The Newcastle Sun resumed publication in 1916, before being absorbed by the "Northern Times" in 1918. The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia. The Newcastle Sun The Newcastle Sun was a newspaper published in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It had previously been published as "The Northern Times". "The Northern Times" was first published in 1916. In 1918 the "Times" was purchased by Sir Hugh Denison, publisher of "The Sun" who changed the name to "The Newcastle Sun". "The Newcastle Sun" was acquired by "Newcastle Morning Herald" in 1936 and
White City Stadium (Newcastle) reported that tote receipts were £75,000 of which £47,000 was taken out by taxation. The government policy continued to make matters difficult for greyhound racing totalisators with close scrutiny and restrictions of gambling still considered in the interests of the general public. The net result for White City was the closure of the track on 26 May 1951, exactly 23 years after it opened. Newcastle had lost its first greyhound track and the site became a depot and then eventually industrial units on Toll Bridge Road. White City Stadium (Newcastle) White City Stadium (Newcastle) was a greyhound racing stadium near