BROKEN HILL.
Stdwet, September 15. The Laboof Defence Committee, numbering eight, including Ferguson and: Sleath, the leaders, were arrested at j Brokea Hill to-day amid great .excitement. The nature of the charge has •not been made public The magistrate has also instructed the policel to femove the pickets from Che mines. The pickets number between 800 a'»d 1000 men. .:
Thames, yesterday. The City Sonth Football Clab have decided to visit Faeroaon Saturday 24th inst. to play the return match with the Paevoaites. The whole of the Thames batchers have to-day raised the prices of all kinds of beef in consequence, they etata, of rh« high price of cattle. I ntiderstand tfeet the Mr Baxter who has taken a contract from the' Broken Hill Proprietary mine and is desirions of engaging 1000 men irres-i peetire of whether they are Unionists or not, is the same gentleman of that name who was at one time in charge of E. K. Cnrtper'ri Fame and Fortune- mine in Waiota'hi creek. Albnfoia—sellers,. 7/4^ v buyers, 7/^, May Qnpen~buyerai^4/9V Cambriasellers, 2/ ; Moauataiari—sellers, 6/9 ; Crown — sellers, 14/6; Silverton— sellers, 1/6 ; Woodstock 3/10 ; buyers 3/6; Waihi—buyers, 13/.
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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 40, 17 September 1892, Page 7
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189BROKEN HILL. Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 40, 17 September 1892, Page 7
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