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Title: The Adelaide Truth. Saturday July 2, 1932 to Saturday December 31, 1932 bound together with The Melbourne Truth. Saturday July 2, 1932 to Saturday December 31, 1932. 48 consecutive issues in total.
Description: First Editions; Elephant Folio; pp. 480 (in total 10 pages per issue); numerous illustrations throughout, bound in black half leather with purple boards, short title lettered on spine, binding a little worn contents in excellent condition. Adelaide Truth title has been used for several separate publications, the first was published by J. C. Wharton in 1890, the second Adelaide Truth was founded in 1903 by Charles Chandler, the title resurfaced again in 1915 published by F.J Jennings, from 1925-1930's a South Australian Edition of Melbourne Truth was published by Joseph Aloysius Patrick Hayes. It was a sensational weekly paper with a large circulation, delighting while shocking its readers with its frequent exposure of personal scandal and social injustice. Detailed police and court reports, illustrated by drawings and photographs of prosecutors and defendants, were an important feature. Truth also crusaded against anything its editors considered to be oppressive of ordinary people. Since some of this material was potentially libellous, defamation suits were not uncommon.

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