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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

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The Pastoral War. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1891 · page 3

The train from Sydney, which was conveying the "free" laborers who had arrived from New Zealand on Friday night, was mobbed at Byerock, on the…

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The Pastoral War. A Conference to be Held. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1891 · page 4

The Bourke shearers have agreed to a conference with the pastoralists being held in Sydney. Sixty-five New Zealand shearers joined the union at Bourke on…

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The Pastoral War. A Conference to be Held. [By Teieoeaph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 4

The Bounke shearers have agreed to a conference with the pastoralists being held in Sydney. Sixty-five New Zealand shearers joined the union at Bourke on…

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The Pastoral War. the Conference in Sydney. Shearing in the Bourkf District. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 3

It has been decided that a conference ween the Pastoralists' Union and shearers shall be held in Sydney this week…

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The Pastoral War. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 August 1891 · page 2

There seems now overy probability that a conference will be held between pastoralists and shearers. Nearly a week ago the general secretary of the A. S. U…

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The Pastoral War

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 August 1891 · page 3

THERE arrived by the express this morning from Sydney, via Adelaide, thirteen members of the New South Wales police, under the command of Inspector Latimer…

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The Pastoral War. Latest Developments. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 3

A private meeting of officers of the Shearers' Union was held yesterday, when five representatives were appointed to attend the conference to-day…

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1st EDITION. [?] [?]. Saturday August 8, 1891. The Pastoral Conference

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 2

THE shearers and the pastoralists of New South Wales, following the excellent example set by their fellows in South Australia, met in conference…

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The Pastoral War. Open Conference in Sydney. Difference on "Freedom of Contract." [By Telegraph] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 2

The open conference between representatives of the Pastoralists and Shearers' unions, which the former body has so long refused to concede, opened in…

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The Pastoral War. [By Telegraph.] Peace with Honor Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 August 1891 · page 2

The conference between representatives of the Pastoralists' and Shearers' unions was resumed on Saturday, and an amicable arrangement for this season finally…

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The Pastoral War. the Settlement Well Received. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 August 1891 · page 3

The Pastoratlists' Union yesterday received telegrams from all parts of the colony expressing satisfaction at the terms of the new agreement; also at…

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The Pastoral War. [By Telegraph] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 August 1891 · page 3

Mr. D. Temple, general secretary of the Shearers' Union, who has been one of the delegates at the conference in Sydney, addressed the unionists of Echuca on his…

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The Pastoral War. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 August 1891 · page 3

B. Stanley, the suspended seoretary of the A. S. U., Bourke branch, declines to give up the books unless he [?] fully paid to date. Members of the local committee…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 6 p.m. The Pastoral War. Further Troubles. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 August 1891 · page 3

News from Albury state that the shearers at James and Gray's Kentucky station were to have started on Monday last, but owing to some hitch they cleared…

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The Pastoral War. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 3

Mr. Temple, general secretary of the A.S.U. at Creswick, has issued a circular cautioning member not to enter into engagements in Victoria, except under verbal…

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Farmers on Federation. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 August 1891 · page 2

A large meeting of farmers was held last night in the Town Hall. A wandering debate ensued, and three resolutions were proposed—one that the draft…

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Good Wool-Growing. Some Wilcannia Fleeces. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 September 1891 · page 2

Two years ago Messrs G. and J. Riddoch, owners of Weinteriga Station, purchased in Melbourne at an annual sheep sale the champion r[?]m "Victor,"…

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2nd EDITION Miner office, 6 p.m. the Wool Market. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 September 1891 · page 4

Retares show that at the current wool sales there have been catalogued to date 157,000 bales; sold, 133,600. Prices are unchanged. The English market is firmer,…

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One Man One Vote. Victorian Farmers Alarmed. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 October 1891 · page 2

The one-man-one vote principle, which was recently affirmed by the Legislative Assembly, bat practically thrown out by the Council, on the contention that…

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Conference on Farm Laborers. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 2

A conference is to be held in London shortly to consider the condition of the farm laberera of England. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone has announced his…

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