TRADES AND LABOUR.
SHEARERS ON THE RAMPAGE,
fßi Blkctbio Tklegbaph.— copyright, j (Pbb Press Association.) Brisbane, April 17. (Received April 17, at 10.C5 a.m.) The wool sheds and a hut on Milo station, near Adelaide (130 miles west of Charleville), were burnt to the ground, and the men m charge taken to the unionist camp. A body of police have been stuck up by the unionists at Coreena, and a relief party has been sent to their aid
MBLBOVBNE, April 18. (Beoelved April 18. at 015 a.m.) The shearers have established a reign of terrorin the Barcaldine district. The unionists are firing wool sheds, waggons, huts and crass, and capturing free shearers m all directions. The people are maddened, and threaten to take the law in their own hands. Delegates from the Labour Federation visit the Argentine Republic to report on the advisability of sending unionists there to form a settlement. The pastoraUsts are subscribing to the movement.
(Pee United Peess Association.) Wellington, April 17. At a meeting of the Wellington branch of the Trades' Union Labon-era' Union it was decided toßecedefromthe Maritime Council. Another meeting is to he held to consider the advisability of affiliating with the Wellington District Labour Union. _
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 9093, 18 April 1891, Page 2
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