At the time the Otorohanga Times was established as a bi-weekly newspaper in 1912 the population of the riding it served was only 822, and this photograph (by an unknown photographer) dates from then. The paper was founded by James Henry Claridge (1862-1946; in suit and bowler hat) who is associated with nine Waikato country newspapers, described in his 75 Years in New Zealand . . . (1938). He also wrote a 22-page verse account (The Iron Horse) of a trip on the Auckland-Wellington train, published in 1936. The Otorohanga Times continued until 1980 when it merged with the King Country Chronicle to form the Waitomo News. (Alexander Turnbull Library, reference number F-12462-1/2-)