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A contradiction to a report in the Sydney Herald (16 April 1838): 2 on the alleged assault of a reporter appears on page 2 of this issue.
Contents
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The Liberty of the Press,
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column
(p. 2)
This column continues the argument between the Sydney Gazette and the Sydney Monitor over press freedoms and perceived editorial transgressions that raged between the two newspapers in April 1838. It also contains a response to, in the words of the column's author, an 'excessively bombastical article' published in the Australian newspaper on 18 April 1838 entitled The Disreputableness of Permitting a Free Periodical Press to Become the Vehicle of Personal Altercation.
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Mechanics' Institution,
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column
(p. 2)A report taken from the Hobart Town Courier, 30 March [1838].
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The Theatre,
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review
— Review of The Merchant's Wedding; Or, London Frolics in 1638 1828 single work drama ; The Queer Subject 1836 single work drama ; (p. 2) -
Royal Victoria Theatre : Henriette the Forsaken &c.,
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advertisement
(p. 3)
Advertisement for: Performance on 17 April 1838 of: ‘Buckstone’s popular Domestic Drama, called Henriette the Forsaken’; ‘To conclude with the Historical Drama in Two Acts, called Charles the 12th of Sweden, or, the siege of Stralsund’ [James Robinson Planche, 1828].
The advertisement includes a description of the scenes and a list of the actors, and the names of the characters they portray, for each play.
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Household Furniture, Plate, Books, Globes etc,
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advertisement
(p. 3)
An advertisement for household items including books to be sold by auction, the 'Proprietor retiring in to the Interior'.
