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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2528, 12 February 1877, Page 2

The Bijou Variety. Company gave their first entertainment on Saturday night last at the .Academy of Music. The audience was a gsocl one, the pit being crowded, though, as is usual on Saturday nights, the front seats were not well filled. The entertainment consisted of pathetic and comic songs, musical dialogues, performances on the banjo and bones, and comic sketches. As these were given the audience were enthusiastic in their applause, especially iv the first part, Mrs Wilton for her singing and Mr Maynard for his performance on the bones being especially encored. In the second part, at the closing sketch, Mr Maynard had the misfortune to break a string of his banjo, so could not do all he intended to do on that instrument. The accident will no doufyt be remedied by to-night which 13 the closing night of this company.

At the risk of again incurring the charge of writing silly paragraphs having reference to what the united wisdom of an editor and an anti-humbug cannot find out though it is printed in black and white in the paper of the former, and in the hope that the generosity of the par-blind editor may induce him to enlighten us on this subject even as he advises others to apply to us for light, we would in a spirit of love enquire of him what is meant by saying that "The heavy rainfall of Saturday night continued at intervals yesterday morrang." In case his eyesight has not improved we would remind him that the paragraph of which this is the opening sentence is the first in the first column in the third page of today's issue.

An Exchange writes :—Little Lyons is the agent in advance for Cooper and Co. Lyons, it will be remembered, took the great Blondjn to America, and thought naturally to astonish the San Franciscans with the magnitude of his " star.'' Now, the Californians are not by any means impressionable, at all events they decline to appear so, therefore, they questioned the agent as to who Blondin was. This anuoyed Lyons, but he bore the annoyance placidly, awaiting a fit time for reprisal. It came at length. The glorious 4th of July found Washington's name placarded every where, Washington's pictures in every available space, and Washington's deeds glorified in every journal. The opportunity was too good to be lost. Lyons visited all the managers who had previously snubbed him, and enquired of them when "Washington" would appear, and what was his line of business. He drew a bead on the Yankees there.

A cobbespondent of the Clutha Leader writes :— As a demonstration of a phase of suffering in the lives of hotelkeepers, not obvious to -the outside public, may be mentioned the plague of brewers' travellers. The importunities of some of these is now carried to so painful an extent as to cause some publicans of a sensitive nature to offer tbem advantageous terms to keep away. The other day one host, not one hundred miles from Stirling, offered tea, bed, breakfast, and horse-feed to a B.T. if he would kindly refrain from soliciting an order.

The Presbyterian Assembly- (says "iEgles" in the Australasian) has not condescended upon any deliverance anent the marriage with a deceased wife's sister during its late sederunt. For a reason already assigned I much regret this. I have been somewhat consoled by the following story, told by a Presbyterian visitor from Colony. Talking to an eccentric old gentleman, said he, " You're a relative of Mr Blank's are you not ? " " JS'a! na ! not a relative— just a connection. You see he married twa sisters and I married anither. And I'm only sorry he didna marry the three o' them.'"

Air Australian telegram per Eingarooma says:—The cable Conference has closed its sitting. New South Walec, Victoria, and South Australia together agreed on the duplication of the line between Singapore and Banjoewanji, which will cost each £9,000 a year in excess of the amount all the colonies pay. This arrangement is not yet ratified, but is left to the respective colonies to be arranged. They are to obtain English operators for the Dutch line if the Netherlands and India Governors will sanction it.

The Otago Guardian of the 3rd instant says :—Mr J. T. Alston, who has been for some time past with Mr Kenyon, has received notification from his Honor Judge Williams that he has successfully passed as a barrister.

Wanted Everybody to Enow that all t kinds of Watches and Clocks can be repaired at J. T. Clause's, Pollfen street (corner of Mary street). N.B. Balance ; Staffs, Cylinders, and Pinions worked in for the Trade. English Hunting Levers, I £8 10s.—Adtt.