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JOURNI PJALU.

T©he OffiaFl Organ of the Amalga1 ted Shearrs' Ua ni of Australtaaa.

"SALUS POPULI SUPREMA EST LEX."

No. 14, VOL. II. MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1889. PRICE, 2s. 6d. PER ANNUM.

I QUHE "REGULATOR" ANP R "CON It is pleasing to know that in severQUEROR" SHEEPSIEARS. districts the or.anisation of " ,vigilaf

SHEARERS are particularly requested to notes the aniatin of "gthe following points in the above new Shears. committees" is proceeding apace. This isCThey are mafatured from the FlINE 1 i what the A.S.U. stands greatly in need of.CRUCIBLE CASr' STEEL. anl each bhole isHAMMERED OUT OF THE SOLID) a decided l There must be a closer bond of union-aimprovement on the method adopted in tihe iau- chain of sympiiathy and common interest,facture of other makes, which are stamped or pared I which can only he forged by intercom-outof sheets or strips of rolled steel, the Hammering municlation between the members Nowof blades giving a UNIFORMITY OF TEMPER I that ikes" are likely mebe vatani FINK CUTTING PROPERTY only equalled that "strikes~ are lik,.ly to be obviatedby the best hollow ground razors, except in very few instances of rejection of

Numbers of shearers throughout the colonies, Union principles, we trust to see a morewho are using them this season, say they are satisfactory and more friendly incentive todced, and will do MORE SATISFACTORY- t h * completion of our extensive organisa-

WORK than any other shear can possibly do. tion. It has by no means reached thatThe strength of BOW OF THE " REGU- stage when it can be allowed to take care

LATOR" can be VARIED FROM 31b TO Sit) at of itself. The system is as vet incomplete.will of the shearer, without in the least degree No matter how energetic the Executiveinterfere with process of shearing.rg

T' T 1.\ lt'L' .ift ai ..... ,l .... I;.. .... . -... : ... m. bomay e its m nlem bers can n- o m n e ancsNO iLOSS .(r INl'ir. .' inselle i nsearsosuU)L LOIa? ful I u. . '-'"ay U , ' uy uv ' .

the strength of-the wrist become directly intimate with those livingNO LON(•ER NECESSARY TO FILE V n,1 rein :e districts, as regards the making

CUTS into the sides of the bow to reduce strength ! known matters of business of the utmostNO MORE SWELLING OF WRISTS!NO MORE STRAINING OF SINEWS! importance to every member. Again,Each pair has the registered trade mark etched notwithstanding the steady advance made

on the blade, and are WARRANTED WITH in the enrolment, there are still a greatFAIR USAGE TO SHEAR 2,(H)(0 SHEEP. number who should be brought into our

Samples may be inspected at the branches of then. cAmalgamated Shearers' Union of Australasia, andll ranks. Example can accomplish much in-SAMPLE PAIRS WILL BE FORWARDED this respect. Wherever a vigilance com-TO ALL bona fide SHEARERS on application mittee is formed, there is a direct incentiveto the Australian Agency. to every shearer in the neighborhood toStocked by all lead ing importers nd storeto

Stocked by all g importers and store in. Nothing succeeds like success, andMR. T. K. STEANES, by bringing our objects and achievements

(GNERAL ALSTRALIAN AGENT directly under their notice, and by pointingi6 Margaret-treet,, out the success that has attended the efforts

SYDNEY. lput forth so far, many of the wavererswould see that at the present juncture it is

S r ý t .t o their interest that they should ra/o e \ I' l^i m tnat tney s tu range

.Ccl:•`Cr CIsS l.erll.* themselves under our banner. It will beS- a great advantage to shearers to learn how

'.sIas V OPULI SUPREMA EST LEX." Union affairs are going on early in the- - season ; and with a very great many the

MONDAY, APRIL I;, 1889. only means cf making themselves-- - -- acquainted with Union business is to

THE Union has now launched upon organise themselves into committees, whichwill enable them to educate themselves

another year's operations-not perhaps as upon all important points. There is muchregards actual shearing, but as far as pre- good accomplished by fraternisation. Socialparations are requisite for another fair start intercourse assists men to realise that aat the dawn of a new season. There is great power is gained by united action, and

much to be gratified with in the cordial that by exercising a loyal fealty towards acommon cause, one and all are benefitted.

manner in which several prominent repre- Thousands already testify to the manysentatives of the sheepowners met the advantages that have resulted from theconference at Wagga, and the very Union, even though it may still be said tosatisfactory manner in which a standard be in its infancy, notwithstanding the

agreement was affirmed. But notwith- marked power exercised in enforcing aagreement was affirmed. But notwith- recognition of the just claims put forward.standing this very favorable step towards But much remains to be done, and thethe establishing of a much desired entente completeness with which the work can becordial between " capital" and " labor," accomplished depends in a very greatmembers of the A.S.U. would be wise to measure on the practical and direct interestbear in mind than order to taken by every member. While a veryr in mind that n order to properly use large proportion of the sheepowners arethe favorable position thus gained, it will ready and willing to recognise the Union,be necessary to further solidify the Union. it cannot be ignored that there are still in

the ranks of the squatters some who donot vet view with complacency the alteredcondition of things which has been broughtabout. In justice to our friends, it will benecessary to exercise every legitimatemeans in persuading these disaffected fewto follow the good example sei. them by themore just and liberal employers. At thesame time, we earnestly entreat everymember to endeavour to effect this bystrictly legitimate means. No doubt manymembers of the Union have been blamedfor acts of which they are innocent. It isequally certain that very many have hadtheir moral courage severely tried. Butthey can stand a little, for the commongood. At the present time our membersare principally " at home," and conse-quently there is little *" news" from thevarious outlying districts. It will, how-ever, be observed that our " branch" itemscontain from all sources to hand assurancesthat the Union is not only warmlysupported by its old members, but thatmany strangers are joining its ranks.With an energetic executive to guide thebusiness, and a gathering together cf allworthy shearers, our friends may lookforward to a marked increase in the verygreat success which has so far charac-terised the progress of the Union.

NOTES OF THE MONTH.NEW BRK.NCIHES.

IT will be observed that ani office has beenopened at Scone, under the charge of Mr.Thuomas Williams This place was choseninstead of tuirindi on account of its centralposition, Mr. Alex Poynton has proceeded toSoutliAustralia, where that gentleman's previousexperience will materially .. siist him in hislabours. As regards Hamilton or Casterton,it is notified that a ballot will lie taken by thelocal vigilance couniitle at the latter end ofthe month. N',ninations for offices have beenreceived up to date at Head office as follows,viz :-Chairman, H. Devereux ; Vice-Chairman,P. P wer and Geo. Devereux; Secreta;y-I.Slattery, W. G. Lawless, John Reid, (P'enshurst)andJas. Nulty.

