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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
289 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 12 of 15
Mr. Mooney, Sydney agent of the Shearers' Union, has written as follows to Sir Henry Parkes:—"Acting for my association, I beg to tender our heartfelt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queensland Assembly rejected by 41 to 3 votes Mr. Glassey's motion for the appointment of a commission to inquire into the late shearers' strike…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another detachment of police has arrived from Sydney, and there are now fully 100 police in Bourke in addition to the regular number. The town is full of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE pastoral war, fought with such grave results in Queensland, has now extended to New South Wales, and the first camps have been pitched in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Premier yesterday received the following telegram from Mr. Rodgerson, police magistrate at Wilcannia:—"A large union camp is located here awaiting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir Henry Parkes has addressed a second letter to the Pastoralists' Union as follows:—"I have felt it my duty to bring under the notice of my colleagues…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is reported from Chili that the insurgent leaders have been successful in procuring 10,000 rifles and 8,000,000 cartridges…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Chilian insurgents deny the report published a few days ago to the effect that their cavalry had been badly defeated by the Government troops at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. J. N. Brunker, Minister for Lands, and senior in the stock and station firm of Brunker and Woolfe, is endeavoring to bring about a conference between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is easier for a needle, eye and all, to go through a rich man than it is to form a reliable opinion of how the Chilian civil war is going. In fact, it is almost as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News from Wilcannia states that 30 "free" shearers from Melbourne for Yancannia station [?]were landed there on Saturday by steamer. They were met by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A special meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held last night to consider the shearing difficulty. Mr. Houghton, M.L.A., was present. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Later details show that 50 passengers were killed and 100 wounded by the collision of trains on the Paris to Vincennes line on Sunday. The dead…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Chilian Government warship, Pinto, while cruising off the coast of France, was purposely run on the rocks near Toulon by a disloyal crew, whose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fifty-one members of the Assembly yesterday signed a memorial to the Pastoralists' Association asking them to meet the shearers' representatives in open…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As the result of communications which have for some days been passing between Mr. Poynton, of Port Augusta, on behalf of the Shearers' Union, and Mr. Stirling,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At Echuca yesterday two shearers named William Clarke and George M'Aught were fined 10s. each for inciting prisoners to resist arrest. A collection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three unionist shearers have been arrested at Bourke for attempting to intimidate "free" laborers who arrived by train under pastoralists' agreement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As the result of statements made in the Assembly that the magistrates at Bourke were connected with the Pastoralists' Union, the Government, in order to take…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shearing commences at six stations in the Moree district next week. No disturbance is anticipated. At Louth yesterday, James Barrett, a…
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