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'.
An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Pilgrim of Love and of Frederic Phillips's A Bird in the Hand Worth Two in the Bush on 2 July 1868.
The Empire reports on G. B. Barton's departure for New Zealand to take up the post of editor of the Otago Daily Times. The report provides an overview of Barton's literary output in New South Wales, including his contributions to Sydney Punch.