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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.

A advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House 'morning performance' of Walter Cooper's Harlequin Little Jack Horner; or, The Christmas Pie and the Fairies on 2 January 1869. (Advertised under the title: Harlequin Little Jack Horner; or, The Christmas Pie, and the Fairies of the Silver Ferns.)

The advertisement states the doors will open at '2 o'clock' and 'children and schools' will be admitted at 'half-price to all parts of the house'.

A advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Walter Cooper's Harlequin Little Jack Horner; or, The Christmas Pie and the Fairies on 29 December 1868. (Advertised under the title: Harlequin Little Jack Horner; or, The Christmas Pie, and the Fairies of the Silver Ferns.) The advertisement declares: the pantomime is 'universally acknowledged [as] one of the most triumphant ever produced in Sydney, 5000 persons have already witnessed it'.

The evening's program begins with a production of John Maddison Morton's Woodcock's Little Game.

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.

'Candidus' highlights the views of politician James Martin on the issue of the newspaper tax.