Outrage by Shearers.
Brisbane, July 4. j A woolshed on the Ayrshire Downs Station, near WintOD, has been burnt. Shearers who refused to sign the agreement set fire to the shed, when the manager of tin station attempted to expostulate, and calk I oa the loyal men t j extinguish, the. fire. Several men responded to. tbe oall, find were about to take part in extinguishing the flames, .when those who had fired the piao9 instantly covered them with firearms, and ordered them awap at the peril of the'ir lives. An attempt was mads to burn down the Oondoroo shed, out the^fire was extinguished,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 155, 5 July 1894, Page 1
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