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Prince of Wales Opera House : Othello, &c.,
single work
advertisement
(p. 1)
An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of William Shakespeare's Othello, John Maddison Morton's Betsy Baker, and the burlesque La Sonnambula on 21 November 1868.
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Mr Charles Dickens,
single work
column
(p. 2)
The writer of this column extends a plea to Charles Dickens for that novelist to produce an account of his life. The writer asserts that such a work would 'find many thousands of readers in Australia'.
Note: Reproduced from the Evening News. Original publication details not yet known. -
The Flaneur in Sydney,
single work
prose
(p. 5)
The 'Flaneur' muses on Sydney's recent political and social occurrences. He directs his attention, among other things, to: the vagaries of rail travel, employment conditions in the public service, the fate of furniture, and women's rights.
- Phillip M'Carroll, Pitt-Streeti"We must ask what the graziers again are about", single work poetry (p. 7)
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English and European News. 'The Mail',
single work
advertisement
(p. 8)
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.
