''The Plain Dealer'' was a weekly Saturday newspaper in Kadina, South Australia, operating from 1894 until 1926 as a smaller competitor to the '' Kadina and Wallaroo Times''.

History

''Yorke's Peninsula Plain Dealer'' was established in August 1894 by John Albert Southwood and George Spring, who had previously managed the ''Katoomba Times'' in New South Wales together. It operated out of an office in Goyder Street. After three years, on 6 March 1897, the name was simplified to ''The Plain Dealer.'' The owners also opened a subsidiary mid-week weekly newspaper, the ''Copper Age'' in August 1906, with content similar to the ''Dealer'', but it was closed in December 1908. Southwood and Spring then continued the newspaper out of the Kadina office until 1917, when Southwood, by now a member of parliament, left the partnership. Spring then managed the newspaper alone until 8 January 1926, when the newspaper abruptly closed, likely due to the drop in circulation following the closure of the Wallaroo Mines, South Australia, Wallaroo Mines.

Digitisation

The National Library of Australia has digitised photographic copies of early issues which may be accessed via Trove.

References

External links

SA Memory
{{DEFAULTSORT:Plain Dealer Defunct newspapers published in South Australia 1894 establishments in Australia 1926 disestablishments in Australia