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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5151 23 May 1868 of The Empire est. 1850 The Empire
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* Contents derived from the , 1868 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Under the Gaslight, &c., single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Augustin Daly's Under the Gaslight and Samuel D. Johnson's Our Gal on 23 May 1868.

 (p. 1)
Have You Seen Under the Gaslight, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Augustin Daly's Under the Gaslight in May 1868. The advertisement highlights the props and scenery used in the production including an 'express train' and the 'Hudson River'.

 (p. 1)
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'.

 (p. 1)
To Printers : Rent of a Country Newspaper, single work advertisement

An advertisement to printers, advising the availability for rent of a country newspaper 'in good working order'.

 (p. 1)
The Flaneur in Sydney, 'The Flaneur in Sydney' , single work prose

The 'Flaneur' muses on Sydney's recent political and social occurrences, and includes a plea that the Government Printer be utilised to print the catalogues of the Australian Museum and the Australian Library.

 (p. 5)
Sensationalism, George Augustus Sala , extract criticism (p. 6)
Phillip M'Carroll. Pitt Streeti"They want to rise [sic] the prices, but that will never do,", single work poetry (p. 7)
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