 Emil Robert Voigt (1883-1973), an English-born engineer and former activist in the "Clarion" movement in Manchester, was one of the pioneers of the Australian broadcasting industry in the early 1920s and the man behind the birth of the progressive radio station 2KY.The paper enjoyed sales of around 30,000 copies a week for many years, but some readers gave it up after it argued in favour of the Second Boer War and against even limited women's suffrage.Circulation rose again as it became associated with the Labour Party and by 1907 it had reached 74,000.