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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.

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of John Maddison Morton's Woodcock's Little Game on 21 December 1868. The production was included in a wider program for William Hoskins's 'complimentary benefit'; the program also featured the opera Il Travatore.

The advertisement notes that a 'grand Christmas comic pantomime' [Harlequin Little Jack Horner; or, The Christmas Pie, and the Fairies of the Silver Ferns] is in preparation.

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.

The 'Flaneur' muses on Sydney's recent political and social occurrences. He directs his attention, among other things, to: a disagreement between Henry Parkes and Mr Leopold Fane De Salis over travel expenses for members of the Legislative Assembly, and the ongoing dispute involving the removal of W. A. Duncan as Collector of Customs.

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 for the 1869 edition of Moore's Australian Almanac.

An advertisement for books, to be offered as school prizes, available from Moore's Book Mart.

An advertisement for books, suitable for Christmas presents, available from Moore's Book Mart, George Street.

An advertisement for the 1869 edition of The Newcastle Business Directory and Hunter River District Almanac.

An advertisement for the sale, on Saturday, 19 December 1868, of a 'valuable library of books', together with coins and wine, 'the property of a gentleman leaving for Europe'.