GOODBYE AUSSIE


Sadly by 1931 Aussie was about to reach its last number and in November 1931 notices were placed in the New Zealand press advertising its sale as a going concern and (unsuccessfully) inviting tenders. That same month Aussie editor Walter Jago wrote to Lawlor relaying the opinion he had given to the manager of New Century Press, Mr Catts, that Aussie was being let go on the ebb tide, “while he (Mr Catts) should be preparing to come in on the crest of the wave".