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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5247 14 September 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.
Prince of Wales Theatre : Sarah the Creole; Or, Snakes in the Grass, &c., single work advertisement

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.

 (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)
Mr and Mrs Gourlay, single work advertisement

William Gourlay, to be assisted by his wife and their son, advertises his upcoming entertainments in Balmain and Newtown.

 (p. 1)
Phillip M'Carroll, Pitt-Streeti"M'Carroll calls attention to his show of meat this week,", single work poetry (p. 4)
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