NEWSPAPERS
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He was
devoted to a well-earned cessation from active work, obliged to discontinue his home letters to the Daily Press some twelve months ago (1883) on account of his failing health."
EARLY PRINTERS: NORONHA AND CO.
759
In connection with my recent article on Portuguese weekly papers in the Colony, a contributor sends me a most interesting list of these journals, which not only contains additional ones to those mentioned previously, but takes their foundation back to the Forties.
It seems that the pioneer of them all in Hong Kong was A Voz de Macaista (the "Voice of the Macaense"), which was a weekly journal with political tendencies, commenced in 1846 and conducted by Mr. M. M. Dias Pegado. Its fate is unknown, but it must have died in infancy.
In 1850, a literary paper entitled O Amigo do Progresso ("The Friend of Progress") was commenced, but little is known of its fate and practically nothing of its directors. In 1852, a political paper arose with the name Verdade e Liberdade ("Truth and Liberty"), which was printed at Noronha's and edited by Mr. Jose Maria da Silva e Souza.
As regards the Echo do Povo already mentioned in my earlier article, it was for a time published every second day, serving political as well as news purposes. This paper, printed and published by Mr. Jose da Silva e Sousa, was commenced in 1858, and lasted up to 1869. This additional information makes my reference more complete.
Next in the list was a monthly journal, mainly literary, in the Portuguese language, which unfortunately had a short life, although it commenced with great promise, containing from 24 to 62 pages.
The title was explanatory of its objects: O Impulso às Letras (the "Advancement of Letters"). This journal was conducted by Mr. J. M. da Silva e Souza; and ran to only twelve issues, the first being dated October 1, 1865, and the last one September 1, 1866.
Then there was O Noticiario Macaense ("Macaense News"), a political product, which appeared during 1869. It was supplanted by O Independente already dealt with in the previous article, which was also political, and lasted from 1869 to 1870.
In A Catholica (or the "Catholic Times"), which appeared in 1873, we find a combination of political and religious news and comments.
Another paper of short duration was O Echo da China ("China Echo"), which was a political, literary, and news journal, conducted by Mr. J. J. da Silva e Sousa. It commenced publication about the same time as some of the other Portuguese journals published in Hong Kong. In my previous comment, it will be recalled, several others, some quite old-established ones, were mentioned.
The last of the list concluded publication as we have seen in 1914; but I am informed that the latest effort to run a Portuguese-language paper in Hong Kong must be dated as recently as 1929. The Journal was directed from Macao, being of a highly political nature. Appropriately enough, it was named O Petardo ("The Fire-cracker"); but appears to have fizzled out after a brief existence.
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These references to old newspapers and to Portuguese literary men, as well as the fact that for many years (until early in this
NEWSPAPERS
(Contd.)
He was
devoted to a well-earned cessation from active work. obliged to discontinue his home letters to the Daily Press some twelve months ago (1883) on account of his failing health."
EARLY PRINTERS: NORONHA AND CO.
759
In connection with my recent article on Portuguese weekly papers in the Colony, a contributor sends me a most interesting list of these journals, which not only contains additional ones to those mentioned previously, but takes their foundation back to the Forties.
It seems that the pioneer of them all in Hong Kong was A Voz de Macaista (the "Voice of the Macaense"), which was a weekly journal with political tendencies, commenced in 1846 and conducted by Mr. M. M. Dias Pegado. It's fate is unknown, but it must have died in infancy.
In 1850, a literary paper entitled Q Amigo do Progresso ("The Friend of Progress") was commenced, but little is known of its fate and practically nothing of its directors. In 1825. a political paper arose with the name Verdade e Liberdade ("Truth and Liberty"), which was printed at Noronha's and edited by Mr. Jose Maria da Silva e Souza.
As regards the Echo do Povo already mentioned in my earlier article, it was for a time published every second day, serving political as well as news purposes. This paper printed and published. by Mr. Jose da Silva e Sousa, was commenced in 1858, and lasted up to 1869. This additional information makes my reference more complete.
Next in the list was a monthly journal, mainly literary, in the Portuguese languate which unfortunately, had a short life, although it commenced with great promise, containing from24 to 62 pages.
The title was explanatory of its objects 0 Impulso as Letras (the "Advancement of Letters"). This journal was conducted by Mr. J. M. da Silva e Souza; and ran to only twelve issues, the first being dated October 1, 1865, and the last one September 1, 1866.
Then there was 0 Noticiario Macaonse ("Macaense News"), a political product, which appeared during 1869. It was supplanted by Q Independente already dealt with in the previous article, which was also political, and lasted from 1869 to 1870.
In Catholica (or the "Catholic Times") which appeared in 1873 we find a combination of political and religious news and comments.
Another paper of short duration was Q Echo da China ("China Echo") which was a political, literary and news journal, conducted by Mr. J. J. da Silva e Sousa. It commenced publication about Portuguese journals published in Hong Kong. In my previous comment, it will be recalled, several others, some quite old-established ones were mentioned.
The last of the list concluded publication as we have seen in 1914; but I am informed that the latest effort to run a Portuguese-language paper in Hong Kong must be dated as recently as 1929. The Journal was directed from Macao, being of a highly political nature. Appropriately enough, it was named 0 Petardo ("The Fire-cracker"): but appears to have fizzled out after a brief existence.
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These references to old newspapers and to Portuguese literary men, as well as the fact that for many years (until early in this
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