According to Greg Ray, in the
Newcastle Herald, 13 November 2008, 'The
Pilot was quite successful and in 1874 it switched from bi-weekly to daily,
but by 1877 its management had given up trying to sell copies and was giving
them away free.'
Source: '150 Years in Print', reproduced here: http://www.tannery.com.au/tannery-articles/2008/11/13/150-years-in-print/
Sighted: 18/04/2013