THE MURRAY WATERS CONFERENCE.
A PARTIAL AGREEMENT. Press Association.—Copyright. MELBOURNE, Monday. Tho inter-State Murray Waters Conference resulted in a partial arrangement. Broadly speaking, South Australia .illowed to carry out storage works 3 4 Lake Victoria, in New South Wales, fo: navigation purposes, at her own ex-pense-,and a lock in her own portion of the river; but New South Wales and Victoria' will not recognise her claim oi navigation in any way, and do not bind themselves to deliver -any quantity of water at the point of intake into South Australia. New South Wales transfers Lake Victoria, with certain water-courses antlands adjoining, tentatively to South Australia. A stipulation."is made that the agreement does not prejudice any claim to reasonable use by. New South Wales of the waters of the Murray or its tributaries.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 24 January 1911, Page 5
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132THE MURRAY WATERS CONFERENCE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 24 January 1911, Page 5
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