William Joseph Manning William Joseph Manning i(A118381 works by)
Born: Established: 31 May 1864 Eden, Eden area, Far South Coast, South Coast, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 24 Apr 1943 Mackay, Mackay - Sarina area, Marlborough - Mackay - Townsville area, Queensland,
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon The Daily Mercury The Mackay Daily Mercury William Joseph Manning (editor), H. A. Moore (editor), A. F. Williams (editor), Clarence Morcom Manning (editor), Mackay : 1906-1924 Z1134988 1906-1924 newspaper (445 issues) The Daily Mercury was launched in 1906 and struggled financially during its first years of publication. When William Joseph Manning took over as managing director on 28 March 1911 the newspaper had been in receivership. From 1917 Manning served as Chairman of Directors, and the Manning family became proprietors of the newspaper in 1924. Registered as a private company in March 1932, the publisher's name changed to The Mackay Printing and Publishing Company on 27 July 1932. On the death of William Manning, his son H. J. Manning was appointed to his posts as Chairman of Directors and manager. Subsequently his own son, Clarence Manning, took over these roles, as well as serving as editor from 27 August 1949 and as managing editor from April 1968 to 31 December 1980.
1 y separately published work icon The Gladstone Observer The Gladstone Observer and Port Curtis Advertiser; The Observer Robert Kilfeder (editor), William Joseph Manning (editor), C. W. B. Macfarlan (editor), Margaret Macfarlan (editor), William Peel Mellefont (editor), 1880 Gladstone : William Mellefont , 1880-1887 Z1532089 1880 newspaper

The Gladstone Observer was launched in 1880 by William Mellefont. When Mellefont died in 1887 his widow's brother, Robert Kilfeder, bought an interest in the newspaper and managed it. In 1889 he appointed William Joseph Manning as manager, who bought out the Kilfeder-Mellefont partnership in the following year and ran the paper as proprietor-editor for 20 years. In 1910 Manning sold the paper to John Henry Kessel. In 1917 C.W.B. Macfarlan took over as editor, and from 1922 to his death in 1947 he was also proprietor. Macfarlan's second wife, Margaret, then ran the newspaper until 1968.

From 1968, the paper was published under a variety of titles including The Gladstone Observer and Port Curtis Advertiser, The Observer (26 June 1968 - 16 March 1974), The Gladstone Observer (19 March 1974 - 3 December 1993), and finally The Observer (from 4 December 1993).
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