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The wars & local soldiers, 1891

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The Chilian War. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1891 · page 3

The Dake of Edinburgh, commanding the English Channel squadron, has informed the Admiralty that the Chilian warship Esmeralda has seized the British…

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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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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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The Chilian War. Preparations for a Great Battle [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 August 1891 · page 2

After a few weets of comparative inactivity, during which parleying has been unsuccessfully carried on, the Civil war in Chili has broken out afresh, and…

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Serious Disturbance. Seven Killed, 50 Wounded. [By Cable.] London, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 3

A serious disturbance has occurred at Nicaragua, in Central America. The Government, fearing a rebellion, gave orders for the arrest of four persons who…

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The Chilian War. Great Battle Near Valparaiso. the President's Troops in Retreat. Terrible Carnage. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 2

The Chilian insurgents, having reorganised and obtained fresh supplies of ammunition, marched, as announced yesterday, on Valparaiso, the maritime…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 6 p.m. the Chilian War. a Terrible Battle. Three Days' Fighting. the Insurgents Victorious. 3000 Killed. [By Cable.] London, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 3

Further particulars have been received of the progress of hostilities in connection with the Chilian civil war, which are taking place between the two capitals,…

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Serious Disturbance. Seven Killed, 50 Wounded. [By Cable.] London, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 August 1891 · page 4

A serious disturbance has occurred at Nicaragua, in Central America. The Government, fearing a rebellion, gave orders for the arrest of four persons who…

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