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Evening Star, Issue 3391, 3 January 1874, Page 3

The last season o£ the Italian opera in Melbourne did not pay. Mr R. P, Whitworth has published a, new novel, “ Lost and Found,” which is founded on the wreck of the ship General Grant. .. The * Argus/ in noticing it, says, “ The novel is . qne of great interest, and bping published at a very low price, will dpUbtless obtain the same wide popularity {hat has attended the former ventures of Mr Whitworth in fiction literature.” The backers of double events are getting rather tired of that business. The night before a certain' race at Sandhurst it was found that the ring would bo hit rather heavily if it came off, as it seethed probable that it would. So it was agreed that the bookmakers should induce thb pwqer pf Benjiroo to send him up instantly 4s an equine saviour of the craft. The process, I believe, is to wager the owner a large sum against nothing. So Benjiroo was whisked off by rad, and did the needful. But the backers are very «pk, apd sayibey more,