LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 3134, 19 November 1886, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. THE FRENCH IN THE NEW HEBRIDES. PETITIONS FOR DISSOLUTION OF N.S.W. PARLIAMENT. STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS. THE LY-EE-MOON PROSECUTION. THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP OF NEW SOUTH WALES. SPLENDID ACCOUNTS FROM THE TEETULPA GOLDFIELD. (Received November 18, 3 p.m.) Melbourne, November 18. The latest news from the New Hebrides is that the French show no intention of leaving the islands. The roads and bridges they have constructed present a permanent appearance.

(Received November 18, 10.30 p.m.) Sydney, November 18.

Petitions are being signed throughout the country praying for the dissolution of Parliament.

Arrived this morning-, the Royal Mail steamship Alameda, from Auckland.

Sailed, the steamship Manapouri, for Auckland.

It is understood that the prosecution of Captain Webber, in connection with the Ly-ee-moon disaster, has been abandoned.

(Received November 19, 2.15 p.m.)

November 17

Julian Solomons, recently appointed Chief Justice, has resigned the appointment, owiDg to the hostile attitude

assumed towards him by his brother ' judges. The members of the Bar have expressed themselves in favour of Soloraon'B retaining the Chief Justiceship. (Received November 19, 1.15 a.m.) Adelaide, November 18. Several accounts have been received from Teetulpa. In Goslin's Gully a nugget weighing one pound has been found. Good returns are reported from other parts of the goldfield. The Warden states that good gold has been discovered by a party of meu while excivating a dam in the neighbourhood. Three hundred meu arrived on the field from Adelaide during the last week. In consequence of the permanency of the field having been ascertained, two additional Wardens have been appointed. Good parcels of washdirt have been forwarded to Adelaide, and are being exhibited in this city. A squatter in the neighbourhood of Teetulpa has informed the Warden that some men have struck a pocket valued at £2OOO.

[Per s.s. Rotomahana, at the Bluff.]

Melbourne, November 2

Senior Constable Deacon, of Gordons, met with a serious accident. He received orders to take a troop horse from Gordons to Ballarat, and when in the act of mounting, the horse became unmanageable, and threw its rider and kicked him severely on the leg, inflicting a frightfully lacerated wound. After examining the leg, Dr. Dobbin found it so dangerously injured that he applied an extraordinary remedy by stripping some of the flesh off his' own arm and applying it to the patient's leg, and this appeared to heal ths wound magically. Deacon is now progressing favourably. Six pieces of skin were grafted on to the leg, each not being larger than a pin's head. Five of the grafts soon became independent centres of growth.

Ou November 1 the body of Raglan Davey, who recently disappeared from Albury, was discovered at M'Kenzin's Point, about two miles down the river, floating face upwards. On the body was found deceased's watch, 16s in silver, some small articles of personal jewellery and a cheque for £461. It is believed deceased had from £lO to £ls in notes upon him on the night he disappeared, but no notes were found. A small fonr-bladed knife, covered with bloo'l, was found in the trousers pocket. The face had been denuded of flesh by the fishes. There was a large gash io the head, 6in. long and l£in. deep, the wound severing the jugular vein, but other main arteries and veins were untouched. There were no other external marks of violence. The deceased's watch had stopped at seven minutes to 11 o'clock. George Little, arrested on suspicion of having murdered Davey, has been discharged. A Sydney clairvoyant was engaged in connection with the case, and the po'ice believe the body was floated by powder exploded at the spot pointed out by the clairvoyant.

Tn a case in which T. M'Farlane sued Dr. Rose for £3OOO, on account of the defendant's alleged neglect in treating plaintiffs dislocated leg, thereby causing him to lose the use of the limb, the jury gave a verdict for plaintiff for £SOO. The head of a man has been found in a hollow tree near Stawell. It is supposed to be that of a man named Forbes, whose murder, near Deep Lead, caused a great sensation a few years ago.