The Australasian has pleasure in 'informing our readers that next week we shall commence the publication of a the new story written by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins for the Christmas number of All the Year Round. By an arrangement with the English publishers, early copies have been sent to this journal.'
The column also notes that Bell's Life in Victoria and Sporting Chronicle has now been incorporated with the Australasian.
Further 'Topics of the Week' in this column are largely of a political nature.