AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF CHRISTCHURCH'S THE PRESS

Congratulations to The Press on achieving 150 years of supplying news to the people of Canterbury.

In this entertaining, highly illustrated look back over those years Mike Crean and his picture research assistant, Jude Twenion, have done The Press proud. All Cantabrians, past and present, should get hold of a copy.
The following picture of Allen Curnow appears in the chapter on notable writers who have written for The Press. The caption reads - The Press published Allen Curnow's weekly verse under the pseudonym Whim Wham, who soon became New Zealand's favourite and best-read poet.

The caption on the following photo reads:
Mr.A.E.Humm on Septemer 6, 1950. Humm, a newspaper delivery runner in the publishing department of The Press, is standing beside the car in which he had travelled 345,000 miles since 1939. Humm delivered The Press in the Lincoln district for more than 30 years.
Both photos from The Press archives.

Stories featured the book include the Parker Hume case, , the Christchurch Commonwealth Games in 1974, international cartoonist David Low, Britain at War, first train to Lyttelton in 1867, the building of Christchurch Cathedral, the death of Queen Victoria, the loss of the Titanic, Kingsford Smith's flight from Australia to New Zealand,  the Coronation, Everest conquered and much more.

The Press - First With The News - an illustrated history - Mike Crean - Random House - $34.99