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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5337 30 December 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.
Removal of the 'Empire' Office, single work advertisement

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.

(p. 1)
Prince of Wales Opera House : Harlequin Little Jack Horner; or, The Christmas Pie and the Fairies : 'Morning' Performance, single work advertisement

A advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House 'morning performance' of Walter Cooper's Harlequin Little Jack Horner; or, The Christmas Pie and the Fairies on 2 January 1869. (Advertised under the title: Harlequin Little Jack Horner; or, The Christmas Pie, and the Fairies of the Silver Ferns.)

The advertisement states the doors will open at '2 o'clock' and 'children and schools' will be admitted at 'half-price to all parts of the house'.

(p. 1)
Prince of Wales Opera House : Harlequin Little Jack Horner; or, The Christmas Pie and the Fairies, &c., single work advertisement

A 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 29 December 1868. (Advertised under the title: Harlequin Little Jack Horner; or, The Christmas Pie, and the Fairies of the Silver Ferns.) The advertisement declares: the pantomime is 'universally acknowledged [as] one of the most triumphant ever produced in Sydney, 5000 persons have already witnessed it'.

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

(p. 1)
Removal of the 'Empire' Office, single work advertisement

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.

(p. 2)
Prince of Wales Opera House : [Harlequin Little Jack Horner; or, The Christmas Pie and the Fairies, &c.], single work review
— Review of Harlequin Little Jack Horner ; Or, The Christmas Pie and the Fairies Walter H. Cooper , 1868 single work musical theatre ; Woodcock's Little Game John Maddison Morton , 1864 single work drama ;

A very brief review of the 29 December 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of Walter Cooper's Harlequin Little Jack Horner; or, The Christmas Pie and the Fairies and John Maddison Morton's Woodcock's Little Game.

(p. 2)
Royal Victoria Theatre : [The Mistletoe Bough, &c.], single work column

The Empire notes the productions of The Mistletoe Bough and The Knight and the Naiads at the newly re-opened Royal Victoria Theatre. The writer concludes: 'The theatre has been very handsomely decorated, and the scenery and appliances are in every way perfect. The management may anticipate a very successful season.'

(p. 2)
Cruise of the Galatea, single work review
— Review of The Cruise of H.M.S. Galatea, Captain H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., in 1867-1868 John Milner , Oswald W. B. Brierly , 1869 single work prose ;
(p. 3)
Note: This review extends over four columns of the Empire. The arrowed link above provides a link to column one of the review; the following link is for columns two to four: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60830554
Phillip M'Carroll, Pitt-Streeti"We have no wish at all to write a libel,", single work poetry (p. 4)
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