AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2494, 5 July 1888, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[liY El.KCTltlcTKl.Klilt.M'll.— COPYIIHJIIT.I Nydnkv, July 3. Till! question of the ownership of tin: River Murray, which divides the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria, is again in dispute. Victoria claims half the river and New South Wales claims the whole river. The question has bemi.raised" through the New South Wales Government proclaiming the river closed for fishing for 12 months. In the House of Assembly this afternoon, Sir Henry Parkes, the Premier, stated that a judicial inquiry some years ago had determined that the Murray Rivor was the property of New South Wales, and lie assured the House that the Government was unlikely to do anything which would impair the authority of the colony over the river. Mkluourxe, July 3. The • charge of murder preferred against Mrs Spanna, who was accused of administering poison to a lodger in her house, was heard in the Supreme Court to-day, when the jury returned a verdict of "Not guilty." A man, who has not been identified, was found to-day brutally murdered at Elmoi'P, Bendigo. July 4. The Port Melbourne Football Club beat the Englishmen by seven goals to six. Adelaide, July 4. The blacks are again very troublesome in the Northern Territory, and it is reported that several murders have recently been committed by them. IToiuiiT. July 4. The Assembly last night adopted the duty of Is on wheatci: flour per lOOlbs, and 10d on bran per lOOlbs, wooden doors 20 per cent., and cement 9d per cwt.