PtRtOOtEn OFr TIl UNION.THE balance sheets of the various Brancheshaving been made up, the position of the Union,with the advancement made during the year, isobservable. For the year, the receiptsamounted to £11,147 18 s d., which shows anincrease of £5543 19a. 8d. as compared withamount for the previous year. This must be amatter for congratulation by every member;while it will also show those who haveendeavored to "snuff out" the organisation thattjeir efforts must have served to strengthen theUnion. At any rate, the financial statementexhibits a progress which must exercise nolight advantage in the future. Owing to the

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absence of official returns from some of theBranches, it was impossible for Mr. Temple toinclude this information in his lengthy annualreport.

THE CONF;RENCK WI'TI SHEEPOWNERS.

It is scarcely possible for the general reader toconceive the difficulties a reporter labours underwhen he has to condense an important rep.irtinto at least half the space it should occupy-theresult is errors of omission rather than coin.mission. So it was with the special report ofthe conference witl sheopowners IIn g'int: 'over our notes, we observeI t at there was nounders'ailding that 19. per week should bec charged for horse agistment. One horse pershearer is allowed up to 5000 sheep shed, andLI,.)o iiiues uiel that nilil}ber-ag.ilnnt •l for

over that numInl'r , 'a I: mu ually arranged.There appears to be general confusion amongthe reporters as regardls lMr GrCen -l proipsal

as clause 10, but with hunting up of documnii tsbefore the meeting, w tfindl tile following to bAthat gentleman's propi sal :-" That in case the$hearer shall leave ,r iir the opinion of thesheeCpoliiw.C r fo'rcO his iisch.•irC'rn by wilfully siti.rIing his work. lie sltil torfeit 2s Uit per IU0fitr all sheep slorni up to d:ite of discharge, andshall be charged 15s per week for board andlodginii'. cook's remuneration included" Inapplying the systerr of " boiling down " Mr.Slattery has been made to express a view whicheutanated from one of the sheupolwners' dele-gates. This will be easily seen when the cois-prehel sive resolution that irel;tlemaii moved ,isthis clause is considered-tin fact clause 10 as itnow stands, and which was unanimouslyadopted amidst cheers on all sides This was.after much discussion, taket to fully meet theobjecti ns put forward by shearers delegate asto the previously proposed clause involving twoprices. As a matter of fact, Mr. Slattery hitupon a clause which met what appeared at ,onestage of the proceedings to present a very gravedifficulty. It us..y ibe mentioned that the Uniondele';ates when subosiuently legt-lating forVictoria, det-uled that in no ctse -Iluuld ashearer be allowed ag•setiint ifor more thall

one horse-any further number to be agisted asagreed upon. In the fifth day's proceedings.the report should have stated that Mr. Slatterymoved that half of Mr. Bates' fine should beremitted ; Mr. Hall seconded, and Mr. Lawlessspoke warmly in favor of the motion, statingthat Bates' action had been caused by amistake.

THE DROUGHT.

THE welfare of the pastoralist depends in agreat measure upon a favorable season, and it•tnst lie admitted thi;t the opening months of

188!9 l;ave proved most trying throughlurt theniost of the colonies. During the past fort-ni.ht, however, a beneficent rain has fallen,and accounts from the interior report that awelcome moisture has been general just in timeto avoid ruiuouu losses.

OUR CISNFIERECE D ELEGATES AS SPEAKERS.

ONE of the marked features of the joint con-ference at Wagga was the high complimentpaid by several well-known sheepowpvers to theadmirable debating powers excercised by theshearers' delegates. Those who attended onbehalf of the sheepowners, were agreeablysurprised not only at what they termed theability shown, but also at the spirit of fairnesswhich was a pronounced characteristic of thebrief iad pointed remarks made on the severalquestions as they came up for discussion Atthe subsequent banquet the president explainedthe general desire that the sheepowners shouldgive expression to their powers of elocution, butthe answers were-" Oh, never mind us : wewant to hear your young fellows speak. Theyare all good, and some of them surprise us.At an early stage of the proceedings, one of theguests naively asked the Presidnt-- -.' Can yourchaps sing as well as they can talk "'' Onbeing informed that there were several goodsingers and recitera among them, the "visitors "remarked that ihey-were " in for a treat."And so *hey were, for sone really excellentsongs and recitations were given, and enjoyedamazingly, Bye the bye, there were somesongs given by Mr. Lawless which were over-looked in our report. A more social Mathering

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than that held that evening, we have never had A leading London tobacconist has stated that hethe pleasure of being present at. sells about 30.030 soxes of ladies' cigarettes a )year.

One of his lady cus',mers smokes 20o a week.OUR RESID AT HORSHAM. A shepherd on the Darling is training two

OUR PRESIDENT AT OSHAM. retrievers to ipay cricket. They are at presentMit W. 0. SPEn•cE proposes speaking at capital at fielding and back-stopping.Horshalln oil Saturda' evening next, and we I Tomas Ace was killed by an accident et Charterstrust to iear that a grand audience -if not only Towers (() the other day. He if now lying i.shearers. but sheepowners also, will pay that peaceful expectatian of the final trump.gentleman the deserved compliment of attend- A younI la ly attending balls and parties shouldilof and listening to the utterances of tnie have a female chaperone until she is able to callnmewho, though occupying a difficult position other chap-her-own.

SA soda-water spring has been discovered at Youwigas president of the conference of sheepowners (N.S.W.) The inhabitants are now exploring for aat \\ a.:a, won high eulogiuti frolt tile gentlle brandy spi ing.men who travelled many miles to be present. Adelaide people have started a fund for collectingIt is impossible I, list. toi one «of IMr Spence s money to defray the cost of a bust of Sir Tnomasaddresses-" or lectures" would be the im'ne EldeIr, to be placed in the local University.correct lerm-uuton the I ,ir ui1 tisti'in without Mr. Charles Stanley, the celebrated vocalist, whojhti.,g cin: tin;cu tilhithe w.iuld be one of the will be in Australia in May, begin a concert :andlast to c'uume.iatuc t.,king any u:ldue advan crat rio season at Adelaide by singing in

tage of eiLplu3era .Men lelssohn's " Elijah."SUp n his retirement from the position of Govern),r

;f Cape Colony, Sir Hercules Robinson is makingTHE VICTORIAN ELECTIONS arrangementts to take up his permanent rcsidei :e in

Tui. political " toil and trouble" in Victoria New Zealand.

has come and gone, and "the voice of the An article in an American paper just to hand ise is again ,cated in the Victoril Lis headed, "Bees as Instructors of Children." \Ve

people" is again located in the Vitoe rim Leis- suppose this must be where the idea of the Spellingl t, ve Assembly Halls. At least, the suecessiul l ees came from.legislators have been sworn in, and sent home Pennsylvania is about to pass a law requiring theagain to recuper te for two months The Ministry stars and stripes to float over every schoolhouse inhave nominally a two thirds majority, but as it the state. The stripes knock around in most of tileis a " composite " team. this is nothing to boast schools already.of, and mayon important question lie transforined A Toongahbbie man, sooner than support his wifeinto a miserable minority. Fully half the (an order being made against him at the local policemembers on the Ministerial benches ire pledged court), has committed suicide. Uf two evils he hiasLiberal Protectionists, whereas the Premier is without doubt chosen the last.a hiot Conservative Freetrader. Mr. Deaki' is Miss Von Finkelstein has left Jerusalem. where

a Liberal leader, but there is a strong feeling she has Ibeen collecting subject matter lo; ,,vat Lie l d, e e , tr e lectures, for Aust'alia. h I commen:es hler s-.:,).tI

that lie should have come forward ais the lecturing tour through the colonies in May.declared champion of Democracy. Several The last literary lpriorilance of the at: \W. II.changes in the Calinet are talked of. Mr. Dallcy was a leading article to the SydneyFreelitanu.Munro heing spoken of as one of the Jontahs to Journal. That artiLle a;,peared acout a forl.:g';,ilie thrown overboard to make riimnl for Mr. before his death. Dally was once a shareholder inJilnes Patterson. the Freeman, but he sold out some years ago.

