Introduction
A daily news sheet issued six days a week, Monday to Saturday, excluding public holidays. The Penguin was started sometime between 28 June and 20 August 1927 and produced in Stanley under the auspices of the Falkland Islands Government. At the time it was the most southerly daily newspaper in the world and was began at a time when there was no broadcasting system and few, if any, wireless receiving sets in the Falkland Islands. By 1928 The Penguin had a regular circulation of more than two hundred copies, a number of which were sent overseas. When local radio broadcasts started in 1929 via the re-diffusion system the Penguin also gave notice of programs as well as items of local and international news with an emphasis on international events. The Falkland Islands Government closed down the paper 30 June 1938 due to wireless receiving sets coming into general use and combined with the local broadcasting system overseas news was therefore readily accessible.
NB: Originally there was a cover sheet for each day’s issue but to reduce file size these have not all been scanned.
Period Covered: Circa 28 June/20 August 1927 to 30 June 1938.
Status: Incomplete set.
Missing:
- 1927 - all;
- 1928 - all except first two pages of 1 Nov;
- 1929 - all of Jan to Nov except for 13 Feb, 27 Feb, 27 May, 1 Aug, 30 Jul; 23-24, 27-31 Dec; plus many days of those held are one sheet only
- 1930 – 2, 4, 6-10, 15, 17, 31 Jan; 17, 19 Feb; 6, 22 Mar; 16 Jun; 3, 7 Aug; 20, 30 Sep; 4, 13 Oct; 29 Dec; plus many days of those held are one sheet only;
- 1931 - 13 Jan; 3 Feb; 30 Nov
- 1934 – 1-26, 29-31 Jan; 1-31 Mar; 6, 9, 25 Jun; 10 Jul; 1-8, 11-31 Aug; 8, 10, 20, 22 Sep; 10, 14, 16-17, 24 Nov
- 1935 – 4, 6-8 Mar; 16, 17 Apr; 14-15 May; 6, 17 Jun
Public Holidays:
- 1st January - New Year’s Day (recommenced 1937);
- 28th January 1936 - funeral of King George V
- 15th and 16th February 1934 - Sports Days
- Good Friday and Easter Monday;
- 12th May 1937 - Coronation Day;
- 24th May - Empire Day;
- 3rd June - (1929 to 1935) - King’s Birthday;
- 23rd June 1936 - King’s Birthday;
- 9th June - (1937 to 1938) - observance of King’s Birthday;
- 1st Monday in August - Bank Holiday;
- 16 October 1930 - Special Holiday
- 11th November - Armistice Day (later Remembrance Day);
- 8th December - Battle Day;
- 25th and 26th December (or nearest) - Christmas and Boxing Day.
- 27th December - Sports Day
1928 November 1.pdf134.56 KB
1929 February 13.pdf338.79 KB
1929 February 27.pdf1.51 MB
1929 May 27.pdf490.15 KB
1929 July 30.pdf3.32 MB
1929 August 1.pdf2.35 MB
1929 December - incomplete.pdf3.93 MB
1930 January to March - incomplete.pdf17.59 MB
1930 April to June - incomplete.pdf18.77 MB
1930 May 31 - incomplete.pdf280.81 KB
1930 July to September - incomplete.pdf18.42 MB
1930 October to December - incomplete.pdf17.72 MB
1931 January to March.pdf27.56 MB
1931 April to June.pdf24.45 MB
1931 July to September.pdf25.48 MB
1931 October to December.pdf28.82 MB
1932 January to March.pdf21.28 MB
1932 April to June.pdf21.13 MB
1932 July to September.pdf28.5 MB
1932 October to December.pdf23.96 MB
1933 January to March.pdf24.98 MB
1933 April to June - incomplete.pdf18.6 MB
1933 July to September.pdf20.42 MB
1933 October to December.pdf21.91 MB
1934 January 27.pdf353.42 KB
1934 February.pdf6.98 MB
1934 April to June - incomplete.pdf16.69 MB
1934 July - incomplete.pdf5.73 MB
1934 August 9 and 10 - incomplete.pdf249.1 KB
1934 September - incomplete.pdf5.11 MB
1934 October to December - incomplete.pdf19.57 MB
1935 January to March - incomplete.pdf21.84 MB
1935 April to June - incomplete.pdf18.03 MB
1935 July to September.pdf23.27 MB
1935 October to December.pdf23.2 MB
1936 January to March.pdf25.55 MB
1936 April to June.pdf19.63 MB
1936 July to September.pdf19.3 MB
1936 October to December.pdf21.47 MB
1937 January and February.pdf24.2 MB
1937 March and April.pdf22.19 MB
1937 May and June.pdf23.84 MB
1937 July and August.pdf26.02 MB
1937 September and October.pdf26.57 MB
1937 November and December.pdf25.08 MB
1938 January and February.pdf24.01 MB
1938 March and April.pdf22.1 MB
1938 May and June.pdf23.74 MB
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