The Labour Agitation.
Australian Disputes. The "Shearers' War." (United Press Association.) Sydney, July 26. There is every probability that a conference will be arranged between the Pastoralists' and Shearers' Unions to be held on Thursday next. The final reply of the shearers is awaited. July ?7. The shearers who are in camp at Louth, a town on the river Darliag, 65 miles below Burke, captured a number of free labourers. The police however, eventually persuaded them to realease the men. Shearers bombarded a steamer
which was conveying free men t Dunlopstation with bricks and stones The Unionists at Wilcsnme also captured 100 free men as they landed, and now hold them captive in their camp.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3871, 28 July 1891, Page 2
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115The Labour Agitation. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3871, 28 July 1891, Page 2
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