A Gip,,sland editor acknowledges the receipt of ;ttwelve pound turnip. We will look for an improve-

A tL'OHRRETION. meant in the literary tone of the paper when the ink-We sit in sackcloth and ashes, and with due +litngir gets his head fixed.

liumiliation acknowledge that the printers inm de IIttha been settled in Cincinnati that a society re-what our resp'cred head secretary characterises porter who attends parties to write them up is'a nice moss " of his balance sheet Well. it is entitled to sit down at table with the guests, insteadsaid that g the arit le, a fault admit o; eating a col uiscuit in the backyard. Verb. s,.said tlat a g le cri f t speak ing of local spreads, an up country paperled is halfatoned. and we very much regret lhas a big bold lack cross-heading, " Tea .\Mecti.gslhat an err.,r should have, even in the in Aoundance.' A Bun Dance in Tea Meetings"reader's" department, been allowed to would be much more truthful and appropriate tiepass un bsrveil l"a•iy.

" Building coming down," so reads a Collins-streetsing-board. Now, as the imposing edifice is some

Screenings. seven or eight stories high, the gentle, trustingpublic will do well to keep out of the road when t:n

o crash comes.The oest cricketer in uueensland is an aboriginal. The following is selected from a New ZealandA man deliberately shot himself in the 12.55 weekly :-" If the man who was in my garden ,ni

Brighton train. Sunday night will bring back the trap, no furtherThe F'itzroy Beiich has de ided that a cow is not action will lIe taken."* goods." It is ofteu k.pt iu stOLk. A cnuncillor has committed suicide in New South

Pere Hyacinthe, laicised to Mr. Loyson, has \Vales, by fracturing his skull with dynamite. I, isentered the lists against Boulanger. doubtful if even a councillor's skull will ever outirowMrs. Langtry pays £1 per pair for her hose, which the inventive spirit. If dynamite had failed there

Ire manufactured it England. still remained nitro-glycerine and lithofracture.Archdeacon Julius, of Ballarat, will, it is said, be An enterprising man who has recently entered theoffered the vacant Bishopric of Christchurch, New milk business not a hundred miles from MelbourneZealand. has issued a circular in which he says he is prepared

Thli lHon. James uhite is said to haL ve wo to supply his customers with " milk of the firstes2,384 already in stakes during the current racing water." As a failure he is likely to be a prodigiousseason. success.

The Yarra has a good rival in the Tamar, up near Gilbert and Sullivan's " Yoeman of the Guard "Launceston. A local reporter describes the stench was produced in Vienna last month, and a dishere as" demeaning". tinguished Austrian critic writing of the music said,Mr. H. Montgomery, M.A., of Trinity College, "No Viennese musician'could compose such charming:ambridge, has been appointed to the vacant music as that of SirArthur Sullivan. Praise indeed.Bishopric of Tasmania. .iss Jenny Watt-Tanner, who commenced herLetters received state that Mr. Justice Webb, now hlistrionic career not so many years ago as " Chorusn his way to England, has already much benefitted in Mr. Rigno'd's production of " lHenry V.," hasy his voyage. blossomed into a full-blown tragedy queen iuMiss Ida Briggs, who is aged twenty-two, and London, where she has made a successful appearanceweighs forty-five stone, is coming to Australia this at 'erry's theatre.ear. The secretary tor mines (Mr. C. W. Langtree), in

Mr. J. Colton, ex-Premiter of South Australia, is his quarterly report just issued, writes that inturning to Adelaide after a lengthened visit to October last a discovery of a torquoise.reef or reefs

Imglane. hwas made in the neighbourhood of the Upper KingThMr. H. Rider Haggard has become a vegetarian. River, in the parishes of Hedi ani Myrhee.`o wonder his looks are falling off-it is meet they Arthur Garner (of Messrs. Williamson, Garner aidshould. Musgrove) is eudeavouring to induce Mr. J. L.Mr. John Bright, one of the woTrld's greatest polite- Toole, the eminent comedian, to visit Australia, an i

ians, has gone to his last home.o be c s series of performances under their auspices.The barque Albert Russell, of New York, bound ie a erie errances hir acs.Australia, has foundered at sea, all on board being The China Alil, published at Hong Kng, statesoist except two, that there is an alarming increase of burglary in thatThe•iffelTower at Paris has been successfully city, and that either through the stupidity of

completed. the plundered or the cleverness of the plunderers,The Forth Bridge, near Edinburgh, upon which the thieves are very successful in escapiagjustice.

'2,588,328 has already been expended, is to be com- A shark measuring nearly 12ft. in length has beenmeted tin October. Caught near Mrs. Macquarie's Chair, Port Jackson.

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(CONTINU'Er.)

At the general meeting of shearers held on the 21stlune 1886, the secretary announced that thtie werevery few men joining the projected Union. As amatter of fact, he had only received entrance feesfrom ten members since the previous general meet-ing, and this he mentioned to those present. This,he .aidl, plainly proved that the shearers generally,so far as the Ballarat district was concerned, werenot fully seized of the importance of the I nion, andurged that some more effective means were necessaryto awaken their interest in the movement thanmerely keeping an office open in Ballarat, andadvertising lor support.

Seeing that the expense of an office was so com-paratively heavy-especially as the whole of theIu rden fell ulon his own shoulders-the secretarydetermined to close it. But he was not to bedauited by the small support accorded the move-mnirt hitherto. The closing of the office wasdetermined on to enable the secretary to take evennore vigorous steps than he had previously hintedat. He decided to make a systematic, canvass ofti.e Camperdown and western districts, and to not,sly ihold meetings where there was a reasonable

prospect of getting men together to listen to apropounding of the scheme, but to personally visitall who were known to adopt shearing as a methodof increasing their incomes. He was not the man tolet the affair lapse for want of energetic work, norto allow his scheme, on the projecting of which hehad so set his mind, to fall through.

If former attempts failed, he would put forthincreased effort, so that he might ie able to say noblame lay at his door. Since the mountain wouldnot go Maho net, Mahomet determined to go to themountain. In other words, since the shearers wouldnot come to the office or meetings in Ballarat andenro. themselves, Mr. Temple decide.l to go tothrem, and, as far as moral suasion cou'd do so,induce them to join. Not only had the officeproved a drag on the secretary monetarily, nut iti;id also occupied the whole of his time in Ballarat.lie had no other work to do there, and it wa-necessary for him to be at the office all the time inat-e somebody might step in. lie has told methat lie waited at the office the whole day longwittolut receiving a visit from a single biped in theshape of a shearer. Occasionally he would receivea letter from afar off, containing an entrance fee."'ltis was the only encouragement forthcoming.

