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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5219 12 August 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.
Royal Victoria Theatre : The Duellist, &c., single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Timothy Kendrick's The Duellist; or, The Husband of an Hour and Walter H. Cooper's A New Crime on 12 August 1868.

 (p. 1)
New Publications, ex Steamer Geelong, single work advertisement

An advertisement for various books for sale. The titles listed are for non-fiction books by English authors; the subject matter varies.

 (p. 1)
School of Arts : Grace Egerton and George Case : Farewell Performances, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the third and fourth of Grace Egerton and George Case's 'Six Farewell Performances', Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 12 and 13 August 1868.

 (p. 1)
Illustrated London News, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Illustrated London News. 'Subscriptions received.'

 (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)
Royal Victoria Theatre : Mr Andrews's Benefit, single work column

The Empire presses the case for strong support for the benefit night for Mr Andrews, 'a very worthy member of the corps now playing on the boards of the old 'Vic.'

 (p. 4)
School of Arts, single work column

The Empire praises the performances of George Case and Grace Egerton at the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts.

 (p. 4)
The Treason Felony Act, single work column

The Empire reproduces an announcement from the Attorney General on the enactment of the Treason Felony Act. The Attorney General points out that 'an impression seems to exist that the Treason Felony Act has been disallowed. This is not the fact ... In point of law, the approval of her Majesty is not necessary to the validity of any Act passed by the Parliament of this colony. Her Majesty may within two years from the passing of the Act disallow it; but if not expressly disallowed it remains in force.'

 (p. 4)
Phillip M'Carroll. Pitt-Streeti"It is amusing and surprising", single work poetry (p. 7)
Victoria Theatre, single work column

A comment on the 11 August 1868 performances at the Royal Victoria Theatre.
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