Volume LII Number 451
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Read All About Him
You miss them when they’ve gone, the “three bad (or more kindly wild) men” of Sydney newspapers: Ezra Norton, Frank Packer and R.A.G. (“Rags”) Henderson. All three were real cards, bullies with distinctive acerbic wit laced with well-chosen expletives, a touch of the rogue, not altogether admirable or great for journalists to work for but prone to capricious acts of kindness and responsibility on their own terms.
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