NOVEL PHASES OF THE BORDER QUESTION.

Kumara Times, Issue 745, 18 February 1879, Page 2

NOVEL PHASES OF THE BORDER QUESTION.

" The difference of Government bfr. tween the two sister Colonies of Vic* toria and New South Wales (the Riverine Herald remarks), engender* almost an infinity of trouble, and sometimes this trouble assumes a most ludicrous aspect. For instance about twelve months ago an attempt was made to arrest the mas'er of one of the river steamers who frustrated the designs of the New South Wales police by running his vessel to the Victorian shore and jumping out, and reversed the operation when the Victorian police appeared. Since then a dog either fell or was knocked from the floor of the new bridge, and by his rapid descent and consequent violent concussion on reaching the ground was severely injured. The owner sued a lad who, it was alleged, had caused the injuries to the amine pr>perty by kicking it off the bridge. The trial day came on, and legal assistance was procured. Anent tho jurisdiction of the Moama bench on the matter, a very knotty legal point was argued, over which resulted much hairsplitting. The solicitor argued that the dog foil with his two feet in the Murray River, and two legs and his head on the Victorian bank, so that the major portion fell into Victoria j also, that the rivep was very high, and the watt*?' had encroached upon Victorian territory, so that the dog actually fell wholly into Victoria, but fell into a little New South Wales water. The set off was thit although half the dog might have fallen into Victoria, still the off-nee was the kicking of the dog, occurred in New South Wales, and the wind in the long descent drove the dog partially into Victoria. The evidence was s• unsatisfactory'that the.case...was dismissed. A liew phase of trouble about the Border'had arisen. A number of boys are in the habit of bathing off, the Wharves in open dayl.ight, and on Saturday an Kchuca const «b!e wished to put a stop to the practi-e. The boys as usml, hal pwcjmvd, an. old dingy, into which a doz-Mi or so had crow lei themselves, and with the aid of a pailing, they paldled abcut the v'cinity of the wharf like so many red Indiius in. a *tate of nendity. The constable appearing the boys went to the New South W>l<«-side of the riv'eiy and there they sat, exasperating' the constable by informing him that he was a Victorian ' trap/ and could not touch them."