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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5056 3 February 1868 of The Empire est. 1850 The Empire
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1868 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Hamlet, &c., single work advertisement (p. 1)
Farewell Readings, single work column

A brief notice on the 1 February recital by Miss Aitken and Mr Thomas Padmore Hill.

 (p. 2)
Penny Readings, single work column

Brief report on the 1 February 'penny readings' at the Temperance Hall, Sydney. The program included 'readings, recitations, songs, and duets'.

 (p. 2)
Prince of Wales Opera House, single work column

A detailed report on the evening's entertainments at the Prince of Wales Opera House on 1 February 1868 (when H. R. H. Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh was in attendance).

 (p. 2)
The Flaneur in Sydney, 'The Flaneur in Sydney' , single work prose satire

Following reports of a sentence of death imposed on a youth, 'Flaneur of Sydney' compares the approaches to the criminal classes of New South Wales Chief Justice Alfred Stephen and English novelist Charles Dickens.

 (p. 3)
An Essay on the Times; or, The Morning and the Evening Are the Sixth Day by J. Godfrey, single work advertisement

An advertisement for An Essay on the Times; or, The Morning and the Evening Are the Sixth Day by J. Godfrey, published by Henry Thomas.

 (p. 4)
London Periodicals Available in Sydney, single work advertisement

Advertisement for London periodicals available in Sydney.

 (p. 4)
Magazines, Recently Arrived in Sydney, single work advertisement

Advertisement for magazines, recently arrived in Sydney, for November and December 1867.

 (p. 4)
Phillip M'Carroll, Pitt-Streeti"What a splendid success was our public demonstration", single work poetry (p. 4)
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