This report, probably taken from a Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) newspaper, notes that 'Mr Smith's Printing Establishment, including the copyright of the Colonial Times, Tasmanian, and Trumpeter, was sold by auction, by Mr T. Y. Lowes ... John Macdougall was the purchaser. With the solitary exception of Mr. R. L. Murray, every master printer and editor in Hobart Town were present.'
An advertisement for the auction appears in the Colonial Times (13 March 1838): 2
Advertisement for performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 14 April 1838 of: ‘the laughable Entertainment called The Queer Subject’ [Joseph Stirling Coyne, 1836]; ‘the first time this Season, the popular Sketch Called The Actress of all Work’ [William Henry Oxberry, 1819]; ‘To Conclude with the admired Legendary Drama entitled Mistletoe Bough, or Young Lovell’s Bride’ [Charles A. Somerset, 1834].
The advertisement lists a dance to be performed and includes a list of the actors, and the names of the characters they portray, for each play.
