SHEARING TROUBLES.
Outrages in New South Wales
SvnxKY, August 29, A forco of Unionists at Hay surrounded the coaches about tocouvey free labourers to the s'..eariiig-sheds. During tho uproar the horses attached to one of tho vehicles bolted, and the driver had his leg broken. The driver of the second coach became intimidated, and refused to work. The free men were, therefore, disembarked, and are encamped in the Hay railway goods-shed under police protection. Replying to a letter from the President of the Australian Workers'
Union, tho Premier slated that lie r .would nmeiitl tlic Trailo Dispute — v Act in such «affi,y tiriit before next clip tho racnrers or pastoralists could compel judical investigation by an Arbitration Court. Ho called upon tho representative shearers to put down violence and outrage, and nsked them to consider whether they could not arrive at some understanding, and waive .the dispute for the rest of the season, under protest, with the prospect of full and fair investigation by -. tho Arbitration Court, •''*•'• Mr Kac, speaking at Cobar, said many of the strikers out in camps were becoming desperate, and in jt some cases they would stick at nothing to gain their ends,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4813, 31 August 1894, Page 3
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197SHEARING TROUBLES. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4813, 31 August 1894, Page 3
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