Fragments of the Wanganui Chronicle from the 1880s reveal a very different world - and a very different newspaper.
The pieces of newspaper, all dated November 1888, were brought into the Wanganui Chronicle by Peter Scott, who found them in the ceiling of a building in upper Victoria Ave.
"I used to work for a Suzuki dealer in Victoria Ave. There was an old house out the back, and when they demolished it I found these.
"They must have been used as a sort of insulation for the house."
Mr Scott found the papers in 1979. He said he thought they would be of interest now because of the Wanganui Chronicle's recent celebration of its 160th birthday.