Telegrams from Sydney inform us that, New Zealand shearers on their arrival, at Bourke, were not received as welcome guests. In fact tliere was considerable excitement, and when the train was posing Dyiockit was pelted with slope*, mid some of the windows smashed. Fonun ately none of the pas.seujier.'? were se> riouplv hurt. For their due protection from further insult or injuiy a l«ge lorco oP police xi rider arms, with fixed bavone:.--, met the train, at Bourke, Htvl fsconeil tbetn through an exciled inoh <<f umniiis: > and others, safely on bourd i-h^ btemner How they will fare at tbe end of l he. i j.mruflv remains to be spsn. The yonn^r Nhw Zetilandern who weiiu over me water m s«arch of ad yen to res are Tikely to have their desires gralin'sd to the full. Whether they will quite enjoy tbe novel experience of having to contend with mob law, is quite another matter.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 15, 4 August 1891, Page 2
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