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Register,” published and edited by Mr. Haszard, made its first appearance. It is to this journal that we are indebted for a record . of the troubled time in which Lieutenant Governor Smith was the prime mover. In the year 1830 Mr. Haszard was promoted to the office of King’s Printer, succeeding his uncle, Mr. Iames D. Bagnalli I and on or about the 26th of August in that year he began the pub- lication of “The Royal Gazette.” The Royal Gazette was at that “ E“ E time a newspaper as well as a record of official acts and events. It E . . .5 superseded ”The Register" and was published continuously by i _ E E: Mr. Haszard until the 22nd of July in the year 1851. After that .:i E date Mr. Haszard’s paper was entitled “The Gazette," first issued I E E: '

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July 25th 1851 and ”Haszard’s Gazette,” on and after the 2nd 0f . September 1851. ' _ 3‘ ' When Mr. Haszard retired in the year 1853 the publication ‘ E , of “Haszard’s Gazette” was continued by his son, Mr. George T. i ,1: 1E -, Haszard, and, subsequently by Messrs. 'Haszard and Owen, until it was merged in “The Protector and Christian Witness” and after- wards in “The Protestant and Evangelical Witness”——the latter published and edited by David Laird, being the predecessor of ' “The Patriot” of today. 'In the meantime Charlottetown had increased in size and Wealth and several other journalists and journals took partlin the discussion of political questions and the publication of the news.

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l The first of these was “The Prince Edward Island Times," first l issued on the 26th of March, 1836 by William Rankin. “The Colo- nial Herald” and “Prince Edward Island Advertizer” followed on A the 5th of August, 1837. It was published by I. B. Cooper & Com- pany and ably edited by the senior member of the firm, until the - - E 1 year 1843. 4 - » {E _‘ , - _ 'Then followed “The Morning News and Semi-Weekly Adver- ' I i tizer”-——“neutral inpolitics, devoted to general intelligence and ‘ - literature”—-—first issued on the 6th of September 1843. This was an excellent journal of four pages, fOur columns on each page, published every Wednesday and Saturday by G. C. Moody, editor E and proprietor. It was the first semi—weekly newspaper published in the Island, and it Was regularly issued for about four years. E

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‘When Mr. Moody died the publication of the paper was con-

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