World War II 75th anniversary: How the Maitland Mercury reported Japan's surrender

Rick Allen
Updated August 15 2020 - 11:20am, first published 8:30am
How a much-loved regional paper reported Japan's surrender
How a much-loved regional paper reported Japan's surrender

The Maitland Mercury, in the NSW Hunter region, is one of Australia's oldest regional newspapers, and when the Second World war ended it had already been in existence for more than 100 years.

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Rick Allen

A journo all my working life and never wanted to change, also a self confessed sports tragic.

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