'Either
Edward George Wilton or his brother,
Thomas Talbot Wilton, ran the
Bathurst Times
for virtually fifteen years from its establishment in 1858. Edward
established the
Times in partnership with W. Wheeler, but was
sole proprietor by the close of 1860... Edward
himself left Bathurst in 1862 to join the rush to the Lachlan gold
fields, near Forbes, and brother Thomas continued at the
Times.'
For a time in 1867-1868, neither brother was in charge of the newspaper due to a libel action. By July 1868, Thomas Wilton had again taken up the reins and he 'operated the
newspaper until 5 July 1873 when he sold it to Alfred John
Dowse and George Halkerston MacDougal ... They operated the
Times for 29 years until
MacDougal, who had been an employee for nine years before he
entered the proprietary, withdrew from the partnership on 14
February 1902 because of failing health... Dowse continued
as proprietor and joined forces with G. S. White in the ownership
of the
Bathurst Daily Argus — the title reverted to the
Bathurst
Times in 1909 when it switched from evening to morning issue
(
Western Advocate 1963; Reuter's 1910, p.13).'
Sighted: 21/03/2013
