMSS 7149/11)
1973, 1975;  Issues of magazines with articles by David McNicoll: 'Inside Sth Africa's worst' (based on interview with Nelson Mandela on Robben Island, off Cape Town), The Bulletin, 14 Apr. 1973, pp. 28-31;  'The cracks begin to appear', The Bulletin, 5 May 1973, pp. 38-39;  'Sydney's Eastern Suburbs', Quadrant, Aug. 1975, pp. 61-67;  and 'Town Talk', Quadrant, Nov. 1975, pp. 18-23 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
ca. 1938;  Article based on interview with Sir Billy Hughes (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1970-1980;  Carbon typescript article based on interview, transcript enclosed, with Sir Robert Menzies, 3 Apr. 1974, with telegram received from him, 5 Dec. 1970, and  correspondence with Heather Henderson, 1979-1980 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1973;  Corrected photocopy of typed transcript of interview with Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia, 30 Mar. 1973 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1943;  Air Mail Palestine and Other Verses, being carbon typescript and typescript selections, with letter from Delamore McCay to John Baird, 7 July 1943, concerning enclosed selections (Call No.: MLMSS 7149/9)
 
Deal Me In: Sixty Years in Journalism and Never a Dull Moment (Allen & Unwin, 1995):
1934-1994;  Working papers, including letters received, cuttings of magazine and newspaper articles and corrected typescripts  (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1931-ca. 1992, Date unknown;  Working papers, including corrected printout of proposed articles;  draft of autobiographical article;  copy of memorandum from D. H. Wolf to [E. W.] McAlpine, 15 Feb. 1949, concerning the comparison of Sunday sales of four newspapers;  photocopy of personal entries from the Sydney Morning Herald card index, 1931-1982;  corrected typescript of article on the crossing of the English Channel in the H.M.S. Hilary for the D Day invasion;  and photocopy of The Round Dozen (194-) (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/10)
1980-1995, Date unknown;  Working papers, including corrected typescript of selected articles;  correspondence with Allen & Unwin, 1994-1995;  selected cuttings and photocopies of column in The Bulletin, 1980-1994;  artwork for the book;  and invitation to the book launching by Kerry Packer, 20 Apr. 1995 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/10)
1995;  'Newspaper, Magazine and Journal Reviews to Date', being mainly photocopied reviews received from Allen & Unwin (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/10)
1995;  Newspaper articles on the book launching and reviews (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/10)
 
ii. Unpublished works, 1944, Date unknown
 
1944;  'Not to Mention Patton', being corrected typescript of David McNicoll's account of his time with General Patton's 3rd Army from Cherbourg Peninsula to Verdun (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/10)
1944;  'An Australian with Patton ['With Patton to Paris'], beint corrected typescript, Nov. 1944 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/10)
Date unknown;  'Twenty-Five Women', being corrected and edited computer printout, and photocopied page proofs (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/10)
 
I. Scrapbooks, 193-
 
Scrapbook, without covers, mainly of articles by and personal mentions of David McNicoll (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/12)
Scrapbook folios of newscuttings, being mainly of articles by David McNicoll, including those under his pen-name 'Mayfair' (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/12)
Scrapbook folio fragments mainly of newscuttings and photoprint of the wedding of David McNicoll and Jean Morison ('Micky') McCay at St Andrew's Scot's Church, Rose Bay, 28 May 1938 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/12)
 
J. Papers concerning the McNicoll and Wedel-Jarlsberg families, 1907-1996
 
Include letter received from Ronald McNicoll, 15 June 1985, with notes by Penelope Nelson (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/12)
 
K. Passports (9), 1944-1998 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/12)
 
L. Miscellaneous papers, 1921-2000
 
Include letters from David, Colin and Fred McNicoll to their nanny, 1921-1922;   photocopy of memorandum from I. Smith (Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Truth and Sportsman Limited) to Ezar Norton (Managing Director), 20 Aug. 1953, with attached photocopied report of the history of Consolidated Press Ltd by G. Lovett;  memorandum and ephemera concerning coverage of the wedding of the Prince Ranier III and Grace Kelly, 1956;  address book;  McNicoll family Christmas cards;  Australian Music Examination Board certificates (pianoforte), 1925-1926;  manuscript (?) received from unidentified source;  and itinerary of visit of Australian financial editors to Southern Africa, 9-24 June 1979 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/12)
Outsize greeting cards (2) received from Australian Consolidated Press and The Bulletin staff for his 80th (1995) and 81st (1996) birthdays, the latter featuring a pen & ink, crayon and colour texta or wash carton by Patrick Cook (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/13X)
 
