NEWS BY CABLE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5381, 14 May 1879, Page 3

NEWS BY CABLE.

» £r.etjter's telegrams."] SYDNEY, May 13. Sir Henry Parkes,. in reference to the vote for the public schools, stated in Parliament that the Government contemplated introducing important changes in the education system. Advices from. New Guinea state that ten more native teaohers Lave died of fever. MELBOURNE, May 13. It is olearly proved that the men seen at Dandenong were not the Kellys. Mace, Thompson, Foley, and Hicken were discharged on the charge of conspiracy to create a breach of the peace. Seventeen magistrates were on the Bench. [special to the pbess association.] MELBOURNE, May 13. Longdon and Copping are candidates for- the East Melbourne seat, rendered vacant by the insolvency of Zox. The Associated Banks express a unanimous desire to protect the note holders of the Provincial Suburban Bank. The assets of the bank are estimated at £125,000 j the liabilities are £77,000. It is hoped that a voluntary winding-up will be possible. It is reported that heavy advances to a railway contractor have caused the difficulty. An advance is repoi-ted of twenty shillings per tpn on brewers' sugar, and ten shillings on white. >' . Myers and Zoat will carry on their business under inspection, consequently Mr Zox will not have to retire from the Assembly, The Cabinet have finally deoided not to release David Henry.