AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 112, 16 February 1894, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

ißy Electric Telegraph—-Copyright.] Per Frees Association. Received 0.60 a.m. Syditsy, February 16. A bill ha* been introduced making it a penal offence to incite infant* to bet or Gorow. The bill ia drawn on similar line* to Lord Herschell’s measure, which passed th# House of Lord* in 1862, with the ex caption that the local bill provide* against verbal incitement, while Lord Herecbeir* limited incitement by document. Arch Deacon Green of Itallarat ha* been elected Dm hod of Grafton. A heavy earthquake ha* been experienced at Tort Darwin, lastiug t#u second*. Arrived—Tcnui. from Auckland. Newcastle. February 16. Baled Rotokino. for Wellington. Brisbane, February 16. The full court ha* quanhed the con vie tion of Morgan on the charge of being con earned in the Mount Morgan gold robbery on th# ground that the conviction was secured on the wrongful aduiia*ion of evidence with regard to the statements made by prisoner to the detective*. Received 11 50 a.m. SYDNEY. This day. Mr Edmnnd Barton has advised th . Governor that he did not think it nece# sarv to reserve the Electoral Bill for the Queen's asaent. The Governor has re reived a cable from the Secretary of State for the Colonies informing him the Bill should have been reserved and that ho j had passed a Validating Act. The Gov eminent are in doubts a* te the precise reason why the Bill should have been ' reserved and have cab'ed for further j detail*. A Bill has been introduced irto the As sembly by a private member providing for I dogging as a punishment for burgh.ry, pocket picking, confidence men. and larrikins. Brisbane, This day. Word has been receixed that the natives at Cornwall!* Island are starving, owing to the destruction of food supplies by storms. Relief vis sent from Thursday ; Island.