NEWS IN BRIEF.
"La Perichole " is to be given in the Alhambra ; but a London paper doubts whether Miss Soldene's broad style will please those who have been accustomed to the refinement of Madame Selina Dolaro. During the year 1878 the greatest quantity of wheat carried between any two stations by rail was between Oamarn and Christchurch — 21,004 tons. This year the bulk of the Oamaru wheat should come to Dunedin. 'When the Mapleson troupe were on there way from England, to New York, they gave a concert in mid ocean at midnight, for the benefit of the yellow fever sufferers. Hundreds of people in Sheffield, England, are without fuel, and dependant upon the charity of their neighbours for subsistence. The Mayor has called a public meeting to devise means for relief. Thomas Oarlyle has begun his autobiography, which he intends to be his last work, and which is to be published after his .death
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 619, 6 February 1879, Page 2
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