Edward Smith Hall is dismayed at the removal of regular advertising copy from the Sydney Monitor. He writes: 'Since Mr. [Samuel] Lyons retired from business, you may have observed, that Mr. [Thomas Horton] James has not sent to my Office more than two or three Advertisements. As Mr. Lyons found it to the interest of his Constituents to advertise in the Sydney Monitor, I cannot understand why Mr. James should so suddenly have confined his advertisements to the Herald, Australian, Gazette and Colonist. The Herald exceeds the Monitor in circulation; but the Monitor exceeds the circulation of all the other Papers. Any one doubting this allegation, is at liberty to inspect my Subscription List, at the Monitor Office, any hour of any day.'
Smith Hall offers free copy to 'Gentlemen, Traders, and Settlers' who approach him directly with their bills of goods for sale.
