AUSTRALIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 9093, 2 May 1890, Page 5

AUSTRALIA.

[SmcuL to Press Association.] [Received May 1, at 1.45 p.m.l - VALUABLE DISCOVERY. SYDNEY, Mat 1. A discovery of white marble has been made at Casino, a town on the Richmond river, 505 miles North of Sydney, and is pronounced to be equal to the finest marble obtained from Carara in Spain. JUVENILE ACTORS. MELBOURNE, Mat 1. Two leading theatrical firms have been fined for employing children of tender years in their theatres. [Received May 1, at 10.30 p.m.j COURT MARTIAL. SYDNEY, Mat 1. The court martial on the ringleaders connected with tho alleged mutiny on board H.M.S. Egeria was commenced today. Allan, second class petty-ofScer, accused of taking part in the mutiny among the men, was sentenced to five years’ penal servitude. Another case will bo heard tomorrow and five more on Saturday. SILVER MINING SHARES. The following are the current quotations for tho principal silver mining shares : Broken Hill Proprietary .£l3 15s, British £3 18s, Central ,£ll, North .€1 (la. South 6s, Block 14 <£s 15s, Block 10 .£9 3s, Junction .£6 Ss 6d. [Received May 2, at 1,30 n.m.l NEW SOUTH WALES FINANCE.

The Colonial Treasurer stated in the House of Assembly this afternoon that for the first four months of the year a surplus of £128,000 was shown. CAVEAT. Mr Simpson, a distant relative of the late Mr David Berry, the millionaire, has lodged a caveat against probate being granted to Mr John Hay, on the ground that at the time of making bis will the testator was not in a sound state of mind. Under the deceased's will the Cooiangatta Estate was left to Mr Hay. TORRES STRAIT. BSISBAKB, Mat 1. The Premier has asked Sir Henry Norman, Governor of Queensland, to request Admiral Lord Scott to thoroughly survey Torres Strait, as it is feared there may bo other unknown rocks there.