,«nv -vi.X ."'wpt; :lg"> c Dondi, .the, Italian" basso-singer, left for Italy by the lwt mail steatrer, With the in tentioV f believe^*' n^o^ufting^fiS^forma. tlon of a first-cl«sa;ltalian' ? Operatic Company" forTiW Melb'ourne^ BtW' J7 duHng? f fß7£f' Sig)ior f lmdpgfiora;t!by ? stul 5 -Hn'ggF itf f tne H PotoSyTfiu^ itisiprobable thcao accomplished ■'irttstes >jPu\mn^^ us that 'Madame Simohjien' intends' returning ' are understood ', o Save been mafte^with Lucy; jEscott, now Mrs Henry, Squires, for a ' vaStf Me&wliUe,, y a uc Mi«s JEmihe^MeTville^ an 'America? Opera ; Bon ffe- singer, ?Hbldr the boards at the Opera Hou^e/ which' «' having ;asucV*ssMsdj6^ !OffimbaoVs last PArisian excitement ia iJpfi'e mffurjmticAm pre% v #erTumef).' roi «« i ?J ByUtie-Sy«s|"dni& oc«Sib¥or •''Mantana'^ being produced, there a shoit^ime^anb.^a young gentrein^flfnb.f^gltheF^'aklowtt to* DuneainT madeftis "debut^Wtfin&rpHe^ b'ii* singularly Iw/efr' 1 baritone*voi6eif Wd 5 [was T favouca6ly tfeeftStP". VtiWH&nsS£ jthat* Ke ! f wilP jourf'tha -'Operatic 1 Gontpahy >again at CbristtnaS. ' On'tbc other' side' of the '•treet, at the Royal t we have< I Calif orniartj, Diamond.'' 7. Kell has protean proclivities, r " uildertakes,; everything, „ plays rubbish ln^the w.aj, of dramatic adaptatioris t^t,ey ! er a escaped; i? the» t dMtlttu. f .: jy.riighV,', she mst»Zi TFJdeli/inrftlie: V^^ditf^k , pany. ! v ,Geqrge Coppin/s sense ptthe^fitness 9Wnj™aM^ , turn, on ;,the^rtage, 4V ofjja real fire .engine,; expense. The charming- llm^deiMurskaT left us some time -agosfor. Sydney^ carrying with her Mr Anderson,, the pianist,, formerly ofy^cityTwhK&u^^^ for the, New, Zealand tour.,, A most eccentric most ramiaole visitor.' : It applars thai she operatic gongs; of w hich.Mr«^^e'hMM EnclMh^ingfrs the , Balf& mssic *U£M[ that, with, some nine ; jyiineas, co«s. ,anu ten guineas leji$ r as:J i"iprtf.of lb'lack!majl l( lln.Wa ' name i of .the Dramatic, and Mu'sical^Assooia' tionr mmmmim€m^ caught t pirating ,again, githei; as .Jflu^'Baggs , WW&^fySKPJ^&iMtfeJj Jflentedjrad Giammeai, the laatist, Is eminently tho best thehigher.range^ofjdramatio.representatiqns.. { *V f f^r^m^M , ngoldfattd, BMef eucalyptus^leaf. 3I3 I ,%ink, sheCmust jhaye been <J enormous. ltT Her;csmpa%m r u»^ionu guage, he will essay Shakesperian charact«».> iwbom I have been.so^aie^as^Majeironi, in^

It wai notified a short time ago, that an attempt was about to be made to' tho roughly prospect this difltriot, in order to find the whereabouts if possible of some of the rich auriferous quarta reefs which it is admitted on all sides must exist somewhere in the locality. 