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An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation and William Bayle Bernard's His Last Legs on 27 August 1868. The performance is a benefit for the Oddfellows' Hall Building Fund.

An advertisement for a 'farewell demonstration to Grace Egerton' at the Prince of Wales Opera House on 28 August 1868. The advertisement includes a list of distinguished patrons who will be in attendance; the list includes Henry Parkes, Edward Deas Thomson and William Bede Dalley, together with 'many of the leading families in Sydney'.

In addition to Egerton's items, the evening includes a performance of Elizabeth St George's A Handsome Husband, a scene from James Sheridan Knowles's The Hunchback and the 'pretty comedietta' The Sentinel (possibly John Maddison Morton's The Female Sentinel).

An advertisement for William Gourlay's 'Mrs M'Gregor's Levee', to be produced at the Temperance Hall, Pitt Street, Sydney, on 25, 26 and 28 August 1868.

A brief comment on the entertainment offered by the Gourlay Family at the Temperance Hall, Sydney, on the second night of their three-night season.

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'.