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The advertisement 'Removal of the "Empire" Office' appears on pages one and two of this issue of The Empire.
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Removal of the 'Empire' Office,
single work
advertisement
(p. 1)
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.
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Prince of Wales Opera House : Woodcock's Little Game, &c.,
single work
advertisement
(p. 1)
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.
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Removal of the 'Empire' Office,
single work
advertisement
(p. 2)
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.
- Mephistopheles, General Dealeri"Who'll buy tresses, bonnie brown tresses", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Phillip M'Carroll, Pitt-Streeti"The humiliated Parkes – man of national devotion –", single work poetry (p. 4)
- To Parents and Guardians : Christmas Holidaysi"It is happy when parents and children unite,", single work poetry (p. 4)
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Mr Hoskins' Benefit,
single work
column
The Empire commends the benefit night for theatre manager and actor William Hoskins at the Prince of Wales Opera House on 21 December 1868.
