Ernest Whitington wrote "Out among the People" in a newspaper first published in London in 1781.
Ernest Whitington (c. 1873  13 April 1934), known to his friends as "Ern", was a journalist in South Australia, who as "Rufus" wrote the popular "Out among the People" column in the Register then The Advertiser when those two newspapers were amalgamated. 
 It was first published in London in June 1836 and folded almost a century later in February 1931. 
