BROKEN HILLS.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.— COPYRIGHT.) Sydney, August 25. Great crowds surrounded the office of the Proprietary mine at Broken Hill early this morning when work was to be resumned.
Many women were armed with sticks and stones, and several assaults were committed on those passing into the mines. Fifteen troopers, however, armed with sabres and revolvers, and fifty foot police with fixed bayonets, had a deterrent effect, and after their appearance matters became much more quiet. The Proprietary mine began operations with a hundred and twenty-two men, and other mines secured from eight to thirty-three hands a-piece. Matters are quiet tonight, and no further trouble is expected. The men who have been taken on will live in the mines, and the Government is ready to send further assistance if necessary,
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3139, 27 August 1892, Page 2
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131BROKEN HILLS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3139, 27 August 1892, Page 2
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