The 'Sydney Times' Company single work   correspondence  
Composed: Sydney, New South Wales, 12 Oct 1838
Issue Details: First known date: 1838... 1838 The 'Sydney Times' Company
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A reply to an advertisement entitled, [Notice: Partners in the 'Sydney Times' Newspaper]. The advertisement caused some correspondence in Sydney newspapers between Nathaniel Lipscomb Kentish and others including William Kerr.

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To the Public Nathaniel Lipscomb Kentish , 1838 single work column
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 18 October vol. 36 no. 4085 1838; (p. 3) The Sydney Herald , 15 October vol. 8 no. 742 1838; (p. 3) Column in the form of an advertisement. In this column Kentish, 'in consequence of an anonymous, but audacious "Notice" ... [published] in the Sydney Gazette', (entitled '[Notice : Partners in the 'Sydney Times' Newspaper]') refutes the allegation that the partners in the Sydney Times newspaper are not partners and that the firm N. L. Kentish & Co. is fictitious. He names the Sydney Times shareholders and the amount of shares each purchased. The list includes John Terry Hughes, John Hosking, George William Evans, George J. McDonald, Barnet Levey (deceased). Peter M'Intyre, William Kerr, A. G. Campbell, John Eales, Sydney Stephen, William Thurlow, John Sparke, William Pitt Burns, Edwin Hickey, Thomas Porter Baxter, John Lazar, Alexander George Dumas and himself (Nat. Lipscomb Kentish) as the majority share holder.
Untitled Nathaniel Lipscomb Kentish , 1838 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 18 October vol. 36 no. 4085 1838; (p. 3)

An accusation against the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser for not allowing 'a fair field in its columns to any individual publicly attacked to vindicate himself'. Kentish's two part 'vindication', a correspondence entitled 'The "Sydney Times" Company' and a column entitled 'To the Public' follow this letter in the columns of the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser issue of the 18 October 1838.
Untitled William Kerr , 1838 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 16 October vol. 36 no. 4084 1838; (p. 3)

A reply to Nathanial Lipscomb Kentish's correspondence entitled 'The "Sydney Times" Company'.
Notice : Partners in the 'Sydney Times' Newspaper 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 4 October vol. 36 no. 4079 1838; (p. 3) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 6 October vol. 36 no. 4080 1838; (p. 1)

An advertisement advising the public 'that the several Parties, alleged to be Partners in The Sydney Times Newspaper ... are not Partners ... and are in no way connected with the fictitious firm of "N. I. Kentish and Co.".'

The advertisement caused some correspondence in Sydney newspapers between Nathaniel Lipscomb Kentish and others including William Kerr.

A notice from the editor of the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (16 October 1838): 2, published in the part of the newspaper normally reserved for 'notices to correspondents', distances the newspaper from this advertisement: 'we beg to state that we knew nothing whatever of the advertisement until we saw it in print'.
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