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SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.
In .the Assembly to-day the Attorney-
General informed tlie House, in rejfly to
a question, that negotiations were pro
ceeding with counsel with regard to tbe
disputed territory along the Victorian
border, and important developments might
be expected at any momeni.
The Premier read a letter from the
Tramways Trust complaining of the dis
graceful state of affairs existing at Henley
Beach on Sundays, when a number of jicr-
sons, taking advantage of the bona fide
travellers' clause, journey to the beach
with the sole object of getting drink. He
t stated that the Government would do its
i best to remedy the state of affaire;
Mr. Green, Labor member for Port Ade
laide, asked if it were true that the Go-
vcrnment did not jiropose to be repre
sented in the appeal b.v the engineers' so
ciety to the Arbitration Court in connec
tion with which the Railways Commis
sioner had been cited as resjiondent.
The Attorney -General (Jlr. Denny) re
plied in the affirmative, and stated it was
probable several very important ques
tions affecting State rights would be raised
during the hearing of the case, but as
owing to the action of the legislative
Council, South Australia had no State
rights, the Government did not propose to
argue the matter, nor would the Railways
Commissioner be represented. The Go-
vernment would abide by whatever award
tbc court made.
The leader of the Opposition accused the
Attorney-General of saericing the un
doubted rights of the State in order to
satisfy a vindictive feeling in his own
mind.
Mr. Denny replied that the Government
would not take up the position of a State
rights Government and prevent the Com
monwealth from carrying out what indus
trial legislation tlie Stale _ Government
could not get past the Legislative Coun
cil.
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