.Mr. Temple set out on his travelling expedition,and held meetings in furtherance of t e objects oftie Union at Colac, \Weuchelsea, Bambra Cobden,and t amperdown. All were poorly attended, onlytwo turning up at Colac. This unsatisfactoryresult was due to two causes. In the first place,previous failures disheartened the shearers ; and inthe second, fearing another fiasco, they did not feelinclined to brave the displeasure of the employers onslender grounds. From house to house Mr. Temple'traveled wearily on foot (which was the most con-venient mode of transit to reach the houses),interviewing those .who followed the occupation olshearing, and endeavouring to induce them to jointle proposed Union. Meeting with much di:i-cuuragements, he yet succeeded in enrolling 6cmembers, and collected £y. ilut this did not coverthe expenses of the trip. He was away three weeks,and his travels cost him £ 5. It may be mentionedthat all shearers who attended the public meetingsjoined, but in no case would those who enrolled paymore than the entrance fee, 2s 6d. On returning toBallarat, 1Mr. Temple called the Executive Comn.mittee together, but the frequent disappointmentsencountered seemed to have damped their ardour,and only three put in an appearance, viz., Mr.Spence, the president ; and Messrs O'Neiland E. Russell. The latter gentleman hassince acted as travelling agent to the Union,and the former was always a constant attender of themeetings of the Union before and since its successfulestablishment. With an ordinary man, or with onenot endowed with marked determination and en-thusiasm in the cause, this would have been the laststraw to break down the effort. But not so withMr. Temple. It only nerved him to renewedexertions, and he forthwith started off in another tourthrough the Beaufort and Elmhurst districts.Travelling again on foot from house to house, hedilated on the benefits of forming a Union. He hadheard that there were a large number of shearersin this quarter,. and set about his task with a deter-mination to succeed. But the work was severe,many high hills having to be climbed to reach theshearers. In one instance the traveller was informedthat a shearer was employed at a saw-mill on the topof the Pyrenees. He climbed the peak, a two hourshard tramp, and the man referred to (Thos. Skene)refused to pay the 2s. 6d. This trip proved moreremunerative than the other, costing only L3, whilst

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secretary was far better received by the men in these which was fraught with so much importance to thedistricts than. at Camperdown and the other places down-trodden class to which they belonged. Toohe had visited in his first tour. much praise cannot be given to these members forDespairing of being able to make such an im- their conduct. They stepped into the breach man-

pression in Victoria as would ensure the success of ully at a critical time, actuated by pure motives,the movement, and as shearing was about to co and they worked none the less assiduously because

mence in New South Wales, the truly energetic poured disinterested. As all membersaresecretary decided on proceeding there. li had come aware, both Mr. Cooke an Mr. Slattery have everto the conclusion that the township meetings and since played an important part in the organisationhouse to house visitation were failures. and that the o the Union, the former gentleman having beenonly hope of salvation lor the cause was ior him to twice re-eleted as its vice-president. Mr. Slattery,visit the shearers in i-ltdies at the healing sheds, and I believe, holds no office in the organisation-atappeal to then thee. It may be mentioned that the least, this is from what I can hear. But neverth,-total amount received by Mr. Temlle up to the time less, he has so thoroughly identified himnedl withhe left for New South Wales £21 13, whilst the our rise and progress, that he must i. ltinctivelyamount expended by him was [ . M.r. Temtle exercise no slight influence wherever he is. Theseproceeded to New South Wales in the latter end of three hard working enthusiasts made arrangemntsJuly, 1886. On arriving in that colony, he met with ot Wales in a force, frthe lower porHill eastwards.a much better reception than he did in Victoria, Sr. Temple took th e from Swan Hill ver andalthough it was principally Victorian she:,rers whom Mstrictsempe ook the lur bidgee Rivr andhe first came into contact with there. It is a regret- distr , the Rier C Mook, the Billaog e; an Mr.table feature that Victorian shearers as-umne a less parallel the Rver Murra. he streams unindependent spirit whilst in their own colony than h parallel ith ea the ert, a.id on ant erage arethey do when they are in New South W\ale~ This South Wale to tht' et lt ttl average arefact accountLs for the Union not henig so successful in about thirty miles aii' UiTe t lerst.odling wasthe former colony as it would otherwise be. I will that they should work .. u.g ite u ,tr.i, until thesay no more on this point, Iut I trust these few last searing passed, and the sheds were em:oty. Eachremarks will set the Victorian men thinking, worked both sides of the stream allotted to him, and

remarks wil st te i a mn t . met midway, so as to riake suee no .round wasThe first shed Mr. Temple visited after arriving in missed. In the very short ti.e oi tio m i.nths, Mr.

New South Wales was that of Nyang, near the Temple enrolled 16oo00 members in Nes Souin WVales ;township of Moulamein. He was received with open Mr. Slattery, 13oo; and Mr. Cooke, r2oo-0- barms. The shearers had he-rd of the movement, and sheds having to be visited to get this number ofwere anxiously awaiting a visit from the promoters, soldiers. It may be mentioned that the distance byIt seemed as if this only was wanted to ensure Swan Hill (the point of starting) to the point atsuccess. here were thirty shearers working at the which the workers ceased operations, is a little overshed, and all joined except one. After such a cold 300 miles as the crow flies. The change was indeedreception in Victoria this wel ome was most cheering, most marked, and it will appear to many that theIt sl urred the traveller on to renewed exertions, if "turn ofthe tide" was met at a critical point. What athat were possible. Certainly it encouraged him contrast to our secretary's previous experiences!wonderfully, and led him to hope that the enthusiasm The total amount collected previous to Mr. Templewith which he had espoused the tause-was not thrown going to New South Wales was £21 I5s., while hisaway. The sheds were all in fu;l swing, and he was expenditure, including advertising, travelling,able to lay before the men in a body his proposals. printing rules, rent of meeting rooms, &c., was overEverywhere he was received with open arms, and in [55, irrespective of his lost time and privatev ry few instances indeed did he meet with a refusal expenses, which were necessarily heavy.to join the new Union. The fact of Mr. Spence being (To continued.)connected with it gave the shearers confidence in the ( 10_ co__i__c_._outcome, as several of them had heard of the good -work he had done in furthering te cause of trades' orrespo ndene.unionismn, and as the leading exective officer of therr pAmalgamated Miners' Association. They felt thattheir money was in safe hands, and this hitherto BRANXHOLME.seemed to hate tecen one of the chief stumblingblocks. Cheated so often before, and robbed To THE EDITOR OF TIIl SHE..KTIts' RECORD.of hard earned money solicited to forward SIR,-Permit me to take a small quantitv of yourtheir own interests - the men had almost ,-mi e to take a th sal an td waysbegan to despair of ever having a Union. Ihe , ,ployep haee tr o try to defeat the Shearers' lnion.chances of swindling were so many, and the diffi- 1 nald otc i to tviy t dt the SBrnxhoeme railwaytulties in the way of prosecution so great, that they station abtou t ie Iregiuning of No.vember last, andfeared to entrust their money into the Ihanls f cn sure you, Mr Editor, I saw wht I never sawcollectors. The name of Mr Spence, however, had before. A certain. scatter, wh,,n I knoi, well, wasits effect, and I have no doubt the success thewaiting the arrival by train t a ti,,,l. t ,lacklegsmovement ha, attained is in no small measure due he had engaged to shear for tmn. I,. was not sureto the confidence felt by the shearers in the integrity of them yet, but to ensure this end, as soo,: as theyof the gentleman who has so worthily and ably landed ou the pla:forn with their tl.a. k.cs on theirfilled the pr, sidentship of the Association from it. backs, lie saluted them in the sosi court.' 'us mannerinception. Shearers, like other men, always in possible by giving them a hearty .•tl of i nits hand.matters of this kind, act better in bodies than I may sally gt his d but not his heart.singly; apart, they hesitate or act doubtingly; com- The poor fogies went like dumb lambs to thebined, the hesitancy disappears. In this case the slaughter, considering; t,.tt a slhake-hland fromproposals were received favorably. Mr Temple was this lord of despots ws, w,,rth .it least the extra risefeasted at every shed, whilst thn sltarers outvied tie price te Unit .t.t.ldu.i. I'.itre is a iarnteach other in their eagerness to join a Union that at near Banxholme, and to show you to what straitslast promised to give them the strengthand organ- the sheepowners were put it,: se.ton, I will justisation ntey nad so long neeoea ana aesire.a tell how this man managed to get his sheep shorn

