ODDS AND ENDS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 13, 6 May 1876, Page 2

ODDS AND ENDS.

The Imperial Government have iVarehasedfl the whole of Sbreusall Common, near York,! for military purpose.;. The C;;min m cohtainjjj nearly 2.U00 acres. . Jf Verdi, the eminent composer, it is stated,jg lias: refused an oiler of 200,000 francs to con|| duet a series of concerts in July and at Philadelphia. " ' ;§ i Madame -Indie is engaged at St. Peters-'S burg for the 17th of April. .She will givesj twenty-five performances, foi\ which she is to|| receive 50,000 franc;, ami have a benefit. JE It is understood that telegraphic instruct tion.i have ]}-yj-i forwarded to the Goveni-jj meiit at by the War Ofiice, tliata the Ist iiatlalion 10th Jieginicnt, which hsM been employed throughout tlie against the Malays, and was under orders forjj England, is to await further directions beforejf leaving the Straits Settlements. 1 A shucking accident happened a few days? ago to a young man named. William Lawtoilifj member of a football club at Sheffield.. The! team with which he wa-s playing were engaged witii one belonging to the (Jrookes Club, and they were playing on the ground of the latter. The ball was kicked beyond the boundary line, and in his eagerness to cateli it lie followed it to the edge of a quarry,' where he, attempted to stop it, but his foot slipping hej fell over and lauded on his head. li) 3 skull; is fractured, and his injuries, it is feared, will prove fatal. . ; On Easter Monday Miss Ada C&vendislij will commence an in London,j when will be produced " Miss Gwilt," 3 draira in five aet j , by Mr. \ il-.ie Colling altered by the author for production on the] stage from liis novel of " Armadale." The play will be produced under the author's] direction, with a powerful cast, and conip plotely new scenery and appointments. '} f Miss Charlotte Cushmaa, the actress, hsd\ just died at Boston, aged sixty. Her deatJK was caused directly by pneumonia. She lia?| suffered a long time from cancer, ,a| short walk the other day and caii^— from which pneumonia resulted. - |