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
1917 Newcastle state by-election 1917 Newcastle state by-election The Newcastle state by-election, 1917 was a by-election held on 12 May 1917 for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Newcastle. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of first-term Labor MP Thomas Butterfield on 21 March to contest a seat in the Australian Senate at the 1917 federal election. There were only two candidates Port Augusta labourer William Harvey for the Labor Party, and Quorn farmer and grazier Edward Twopeny for the Liberal Union. Twopeny, who had unsuccessfully contested the seat twice previously, won the seat. The largest booths were at Quorn (580