M. Newscuttings, 193--1998
 
Include articles on and mentions of David McNicoll (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/14)
 
N. Printed material, 1933-2000
 
Includes issues of Focus: Consolidated Press Holdings Staff Magazine, Nov.-Dec. 1979, May 1980, Mar. 1981;  A Christmas Holiday on the Great Barrier Reef, 1932-33 (1933) by Hilda V. Marks, being inscribed copy by author;  annotated programme of the Visit to Western Australia of Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and the Earl of Snowdon, 7-16 Oct. 1972;  issue of Midnight Overset, Sunday 19 Sept. 1937;  and horse racing programmes (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/14)
 
II. MCNICOLL FAMILY
 
1894, 1911-1917;  Partial annual report of the Town Clerk of Sydney Municipal Council, 1894, with loosely interfiled and indexed cuttings of magazine and newspaper articles and short stories mainly concerning crime and spying (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/15)
1943-1945;  Letters from David McNicoll to his parents (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/15)
1944;  Scrapbook of Jean ('Micky') McNicoll, being mainly of articles by David McNicoll in The Argus, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/15)
1941-1954, 1977;  Letter received by Jean ('Micky') McNicoll from P. K. Parbury, 4 July 1977, and telegrams received from David McNicoll, 10 Apr. 1941 and Frank Packer, 8 Nov. 1951;  and signed menu of the Valhalla Inn, Sausalito, California, 22-23 May 1954  (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/15)
2000;  Papers concerning memorial service for David McNicoll held at the Scots College Chapel, Bellevue Hill, 15 Nov. 2000 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/15)
 
III.FRANK PACKER
 
1941-1942;  Letters received mainly from Lieut.-Colonel Reginald Travers, Rear Admiral Gerard Charles Muirhead-Gould and E. G. Theodore  (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/19 : DE- RESTRICTED 2015)

Author/Artist entries:
Author/Artist  : Aitken, Jonathan, 1942-
Allison, Col, 1944-
Anderson, Ethel, 1883-1958
Australian Consolidated Press
Australian War Memorial
Brigstocke, Heather, Baroness, 1929-2004
Buckridge, Patrick
Campion, Edmund
Carlin, Ben
Carrington, Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, Baron, 1919-
Clark, Manning, 1915-1991
Cockburn, Stewart, 1921-
Cook, Patrick, 1949-
Court, Charles, Sir, 1911-
Dugan, Darcy, 1920-1991
Dutton, Geoffrey, 1922-1998
Edgar, Allan
Everingham, Paul, 1943-
Fairfax, Mary
Fleming, A. P. (Allan Percy), 1912-2001
Fraser, Malcolm, 1930-
Gallagher, Patrick
Gardom, Rosalie
Garner, Helen, 1942-
Girard, Dominique, 1946-
Gorton, John, Sir, 1911-2002
Halliday, Frank
Harriott, Guy
Hawke, Bob, 1929-
Heffron R. J. (Robert James), 1890-1978
Herman, Jack R.
Howard, John, 1939-
Hughes, Dick, 1931-
Irving Sculpture Gallery
John Fairfax & Sons Ltd.
Juniper, Robert, 1929-
Kaye, Danny, 1913-1987
Kerr, John, Sir, 1914-1991
Lanier, Monro B.
Littlejohn, W. S. (William Still), 1859-1933
McAlpine, E. W.
McCay, Delamore
McGann, George
McNicoll, Jean
McNicoll, Ronald, 1906-1996
McNicoll, W. R.
Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-
Menzies, Robert, Sir, 1894-1978
Miller, Harry M. (Harry Maurice), 1934-
Molnar, George, 1910-1998
Moriarty, Oliver
Muirhead-Gould, Gerard Charles
Myers, Hal
Nicolson, Nigel
Oliver, Douglas L.
Packer, Frank, Sir, 1906-1974
Penfold-Russell, Rebel
Pilger, John
Rafty, Tony, 1915-
Ranfurly, Hermione Ranfurly, Countess of
Reid, Alan (Alan Douglas), 1914-1987
Riddell, Elizabeth, 1907-1998
Ruxton, Bruce
Ryan, Cornelius, 1920-1974
Semmler, Clement, 1914-2000
Snowdon, Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of, 1930-
Theodore, E. G. (Edward Granville), 1884-1950
Travers, Reginald John Albert 
Walsh, Richard, 1941-
Warnecke, George, 1894-1981
White, Patrick, 1912-1990
Whitlam, Gough, 1916-
Zanetti, Paul, 1961-

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