AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9065, 28 May 1888, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

ANOTHER GOLD DISCOVERS. Sydney, May 28. A valuable discovery of gold has been made 28 miles from Broken Hill. Tha stone is said to be very rich, and only second to that found at Broken Hill A rush has set in. THE AFFILIATION LAW. Sydney, May 26. Sir H. Parkes, replying to a deputa* tion from the Social Purity Benevolent Association, promised to amend the affiliation law so as to give the woman power to summon the alleged father, and to obtain a conditional order for maintenance to take effect from the birth of the child. The desirableness of the amendment was urged upon the ground that it would tend to prevent desertion.

HOLT AND THE BANK OF NEW

ZEALAND.

Sydney, May 26. Holt, ex-manager of the New Zealand Bank, applied for an injunction to restrain the trustees of his interest in the Rosehill estate from transferring the interest to the bank. Holt, in the capacity of bank manager, advanced £10,000 on the estate, being himself concealed under the name of Porter. The Court refused the application, and held that notwithstanding the articles , of incorporation prevents the bank from dealing in land, the bank were entitled under the circumstances to the whole of Holt's share in the land. TWO PRISONERS. Sydney, May 26. A shocking outrage was committed in one of the cells of the central police station last night. A prisoner named Hewitt made an attack upon anothei man named Park. The latter was this morning discovered horribly mutilated. Portions of flesh and blood bespattered the cell. CALAMITOUS DROUGHT. Brisbane, May 26. No signs of rain in the country. Horses are dying rapidly in the Dia* mantina district from disease supposed to be caused by lack of water and grass. THE CARTRIDGE FACTORY. Melbourne, May 26. A site has been selected on the bank of the Saltwater River for the cartridge factory. THE EIFLE FOR THE VICTORIAN FORCES. Melbourne, May 26. Government have decided to arm the forces with the new magazine rifles. THE DECLINE IN SILVER STOCKS. Sydney, May 26. The decline in silver stock during the past week represents over a million and a-half. IMMIGRATION TO QUEENSLAND. Brisbane, May 27. The Government have decided to restrict immigration to single girls. SHIPPING. Sydney, May 26. Arrived : The Vision, from Kaipara. Melbourne, May 26. Arrived: The Tarawera, from the Bluff. Albany, May 27. Arrived : The steamer Ballarat. The New Zealand passengers are — Miss Carver, Messrs. Sherreo and Carver (2). ———-—-