The original glass plate negatives along with surviving press prints from Central News , dating back 100 years , are held with all rights at the TopFoto archive in Kent, England.
Entry from the 1917 Newspaper Press Directory:
CENTRAL NEWS (Limited). Established 1870. The Central News collects news by telegraph, telephone and wireless from correspondents throughout the United Kingdom and abroad. (Illustrations Dept.) News photos from everywhere. Chief Offices: 5 New Bridge-street, Swan Chambers, Great Swan Alley, London EC4
Over 17,000 original glass plate negatives from the Central News collection were digitised, by TopFoto, for the, part EU funded, EuropeanaPhotography project.
See a selection of Central News images here
See all available digitised Central News here