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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5252 19 September 1868 of The Empire est. 1850 The Empire
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Notes

  • This issue includes an extract from The Invasion of the Crimea, Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan by Alexander William Kinglake.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1868 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Prince of Wales Opera House : My Poll and My Partner Joe, &c., single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of John Thomas Haines's My Poll and My Partner Joe and H. W. Grosette's Raymond and Agnes; or, The Bleeding Nun of Lindenberg (advertised as 'Raymond and Agnes; or, The Bleeding Nun of Tendenburg') on 19 September 1868. The advertisement also announces a performance of Oliver Twist on 21 September 1868.

 (p. 1)
New Paper : Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter, single work advertisement

An advertisement announcing the publication of a new 'bi-weekly journal'. The advertisement includes the newspaper's objectives, together with subscription and advertising rates.

 (p. 1)
English and European News. 'The Mail', single work advertisement

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.

 (p. 1)
Protestant Banner, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Australian Protestant Banner highlighting 'English Protestants and the Sydney Morning Herald'.

 (p. 1)
The Gold Ship, single work prose travel (p. 2)
Note: Reproduced from the Adelaide Observer.
Blanchei"The morn is fair, and dewdrops bright", single work poetry (p. 3)
The Flaneur in Sydney, 'The Flaneur in Sydney' , single work prose satire

The 'Flaneur' muses on Sydney's recent political and social occurrences. His subjects include the resignation of Henry Parkes as Colonial Secretary and the recent 'Race Carnival'.

 (p. 5)
Phillip M'Carroll, Pitt-Streeti"The trade that M'Carroll has, week after week,", single work poetry (p. 8)
To Printers and Newspaper Proprietors, single work advertisement

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'.

 (p. 8)
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Notes:
Includes the third instalment of 'Astonishing the Natives: An Original Tale of the Australian Turf' by 'Crites', (p. 2).
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