As soon as sufficient funds were collected, Mr non-union, not by shearers, but ny messers. As heTemple purchased an outfit for travelling. Prior was thinking of giving in to the Union, there cameto this he had done all his visiting on foot. But if to his aid some of the members of Brisbane Hillthe success all seemed to desire was to be achieved, proper, real tigers they proved to be, but very slowit was felt by him and the shearers that a more rapid ones; twenty-five a day pulled them up. 'Theremode of locomotion was necessary. As Mr Temple also came to him the sons of rich farmers, who did

could see the advantages of having as many sheds had not snorn any sheap for others for yearsas possible visited during the shearing, he looked previously. They, like their fathers, are betteraround for someone to assist him in the work of shepherds than shearers. Their fathers, by dint ofcanvassing. This he found no easy task, as all to good luck, were pitched into a fortune they couldwhom he broached the subject refused to act unless hardly tell how. I am very much surprised at them

they had a written guarantee that their salaries and allowing their sons to go and shear for another, asexpenses would be paid. Many of those who it is only a short time ago they were the men who

refused Mr Temple have been the first to come would look down from their eminence on shearers as

forward as champions of the cause since its success- the indolent devils they left behind them. But 1

ful establishment. One of these individuals, I am am told by a canny Scotchnmti that 1 n.ed n-.-

informed, being now an aspirant for the secretary- wonder at colonial men doing such, as it is a thingship of the new branch to be opened in the Western peculiar to these to lick the heel of the capitalist ; inDistrict. I trust members will give these kind of short, he tells me colonial men beat islamen, andmen their deserts when occasion offers. However, Islamen beat the - . Apropos of thiishearingto my story. After a great deal of trouble Mr question, we should not leave a stone unturned that

Temple succeeded in securing the services of two would strengthen the cause of the Union. Let our

good men and true, Messrs. J. A. Cooke and zeal be more animated than ever, seeing that the

James Slattery. These two gentlemen were quite Squatters' Association is steadfast in its determina-

willing to risk their time and labor for the good of tion to resist, but I see by local papers that all their

their fellow-workmen. They required no guarantee, business in connection with the shearing question is

nor did they seem to care whether they received to be private. The association seems to like doing

payment or not, being actuated by purely patriotic things in the dark; for ways that are dark commend

motives. They had long been keenly sensitive of me to it. But 1 am sure that all intelligent thinkingprotection from squatters' oppression, and were only men will, as well as shearers, come to the conclusion

too eager to give their help in furthering a cause that they are a bit mixed. am thinking tine

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Snarling Tykes, in wrangling they are divided, fletthem call in Mr Spence and he will right decide it.I am, yours, etc.,

PADDY, THE SHEARER.

[Owing to having to hold over this letter, a portionof it was of necessity eliminated, as being " a dayafter the fair "-the elections.]

"A REFUTATION."TO THE EDITOR.

Sri,-HIaving noticed in your issue of March 15tha letter signed "John Bolt," in which my name ismixed up, I feel it incumbent on me to offer anexplanation. The writer states that he was informedby one James Matthews that I said he sent a tele-gram from Caramut camp to Mr. A. Chirnside, ofMount Elephant station, advising him that he couldsupply him with a full board of men who would workthe station hours, viz., fifty-two a week. Withoutseeking any information from me in the matter, hetakes it for granted that I did make such an assertion,and accordingly he rushes into print with a challengeof £10 to make me prove it. Now, to begin with, itwas not until I saw the letter referred to. that I wasmade aware of the existence of such a personage as"John Bolt." You will therefore realise theutter absurdity of his challenge. I remember JamesMatthews telling me something about the matter,but as it was after Chirnside's law case, and shearingwas again proceeding at Mount Elephant and Koort-Koortnong. I did not pay much heed to it as it wasnot of any immediate importance. In conclusion, Imay state for Mr. Bolt's enlightenment that 1 am notin the habit of making rash statements, unless I amprepared to substantiate them, and I think if he wereto take a lesson from the frog in the fable, and lookbefore he leaps, he would be rendering himself andothers an enormous amount of good.

Yours, etc.,R. J. TAFFE,

27 | 3 I 89. Swan Hill.

SHEARER'S COOKS.

TO THE EDITOR

SIR,-I am sorry to see by The Record that at therecent conference held in \\'agg, there -ws littleor no definite provision made for a better under-standing than now exists s between shearers andltheir cooks. It is a thing that can never workwell, whereeach and trvery shed of shearers havetheir own special .iules for cooks to work by, and I1think.it woild be a for better system if there wasan agreement printted alnd distributed amnig tiledifferent Union sheds, whereby shearers, after hav-ing bound themselves to work to the completion ofthe shed, may have a guarantee that their cook willalso work to a finish. I am led to make theseremarks through the intolerable way some cooksbehave when getting near tie end of a shed.

AS an instance, durinlt the past season I wasshearing at Murtee on the Darling River, and ourcook, Sam Porter (who. Iy the way, is a good cookin every respect ) made it an excuse to knock offthat the boss sacked three men the 'ast week. Now,although we were paying him the highest rate ofwages, namely 4s. per man per week, and the factthat there were still 30 men left in the slihe, wehad to coax him like a spoilt child to get him tostay for the last week, besides paying him th e extra12s. shillings amongst us.

