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The editor of the Cumberland Times, and Western Advertiser notes, with gratitude, the increased sales of the newspaper since an advertisement decrying the paper was placed in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Notes
The column is preceded by a very short, dramatic scene 'over the counter of our publisher's shop'.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
The Cumberland Ragi
"Wanted forthwith, to write libellous rhymes",
1845single work poetry satire — Appears in:
Cumberland Times, and Western Advertiser,11 Octobervol.
2no.
941845;(p. 3)The writer, in satirical mode, offers a negative opinion on the quality of the newly published Cumberland Times, and Western Advertiser.