LABOUR TROUBLES.
THE SHEABERS' DIFFICULTY,
A FATAL AFFBAY.
Brisbane, April 16. The shearers threaten tlie railway linesmen's wives that if they do not subscribe ts assist the Unionists their houses will be bui'ned down,
A fatal affray ocourred between two free labourers. One named W. Leod and stabbed another yarned Ryan dead, A woolshed on the Gumbardo station, containing 500 bales of wool, was burned down by Unionists. j • April 17.
I The woolsheds and hut on Milo station, near Adavale (130 miles west of Charleville) were burnt to the ground, and the men in charge were taken prisoners to the unionist camp. A body of police has been stuck up by unionists at Coreena, and a relief party has been despatched to their assistance.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3788, 18 April 1891, Page 2
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126LABOUR TROUBLES. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3788, 18 April 1891, Page 2
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