I threatened at the time to make this particularcase public, so that such cases, which are veryfrequent among cooks of a certain c;ass, might b'etaken into consideration, and some means providedfor their removal.

I have had 20 years' experience shearing,and have seen many good, and some very bad cooks;but no matter how go< d a cook may be, in a caseof his leaving a lot of men who are depending onh.im, such as I have mentioned above, he is deserve.ing of the strongest censure, even where a spree ishis only excuse to get away; but where he expectsanother shed to start in a tew days, and he goes forthe purpose of securing i, after having taken thecream out of the first, he should not be allowed tohold a Union ticket. Until some agreement isframed between shearers and their cooks the abovecase will be repeated over and over again.-Youre &c.,

J. M. CAHTER.Adaminaly, N.S.W.

April 4, 1889,

Answers to Correspondents.Justice (Condah).-While the act you refer tois undoubtedly a harsh one for the person affected,

a newspaper must not criticise, or condemn a manfor dispensing or withholding his patronage in anyprivate matter.

The concluaion of "Terrible ExperiencesTwenty-five yes ago" will appear in our next.Life at Broken Hill, although in type, isunavoidably held over.

SPECIAL MEETING OF COBAR BRANCH.

A MEETINS of members of the Cobar Branch,A.S.U., was held at Haye's Commercial Hotel,Cobar. Th'le meeting was a very fairly repre-sentative one, about eighty members being present.

Mr. A. Poynton occupied the chair.The chairman read a report submitted by the

auditors appointed by the Branch, Messrs. Leahyand Mackay.

I his was followed by the reading of the reportof the special auditors, Messes. A. Poynton andRamsay, who were appointed by the Executive.

Mr. T. Williams moved that Messrs. Poyntonand Ramsay's report be adopted.

Mr. A. 1. Gordon seconded.--Carried.Mr. G. Edmionds moved that Mr. William

Percy be reinstated in office as secretary of theCobar Branch of the A.S.U., and that he receivepayment of salary in full for the time duringwhich Ire has been under suspension.

Mr. A. W. Gordon seconded.-Carried.Mr. T. Leighton moved - That this meeting

expresses its full confidence in Mr. William Percyas past and present secretary of this Branch.

Carried.ir. ` T ;..1. .... ...- .-.. 1 flin... l .11 .......... n.-.,

doing good work, and several more are in course offorriation.

Your readers will want to know how the Murrum-bidgee sheds are shaping this year. I.ence it may notbe out of place to inform them that we are almost asmuch in the dark as themselves. The only thing weare absolutely sure of is that a meeting of sheep-owners is called for the 24th inst., at Narandera, forthe purpose of considering the shearing question.The result of this meeting will be sent to all districtcommittees, and an a,:count of same will appear innext issue of Record. It is generally considerin these parts that the result of the meeting will liefavorable to the Union, as it is thought no excusenow exists for the sheepowners to oppose u'.

However, if they do mean fight, we are ready, andour meml-ers are willing to shw-itf necessary-tlhatthey a:re " real grit."

The petition for the release of the Brookongprisoners is now under the consideration of theMinister for Justice for New South \ales, and thatgentleman will give his reply in a few days. Shouldthe decision be given before you publish, a telegramwill be sent for publication, containing the news. Weall expect a considerable mitigation of the sentences,if not an immediate release.

Ir'. J. Leighton el ll Iove\1 L LlLtht illl moneys overI -I

and above tile amount required to liquidate the THUMULA.liabilities of the Cohar Branch be forwarded to r l r r r .t he offic C k. SrNcE writing my last report, the weather here hasthe head office, Creswiek. been very hot and dry. Grass and water is rapidly'iThe matter was left in the hands of tie comin- , f rain does otsonInittee to deal with. disappearing ; so much so, that if rain does not soon

Som complaints of want of courtesy on the come this winter will he very disastrous far stock-part of te secretary towatds members won t owners in our locality, as most of the runs are heavily

desired to examine the books and accounts of testocked. The toacco cutting here is nearly finished,Branch ere then gone into. M. Percy gaveand long ere this appears in t rint will be hanging inhis version of the circumnstaces under which the sheds. Most of the crol,s are very good, con-ertahi persons maohe deimsands unp e him, n the sidering that most of them were cut too soon for fear

main er of mach,e and is reasons forresen th that the rain would bring on early frost and spoilwhat ner of suchere a insultiasonu for resent them entirely, but rain did not come. so we had nowhat he considered insulting conduct toward frost. So poor John and his European | .rtner willhimself as executive officer. Several took part in lfos io poorJoh and his l Europea p s .rt ine willa warm discussion, and no action resulted. lose a little-mores te pit, as the Chinese wiln

Tile general meeting terminated with a hearty I have to s.ay a little longer to compete against us invote of thanks to the chair. the labor market, and that to a large extent.

vote of ks to te cirany of our shearer friends will be surprised tolearn that Mr. C. D. Bardwell, of Oberne, has at

Owing Io severe ltses suitaiinrd1. Ihe tifire in- length joined a unirn, which 1 hope will be a happysurface comp;aies of Quecinslhinl f,.i years ,past, ithe one, and induce him to look more favourably on theassociated ltticS have decided tto a:lvance tlhe rate if Shearer's Union in the future than he has done in thepremiuin s. Vast ; and we won't forget to drink his health and

At the o enin,, of the, New Southi Wailes Parli:- that of Mrs. BL.ardwell. and offer them ouur congratula-

meant the other day five memL ers were presented tions when we go there next shearing.with accounts for refreshments ordered during the The Union alluded to above is Mr. Uardwe

life of the last Parliament. Eleven accounts were marriage on the 24th of last month to Miss Lambewritten off, as the gentlemen went down at tie daughter of Mr. Joseph Lambnert, of Blowering. Igeneral election.

ranchc h c ehY.

BRINGAI.BEIiT.THE weather for the last three months has beenvery hard and trying on stock of all kinds. Scarcelya vestage of fpod exists in some places for the pooranimals to eat, and the water became very scarce, inmany cases the farmers having to take their stock towater and also cart water for their household require-.ments. A welcome change has came. Last nightabout 7 o'clock, a thunderstorm occurred, and therain came down in torrents for a considerable time.Then it lulled for a short time, and again came down,and lasted all the following day, filling all the water-holes in the vicinity of Bringalbert, overflowing andleaving all the low lying land completely underwater. We can now confidently rest assured that thedrought has completely broken up.

YASS RIVER.THIS district is looking splendid, abundance of grassand water. Stock is lookiug well. No doubt manyof your readers would like to hear how the Shearers'Union is getting on in this part. I am very glad tosay that it has been a great success. This districthad as many scabs and blacklegs in as you wouldfind anywhere, but it is not so now, as the squatterswould not employ any but Uuion men, so a greatmany joined after coming back, as they could notet non union sheds, with the exception of a veryw. I think we only have about two on this little

river now, one scab and one blackleg.

