SHEARERS' DISPUTE.
[my klecthic telegkaph.—copyright.] Sydney, August 2. TiiEiiii was considerable', excitement at Bourke yesterday on tlie arrival of '620 frees shearers, including tbe shipment from Now Zealand. When the train wa= passing Dyroulc it was peltud with stones,and the windows were smashed, but none of the occupants were seriously hurt. In consequence of this attack, a largo force of police, with iixod bayonets, met the train at Bourke, and, although surrounded by nearly a thousand unionists and others, the men were safely conveyed to the steamer.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2973, 4 August 1891, Page 2
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87SHEARERS' DISPUTE. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2973, 4 August 1891, Page 2
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