An advertisement dealing largely with the Prince of Wales Opera House production of the operas Norma and Lucretia Borgia (Act 2) on 17 October 1868, but also noting the upcoming production of Edward Fitaball's Azael; or, The Prodigal of Memphis.
The 'Flaneur' muses on Sydney's recent political and social occurrences. His subjects include the proliferation (and dubious value) of printed Parliamentary Papers, and the cost to the colonies of the 1867-1868 visit of H. R. H. Prince Alfred (estimated at £24, 787).
Dr Lang seeks to disabuse the public of ideas (perpetrated by the Sydney Morning Herald) about his voting behaviour and his involvement in the change of personnel in the New South Wales government.
An advertisement announcing the publication of a new 'bi-weekly journal'. The advertisement includes the newspaper's objectives, together with subscription and advertising rates.
The publishers of the Times advise that they have become the proprietors of the newspaper 'hitherto known as the Evening Mail'. From 20 June 1868, the newly acquired newspaper will be known as The Mail and published twice weekly.
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'.
