STATE BOUNDARIES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15520, 30 January 1914, Page 7

STATE BOUNDARIES.

LONGITUDE OUT OF PLACE. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL. By Telegraph Press Association—' (Received January 29, 6 p.m.) ' London, January 28. < The appeal in the boundary, dispute between the States of South Australia and Victoria concluded. before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to-day. V South Australia, lost its case. ; ' ,■. if*< /; Vi territory in ; dispute in : this case is on the borders of South Australia and Victoria. The boundary between the -two■••.States is the • 141 st meridian of longitude, but when the State of Victoria was constituted the astronomical survey placed tie 141 st meridian in the wrong position.;, question to be decided ,was whether, the boundary was, to 'be fixed ;by the actual ; position of the meridian or by / the > position which fit now wrongly occupies according '< to the survey. , For, a .great number of years the expenses of administration in the disputed territory have been shared by the two;States > and many attempts have been made 1 at, an agreement., ■ ;'y.; I The Court found that, both executives intended to fix the; boundary finally when they accepted Wade's line, ' and Instanced-, the Lieutenant? Governor^ of South: Australia claiming; it in 1847; The line - had been ; fixed ; as. • near ; the , (theoretical line ; as., the scientific appliances of the time made practicable- . , , ,