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The first edition of the Tasmanian Daily News was pub lished on
May 14, 1855 . Its editor, Miller, was described as "an intelligent and
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educated gentleman of courtly manners and refined and scholarly tastes" .
He was an Oxford graduate who had resigned college preferments of
considerable value to come to Australia which he considered offered wider
fields for enterprise than England did.
Inspector of Schools, he came to Hobart Town.
journalism, he soon proved his ability as an editor.
After serving in Victoria as an
Although inexperienced in
In 1864 the
Cornwall Chronicle described the Tasmanian Daily News as the most ably
conducted and intelligent journal in Hobart Town. 7
Milner, his associate,
was a past secretary of the Mechanics Institute and the proprietor of the
"Tasmanian Academy" .
praised as a school's inspector by the Bishop.
As Supervisor of Trinity School , he was highly
However , the two men di d
not maintain their partnership for very long; on September 20, 1855 ,
Milner resigned from the Tasmanian Daily News to take over an estate
agency , and Miller became sole proprietor.
began.
It is impossible to say when Hall 's association with Mil ler
Both were members of the Mechanics' Institute and the Royal
Society and probably met there . Obviously they had much in common .
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Certainly the two families were great friends ;
Anastasia, the youngest
of-the Hall family, treasured all her life the first letter she ever
received.
the two families.
It remains as a symbol of the friendship existing between
My dear Mr Miller,
I am so glad you are coming home soon for I have been
wishing it for such a long time. I am going to Papa's
lecture on Thursday and I wish you were at home to go too.
Miller replied:
I send you a hundred kisses,
My Dear Baby, -
I am
Your dear little friend,
Baby Hall.
Brisbane Street ,
Launceston,
Wednesday Morning.
I was very much pleased to get your nice little note,
and still more glad to hear that you say your lessons well
every day . You must make haste and learn to write so that
you will require no one to guide your hand but be ab le to
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Cornwall Chronicle, May 5, 1864 .