VICTORIA.
(Received December 17, 12.40 p,m.) Melbourne, Friday. . Messrs Chaffey Brothers have declined;.' to tender for the irrigation 'of a -block 'of * land under the new Irrigiition'Aet in consequence of the amendments to that measure that were made during 'its pas- ;\ ■- sage through the Assembly." • • :' The proposal to establish a daily Hansard through the medium of the- Age lias; .. been shelved. "..,, v . ''•.;.'■ , In. his speech to Parliament yesterday the Governor described the Irrigation Act ■' as a measure that deals with a subject of r ' - \ vital importance, and provides for the ■■■ ■ settlement of ' a vexed question, arising ' out 'of the "indeterminate nature or •. riparian rights in Victoria. • • ' '-' , '_ Cancel the telegram sent yesterdaywith regard, to the Western Monarch bo •■; faras.refers to her being towed back;to ■• ': ■Melbourne. ■ It .was to London that she ■ - " was towed back. ■> ■ \ '..;,;
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7620, 18 December 1886, Page 2
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133VICTORIA. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7620, 18 December 1886, Page 2
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