George Jones (dan siyasa na New Zealand)

George Jones (1844 - 16 ga Disamba 1920) ɗan majalisar dokoki ne na ƙarni na 19 a Otago, New Zealand.

 Ilimi da aiki 
An haifi Jones a Upper Hutt a shekarar 1844. Ya tafi Ostiraliya tare da iyayensa, inda ya sami iliminsa a Scales Academy sannan kuma a Makarantar Geelong Grammar. Ya koyi sana'arsa ta bugawa da rubutu sannan ya koma New Zealand a shekarar 1863, inda ya fara aiki da jaridun Christchurch na Canterbury Standard (wanda Joseph Brittan ya mallaka), Lyttelton Times, sannan kuma The Press. Ya koma Ngaruawahia a shekarar 1872,  inda ya kafa Waikato Times,  yana sayar da ita lokacin da ya koma Oamuru a shekarar 1877.

A shekarar 1877, Jones ya mallaki jaridar Oamaru Mail. A wannan shekarar, Jones da jaridarsa sun shiga cikin shari'ar batanci bayan da Jones ya buga wani labari da ke zargin Babban Lauyan Gwamnati Frederick Whitaker da daukar nauyin Dokar Filayen 'Yan Kasa don taimakawa wajen mallakar filayen Māori da aka kwace wa kansa da abokansa. An wanke Jones a lokacin shari'ar, wanda ya kara wa Evening Mail ' gwiwa da kuma martabar jama'a. Kafafen yada labarai na New Zealand sun yaba da sakamakon shari'ar a matsayin nasara ga 'yancin 'yan jarida. A karkashin jagorancin Jones, Oamaru Mail ta sami karuwar tallace-tallace da yawo. Shi da iyalinsa sun ci gaba da rike iko da Oamaru Mail da kuma Southland News da ke Invercargill.[1]

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