AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
■ Press Association.—Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. ! THE NEW SOUTH WALES MINISTRY. Sydney. July 27. 1 Mr. W. McMillan, Colonial Treasurer, has resigned his seat in the Cabinet, ■ and the Governor has been recom- , mended to accept it. Mr. O'Connor, . who was defeated at the general elec- ' tions, accepts a seat in the Upper ' House, ana retains the portfolio of ' Postmaster-General. 5 THE SHEARERS STRIKE. Sydney, July 27. 3 The shearers who are in camp at i Louth, a town on the River Darling, sixty-five miles below Bourke, captured a number of free labourera • The police, however, eventually per* ( suaded them to release the men. I The shearers bombarded a steamer , which was conveying free men to Dunlop Station with bricks and stones. The unionists at Wllcannia also captured a hundred free men «as they i landed, and now hold them captive in their camp.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8630, 28 July 1891, Page 5
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