SHEARERS' TROUBLE.
A Wootohed Burned Down.
Brisbane, August 15, A large woolshed on a station in tho Thargomiudah district, some 670 miles duo west of here, has been destroyed by firo, and incendiarism is suspected.
Tho strike among tho shearers in tho Blackall district has been broken up, and tho men are resuming work. Mr Glassey lias moved a new resolution in connection with his proposed Compulsory Counciliation and Arbitration Board, Ho now proposes that the Pnstornlists' Union and the Work-el's' Union should each nominate two members of the Board, and tho Legislative Assembly appoint tho Chairman,
Sydxhv, August 15. A detachment of shearers from Now Zealand havo been sent out west.
The strike has prnticnlly teraii|natedjn (he Mu'uriu district. The men are"'hia.Kmr.fj .-unto 4ho old agreement, while a few shqdslire working with police protection under the new agreement. Brisiiank, August 15, Details show that a constable who was sleeping in tho shed at Thargomiudah was over-powered by 20mon —sovoral of whom wero armed with revolvers—blindfolded, and guarded till the shed was well alight. He was then tied to a tree, and the men lfot,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4802, 17 August 1894, Page 3
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185SHEARERS' TROUBLE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4802, 17 August 1894, Page 3
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