Cirrus@Austlit

The Empire advises its readers that it will relocate to a new office, 'near the corner of Pitt and King streets, almost opposite Mr Moffitt's, bookseller', as of 21 December 1868.

A detailed advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Walter Cooper's Harlequin Little Jack Horner; or, The Christmas Pie and the Fairies on 24 and 26 December 1868. (Advertised under the title: Harlequin Little Jack Horner; or, The Christmas Pie, and the Fairies of the Silver Ferns.)

The advertisement includes a full cast list and scene details. The final scene is the 'fantastic haunt of the Christmas fairies in the crystal bower of jewels'. The audience is asked to 'keep their seats during the working of this scene, as it will take some minutes to fully develop'.

The evening's program begins with a production of John Maddison Morton's Woodcock's Little Game.

The Working Men's Book Society advises that 'a large assortment of publications, of a secular and religious character, has just been received from England, and is now on sale, at the Depot, 41, Park-street; and on Saturday evening, at the Society's stall, in the Haymarket'.

The Empire advises its readers that it will relocate to a new office, 'near the corner of Pitt and King streets, almost opposite Mr Moffitt's, bookseller', as of 21 December 1868.

The Empire praises the 'many advantages and benefits' available through the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts. It informs readers that 'an order has been forwarded to London for every popular work to be immediately sent out by mail'. Subscriptions to the School of Arts cost five shillings per quarter.