Savage Assault on Pickets. Shift Bosses Turn Out With Hammer Handles
While Mr. R. Sleath wan making a tour of the lines about 1.30 this morninghe discovered, and fortunately was in time to intercept, three shift bosses…
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Courts & crime, 1892
599 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 15 of 30
[By Telegraph.] Police Protection. SYDNEY
Yesterday 50 foot police, specially selected by the metropolitan inspectors, were under orders to proceed to Broken Hill by express, with equipment. Special…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Protection. Fifty Constables Sent up. Military Held in Readiness. SYDNEY, Tuesday Evening
At a meeting of the Cabinet held this afternoon the question of the position of affairs at Broken Hill was considered. It was decided, in view of the recent…
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THE quarterly Licensing Court was held this morning. Renewals of licenses were granted for the following hotels:—Adelaide Club, Mount Gipps,…
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It was reported to the defence committee this afternoon that Mr. Badham, P.M., and Sub-Inspector Saunders had been round amongst the pickets, telling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Despatch of Police. Ministerial Statement. SYDNEY
The following semi-official statement of yesterday afternoon's Cabinet proceedings has been made available to me:—The Ministry was engaged for several hours…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Business. A Blank Week. Unusual Quietude
During the past week the police cases have consisted of one of larceny, and a "drunk" case. In the first, the accused, who was arrested on Sunday,…
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Affairs were abnormally quiet in the streets last night and this morning, after the exciting events of the past few days; and any stranger coming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Police. Their Arrival. ADELAIDE
The 50 constables from Sydney arrived by express this morning, and left for Broken Hill at once by special train, which will run straight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Directors' Meeting. What They Did Yesterday. More Police Asked For. MELBOURNE
Amongst the questions discussed at the directors' meeting yesterday evening was the alleged attempt made by some of the men at Broken Hill to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →3rd EDITION Miner Office, 7 p.m. the Strike. [By Telegraph.] Mr. Lane in Melbourne. He Interviews the Directors. What he Says of the Mines. Aiming at Blackleg Labor. Demands More Police Protection. MELBOURNE, Thursday Evening
Mr Z. Lane, manager of Block 14, arrived here by the express this morning The main object of his visit is to discover personally whether the companies remain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arrival of the Sydney Police
The police despatched from Sydney by Tuesday's express arrived at Broken Hill shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. They number 50 picked men,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Blank Day at the Court. Where are the Disturbers of Law and Order?
Messrs. Mills and Piper, Js.P., attended at the courthouse this morning, but there was not even a solitary " drunk " to be disposed of. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Pittsturg Strike. The Police Attempt to Aid NonUnionists. Fired on and Compelled to Surrender. [By Cable.] London
The strike against the employment of non-unionists at the extensive ironworks of Andrew Carnegie, in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court Business. Found at Last! Proof Strong as Holy Writ of Broken Hill's Lawlessness. The Solitary "Drunk."
There was a look of great satisfaction on the countenances of the "blue coats" who were congregated in the Police Court this morning, due to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Complaints Against the Pickets. Police Instructed to Maintain an Open Thoroughfare. SYDNEY
The Government received a telegram yesterday complaining that persons passing to and from the mines were being detained as prisoners by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Strike. [By Telegraph.] Reassuring Reports to the Government. Additional Police Considered Unnecessary. SYDNEY
Yesterday the Government received several telegraphic communications from Broken Hill announcing that all round there was a tendency towards a…
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THE morning's business at the Police Court was very trifling. Charles Gleeson, for being drunk and disorderly and breaking a window, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rioting in Adelaide. Mob Rule in the Holy City. Missiles Fall Thick as Snow. Plot to Murder the Ex-Premier
A MINER reporter in Adelaide, who has graduated as special strike correspondent for the Register and Argus, wires:—…
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MR. W. JOHNSON, S.M., presided this morning.. Michael Clancy was fined £5 or three months for having assaulted his wife, Annie; a previous…
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