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
Newcastle City Hall (Australia) were used in one area at the base of the tower. Existing overhead high tension mains in the vicinity of the site were put underground to allow an unimpeded view of the Town Hall, and a substation constructed to the west of the building. The foundation stone was laid on April 20, 1928 by the Governor Sir Dudley de Chair, who travelled by train to Newcastle. He described the people of Newcastle as industrious and enterprising and declared the Town Hall "one of the noblest structures of the kind which has been erected in the State". He then laid the