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8 unusual facts about The Courier


Daniel Bowles

In 9 September's edition of the Courier Mail, it was reported that Bowles would trial at Right Back for Gold Coast United in a pre season match later in the month.

Edward Gal

In a piece in The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky that ran before the 2010 Games, dressage trainer Susan Posner pointed out that Toto was only in his second year in dressage despite being 10 years old, and said that his success illustrated how capable Gal was as a rider.

Irwin Stelzer

who is the U.S. economic and business columnist for the Sunday Times, the Courier-Mail, and a contributing editor of the Weekly Standard.

John Henry Pepper

He took out a front page advertisement in the 30 January 1882 issue of The Brisbane Courier to publicise the event, scheduled for 4 February 1882 at the Eagle Farm Racecourse.

Peter Wear

Peter Wear is a Brisbane-based writer whose columns appear regularly in The Courier-Mail.

The Silver Donkey

The book won the 2005 Courier Mail award for young readers and the 2005 CBC Book of the Year award for young readers.

William Lovelock

Meanwhile he supported himself as a free-lance teacher, adjudicator, and as chief music critic for The Courier-Mail in Brisbane.

He was the first Director of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music in Brisbane, and later became the chief music critic for The Courier-Mail newspaper.


Barry Bingham, Sr.

Bingham's family owned a cluster of influential media properties — The Courier-Journal and The Louisville Times newspapers, plus WHAS Radio and WHAS Television.

Evil Overlord List

In Australia, a minor literary scandal erupted in 1997 when it emerged that award-winning author Helen Darville plagiarised this list for her regular column in Brisbane's Courier-Mail newspaper, which led to her being fired.

John Urquhart Cameron

A member of a distinguished extended family of journalists which included James Cameron he wrote articles for The Courier, The Scotsman, The Good Ski Guide, The Good Holiday Magazine and The Scottish Review.

Ron McAuliffe

In his obituary The Courier-Mail journalist Barry Dick wrote that "he Ron McAuliffe loved a drink, loved an argument, and most of all, he loved company."

Roy Kidd

He graduated from Corbin in 1950 after being chosen as a first team All-State football player for the 1949 season by The Courier-Journal of Louisville.


see also

Courier chess

Courier Chess (or the Courier Game) is a strategy board game in the chess family.

In 1651 Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, gave to Ströbeck a playing board with chess on one side and the Courier Game on the other, and a set of silver pieces.

Frances Bavier

According to a 1981 article by Chip Womick, a staff writer of The Courier Tribune, Bavier enthusiastically promoted Christmas and Easter Seal Societies from her Siler City home, and often wrote inspirational letters to fans who sought autographs.

Labh Singh

"The Courier" of Arizona, US, carried a story attributed to UPI stating that 3 "Sikh terrorists" killed 3 police officers who were taking 3 prisoners to a bathroom, while "16 armed court guards cowered in fear".

Max Josef Metzger

When he tried to have this memorandum delivered to the Swedish Archbishop of Uppsala, Erling Eidem, Metzger was denounced by the courier.

Printer's Devil

Douglas Winter, the editor of The Courier, a failing newspaper, feels there is nothing to live for after a number of employees quit, including the Linotype operator.

The Beverly Hills Courier

In 2004, the Couriers then-editor, Norma Zager, was awarded Journalist of the Year by the Los Angeles Press Club for her series on a lawsuit brought by Erin Brockovich.