THE SHEARERS' DISPUTE.
A DASTARDLY ACTION.
[rEUTBR'S TELEGRAMS— OOPYRIOHT.]
Sydney, November 30.
A case of supposed wholesale poisoning is reported from the Albury district. A dispute having arisen at Mann's station, Tumberambera, between union and non-union shearers, a number of the iatter were seized with sudden illness. Over a dozen are now lying m a very critical state, though they are expected to recover. It is believed arsenic has been placed m the water to poison the men.
Melbourne, November 30.
The latest reports from Barwidjee station state that everything is quiet there at present, but the Unionist shearers maintain a determined attitude.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1724, 1 December 1887, Page 2
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103THE SHEARERS' DISPUTE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1724, 1 December 1887, Page 2
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