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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5291 5 November 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.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Stewart Routh, &c., single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of the 'new sensation drama, received by the last mail', John Palgrave Simpson and Edmund Hodgson Yates's Stewart Routh; or, Woman's Devotion (aka Black Sheep) and Edward Fitzball's Azael; or, The Prodigal of Memphis on 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 November 1868.

 (p. 1)
The Last Farewell : Grace Egerton and George Case, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the fourth (and final) night of Grace Egerton and George Case's four-night season at the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 5 November 1868.

 (p. 1)
Dr. Badham's Educational Scheme, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the text books, available from J. J. Moore, required for Dr Charles Badham's scheme to teach French and Latin to adult males.

 (p. 1)
School of Arts : [Grace Egerton and George Case], single work column

A brief reminder from the Empire that Grace Egerton and George Case's final Sydney appearance takes place on 5 November 1868.

 (p. 2)
Prince of Wales Opera House : [Stewart Routh], single work review
— Review of Black Sheep John Palgrave Simpson , Edmund Hodgson Yates , 1868 single work drama ;

A brief review of the 4 November 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of John Palgrave Simpson and Edmund Hodgson Yates's Stewart Routh; or, Woman's Devotion (aka Black Sheep). The writer for the Empire is at a loss to explain why attendances in Sydney are poor when the play is attracting great success in London and Melbourne.

 (p. 2)
Phillip M'Carroll, Pitt-Streeti"M'Carroll, for a time, leaves the fiery field of politics,", single work poetry (p. 4)
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. 4)
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