AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 134, 2 May 1893, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Sydney, This Day. The Bank of New South Wales has declared a dividend of 15 per cent. The balance sheet of the Bank of Now South Wales show the large aggregate of threo millions four and fifty thousand pounds in gold hesidos five hundred and sixty thousand pounds worth of good securitios A meeting called last night for the purpose of protesting against granting Home Rule to Ireland was tbe most riotous ever held here, and was nothing but a series ot free-fights between the opposing factions. The rovenuo for the last month showed a docreaso of £105,000. In the railways there was a decrease of £23,000, and there was also a decrease in all other departments. Mklrocrnk. This Day. The Superintendent of the Bank of Australasia says tbe Government did not consult his bank about proclaiming holidays. If it had be would have strenuously pointed out the grave objections to the course proposed. The Bank has lar"e interests everywhere and feels it incumbent on it to maintain its credit throughout the world. The only effectual course was to keep open even at the risk of straining the legality of the position. The bank has already acted loyally by the Government, but it was compelled to show that it was prepared to meet all eventualities. The revenue last month decreased by £34,000.