WAGGA WAGGA.ON account of the drought, matters here are muchthe same as last month-only more so. We havehad 15 points of rain during the month, which isbarely enough to settle the dust in the town. Thesurrounding country is the picture of bad luck-nograss, and very little water. Some consolation maybe experienced though in connection with the rest ofthe colony, as generous downpours have occurred inmany parts, where rain has been a scarce commodityfor months. News comes from all along the Darlingof from two to three inches of rain, so we in theMurrumbidgee district live in hopes of a'few morepoints falling before all the stock' peg out."

Union matters are progressing as usual throughoutth e brL Unh . h ricu IiCI eu... t,..

mnuiately after the ceremony the happy coustarted for Melbourne, where they intend to spendhoneymoon.

I anm happy to state that the slhearers' conferenceWagga has given general satisfaction to allmembers I have spoken to on the subject, and mof them think we will have very little opposition nyear, as a good many sheepowner's who have beopposed to us since the Union started now seemlined to arrange matters quietly. But wealways have to contend against men .of the "Looker" stamp, who persistently try to crush usdark and underhand means. If none arise but 'Lookers," we have nothing to fear from them. TImay scribble away to the Wagga papers as muchthey like-it won't hurt us, unless they express theselves in more intelligible terms. I would adsMr. Head, as well as all good members of our orgization, not to take notice of any anonymous writas any man who had a real grievance to ventil.would not be afraid of his name appearing in prin

NARANDERA.TIIERE is not much local news for your readers imonth, though there is one very pleasureable iito report, and that is the .two inches of rain thatfallen during the last two days. If it had not coa great many of our sheepowners, both large ismall, would have had to go up Queer Street ; bucame, and we are saved. There will be somethlike £4ooo laid out in this little town by the counwhich will, we anticipate, be started next monWe have also been promised a bridge overMurrumbidgee, which will be commenced this yeIn view of all this, our tradespeople are buildnew stores and hotels, to make the place look qtimposing. It has been decided by the variSheepowners Associations in New South Waleshold a conference at Narandera, on the 24th of A;when it may be expected that the shearing questwill be finally settled-at any rate in. this part ofdistrict. The delegates appointed to representWagga Sheepowners Association are Messrs. DaHannah, Conabbie; William Devlin, Deepwatand Andrew Leitch, Berry Jerry. I had occasiongo to Hay last month, and called at the sheds onriver, but could get no authentio information ; buam led to believe that we can win most of them Iseason. The members hereabouts are desirous ofearly move being made in the event of a strugbeing likely to arise between squatters and shealthis season.

M, NRW WA

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" tae Draac l. W have fourteen ditrict committees

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WINCHELSEA.TAKING as granted that you are willing to reporton an; thing furthering the interests of the Union, Isubmit the following report, expecting same to actas a prod of advance to some districts which,perhaps, as a consequence of "don't care." have nottaken steps towards forming (what I think an urgentmatter) vigilance committees, to manage the smaller Imatters of the Union without beiner a bother to heauloffice. As an introduction to any further report, Imay state that a meeting of shearers if this district-was callec' for Mnrch 2nd, and a number of niemher-of the Union put in an appearance. when Mr. W.Boddington, the local agent, in a very forcible speechimpressed upon those present the necessity of forminga vigilance committee. The principal reasonsgiven were that a committee would be a saving ofexpense incurred through agents' commission, &'. ;also that such committee being able to meet at leastcnce a month, would keep otherwise scatteredshearers informed on all subjects cilnrrniniindividual members. Likewise, that a great bh.rdellof trifling business would be removed from tiilalready over-worked officers at liendl quarter .\s aresu t of Mr. Boddingtun's ex lanation, a committeewas at once formed, and held meetings on t6thand 30th March, with good results. The prin. ipaidiscus-ion at last meeting swas on naccuount of sJnl.of the memberss wishing to hold conference withnearest sheepowners. Same very good argumentswere I rough before the chair for and against, withthe result that the secretary was instructed to writehead quarter- to ascertain if :uch course could betaken. Three members, with the secretary, wereinstructed to visit the sevi ral sheep;owners, askingif the sheepowners would be willing to attend suchmeeting if arranged for. I think some good hasalready arisen out of our doings at our last meeting.An invitation was given to the committee to assist informing one on similar principles ill a neighboringdistrict, Branbra.

CRESWICK.BUSINESs has been pretty brisk in this office sinceconference-in fact it is never any other w;y here.

eing tihe central and original office of the Union, itis the establishment where print ipally all enquiries,&c., concerning the 'Union are directed. Duringthe last two months we have been husy gettingdi-tii. t and vigilance committees formed throu~hounthe colony ; alko circularing shceplowners, supplyingthem with new rules an greem and endeavour-ing by all means in our power to induce them tomeet the Union in conference. and en leavour toarrange matters amicably for the coming season.Although nothing tangible has eventuated, yet wefeel tolerably sanguine that somi practical good inthe way of an adjustment of cxi-ting differencesbetween the two sides will be effected ere the seasonarrives. That more general settlement will soonbe arrived at is, and always has been, the earnestwish of every officer and member of the Union. Wewish to avoid strikes and all such irritatinginfluences. At the same time, if the employersdecide to still maintain an antagonistic attitude. weare as determined as ever to sti. k to the only meansleft to us, and fight out the battle of right in the

old antedeluvian style.I may mention that the Messrs. Dennis, of Gorm

Station, near Kerang. have written to the effectthat their shed will be Union this year. Themanager writes us kindly, to advise any of his oldshearers who may apply to our office to write directto him for pens. He prefers to engage his mendirect, rather than through the offi e. Any of uurmembers who desire to be engaged at Gorin thisyear will therefore know what to do.

Regarding the district committees, we have 23 ofthese assemblies established in Victoria now, andtrue to expectations, they are proving of immensebenefit and advantage to the Union. On an averagethere are about o5 members on each committee, sothat if occasion requirec.-we could consult 1300 ofthe members at a few ays' notice. As there aremany questions affecting the Union that it isadvisable should be submitted to the members, theexcellence of this system of amalgamation will bepatent to all. The committees meet regularly, andby their united efforts and influence the non-unionelement in the places where they are operating aredwindling down to zero, and ere long we expectto be entirely rid of its baneful and demoralisingpressure. The formation of the committees isproceeding apace. Before the season sets in weexpect to have 6o or 70 of them in thorough workingorder in this colony alone.

Referring to election matters, I am pleased tostate we hive succeeded in securing the return ofthe true working man's representative. None butthe Liberal candidate need expect to meet withsuccess in this quarter. Regardfng the generalresults of the election campaign, are in manyrespects gratifying. A majority of Liberal candidateshave been returned, whilst we have the satisfactionof knowing that the House has been purged of suchdisturbers of the peace and unreasonable obstructorsof public business as D. Gaunson and C. E. Jones.

THE SHEARERS' RECORD.

J I 8 S 1 NG F R I E ND S.

JOHN HENRY ,IONES. .Shearer, a nativeof Inglewood, Vittoria, kindly send address toShearers' Union Office, XVagga.

