An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House (aka Prince of Wales Theatre) production of Morris Barnett's Sarah the Creole; or, Snakes in the Grass on 14 September 1868. The evening's performance, under the patronage of New South Wales Governor, Earl Belmore, is a benefit for the Royal Alfred Australian Volunteer Fire Company.
The version of the advertisement published on 14 September 1868 includes the additional information that the evening's entertainment will conclude with Whitebait at Greenwich.
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'.
William Gourlay, to be assisted by his wife and their son, advertises his upcoming entertainments in Balmain and Newtown.