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This issue of the Empire carries an advertisement (p. 8) for the publication and sale of The Minutes of of the General Assembly, Session Fourth, 1868 of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales and of that denomination's Proposed Code of Rules. Both publications are available from the publisher, J. L. Sherriff.
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Prince of Wales Opera House : Jack Sheppard, &c.,
single work
advertisement
An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Jack Sheppard and of H. J. Byron's 'burlesque extravaganza' The Lady of Lyons on 13 November 1868.
- Mrs Brunks' Dinner Party : A Tale of Sydney Social Life, single work short story humour (p. 2)
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The Flaneur in Sydney,
single work
prose
The 'Flaneur' muses on Sydney's recent political and social occurrences. He directs his attention, among other things, to: the experiences of a Mr Schafer who travelled among the Maori in New Zealand, the state of the colonial treasury, and the building of churches and hospitals in communities where gold mining has drawn a swelling population.
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To Printers and Newspaper Proprietors,
single work
advertisement
An advertisement, probably placed by Samuel Bennett (sole proprietor, printer and publisher of the Empire), for the sale of a single cylinder printing machine. The sale is being offered 'to make room for a new machine daily expected from England'.
- Phillip M'Carroll, Pitt-Streeti"M'Carroll his speeches on politics made,", single work poetry (p. 7)
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English and European News. 'The Mail',
single work
advertisement
The publishers of the Times advise that they have become the proprietors of the newspaper 'hitherto known as the Evening Mail'. From 20 June 1868, the newly acquired newspaper will be known as The Mail and published twice weekly.