T(O THE EDITOR OF THEIR RECORD. "

SIR,-I the undersigned shearer in 1886 lost SixPounds (:6) in gold sovereigns ;.t Merringlestation. Heard since that the Imoney was foundby some Chinaman at Merringlc sheep wash. Thenoney was t cd up in ai clhaiimis leather hag, andthe money found corresponded with same. Bywhat I c;n hear the money is in the hands of somehonest gentleman about the neigh 'ourhood(Boolegul) ready to hand it. over to the unfortunateowner when called upon to do so.-I remain,

Yours respectfully,RICHARD GILL.

rG LOBE HOTEL, WAG;(:A \VA(;GA.

(Two Mlinutes walk from Railway Statien).

JO HN R A N, l', Ot' R I E TO R.

(Late of All Natiios I lotel).

(ood table, good beds and tile best liqnors'lunge and Shower hath. Stabling a speciality.

-C H A - '' -- - - -

CHANTON'S I

TATT ERSAL LS HOT EL,I

S\WA(;G;A \VA(.Gi;A.

A MALGAMATED) SHEARERSS' UNION.

NOTICE TO A.LL THE SHE.1:\RERS IN FHAEI'ORT (AMPEI.LL IlST'I'RICT.

A MEETING of Memibers will ibe held onSaturday, May the Islth, at 7 p.n., at PortCampbell, Victoria, witl the view of folining aiDistrict Coniiittee.

Memilers are requlested to I king the Certificatesof Membership with then.. Non-inembers areespecially invited to attend.

HU(GH M 'KENZIE,Local Agent.

Port Campbell, April 8, 1889.

A MALGAMATEI) SHEARERS'()F AUS1 RALASIA,

UNION

AN OFFICE OF THE A.S.U. AT SCONE.

MEMBERS are informed that an Agency ofthe Union, in the charge of Mr. Thos. Williams,has been established at 'cone, Liverpool PlainsDistrict, New South Wales, in place of theOffice to have been opened at Quirindi, asadvertised in la t issue of Record. Informationconcerning tle Union can be obtained on applica-to Mr. Williams.

D. TEMPLE, Secretary.Head Office,

Creswick, Vie.13/4/89.

MALGAMATED SHEARERS'OF AUSTRALASIA.

UNION

PUBLIC ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT A S.U.

NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. Spence,President of the A.S.U., will address a publicmeeting of Shearers at the Mechanics' Institute,Horsham, on.Saturday, the 20th inst., at 8 p.m.Subject of address--" 'Th ainis and objects of theA.S.U. and Trades' Unions generally." Publiocordially invited. A district committee in con-nection with the Union will be formed previous totermination of the meeting.

D. TEMPLE, Secretery.Head Office,

Creewick, Vie.13/4/89.

A MALGAMATED' SHEARERS' UNIONOF AU I'TA LASIA.

QUESTION TO h111 SETTlLE) liY BALLOT01" VI(;IL.ANCE COMMITIrTIEs.

MEMI\ERS are informed that a Ballot of theigilance committees s throughout the South-east of

South Australia, and Western portion of Victoriawill be taken during latter end of present month,for the purpose of deciding whether a Branch ofthe Union siIdl le opened at Hamiltou or Caster-ton.

A Ballot will-also- be taken at same time forEl, etion of Office-bearers for thie Iranch.

The following are names of persons nominatedfur the different offices at (late hereof :-

Chairman, H. Ievereaux (Hotspur); Vice-Clairmani, P. Power (Byaduk), and Geor-eI)evereaux ; Secretary, \V. E. Lawless, John Reid,James Slattery and James Nulty.

Full instructions will ie sent from Head Officeto the Se retaries of several Vigilance Comnittees,re convening the ineetings to take ballot and othermatters.

1. 'I'TEMI'LIE, Secretary.Head Oilice,

Creswick, Vie.13,14/S9.

A 1ALGM.\\AT1: il.{A- .... ". , NI , -Oir0 AS .!0 \l..\,.

INVITATION T' SiI!:'b.P')W\-NERS.

SHlEEI'O\\NERS who are de-irous of workinglarmoniously with the A.S.I' . durii..g the comingseason are respectfull-, vi'... .i- . , it, " , eOfficers of the Union, wi) ... ... .... .,,.... .u-deavors to Iring al,.ir i a p e'ild settI".' lit of allditferenices now exia... .... yr andthe Union.

Conimunications may le aldreL:-sed .1 the under.signed at the Ileadt oice !t ! r::iisation, orto the Secretalies or alny of ;:., ,, .. .illicea.

For InaeIIs o01 lraIInch et,.'C:at..s ;i,:. :ddressessee advertis.,,iieit in this p er t... c.r heading," Executive (o'uuncil *Amnalgamated Shearers'Union."

Communications may also be sent to Mr. Alex.'oynton, Age, Ag .l A..\.i.U., Port Agnsta, SouthAustralia ; aiid Mr. Thlos. \illiams .~cone, NewSouth W\ \les.

Copies of in :\v form of Agreement and Rules, asunanimously adopted by a joint Conference ofSiu epiwners' Representatives and Union Delegates,he!d at \\'agga, New South Wales, in Februarylast, will be cturteously supplied to She.piownerson application to any of the Union's Offices.

D. TEMPLE,General Secretary A.S.U.

Head Office,Creswick, Vie.

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A3MALGAMATED SHEARERS'1. OF AUSTHALA.SIA.

UNION

GENERAL BALANCE-SHEET,For Year ended 1888.

RECEIPTS.To lIalance last Audit ...

,, Entrance Fees andContributions ... £10874 16 10

,, Fines imposed on ..Members ... 126 9 9

, Cash Refunded ... 27 16 9,, Proceeds of Shearers'

Demonstration .. 19 7 9,, hearers' Relief fund 64 4 6

,, Sale of Gooda ... 22 0 5,, Interest ... ... 13 2 6

£-£1

EXPI NDITIrtE.

By Ration Accounts reStrikes ... £3006 1

SSalaries ... 4535,, Printing, Advt., &c 759,Legal Expenses ... 653 1,Postage, Telegrams,

o. ... ... 434 1,, General Accounts... 147,Agents' Commission 151,Delegates' Expenses 439 1

,, Re .. ... 86 1,, Refunds ... 36,, Audit Fees ... 12 1,, Office Fittings ... 27 1

Cr. Balance...

£589 19 10

11147 18 6

11737 18 4

382.2

11 02 119 1014 213 66 3

12 017 0

-- 10291 3 8... 1446 14 8

£11737 18 4

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THE SHEARERS' RECORD.

AMALGAMATED SHEARERS'OF AUSTRALASIA.

COBAR BRANCH.

UNION

BALANCE-SHEETS & AUDITORS' REPORT

COBAR BRANCH.--BALANCE-SHEET, 1887.1887. RECEIPTS.

Nov. 21-To Total ReceiptsTickets ... £125 12 6

,, Bank drafts &telegr'nlorders 130 0 0

- £255 12 6To less Ball's ...

Ticket moneynot received ...

1887. EXPEND)ITRE.

Nov. 21.-By General Expenses,, Balance in Hand

... 2110 0

£234 2 6

.. £175 13 1... 58 9 5

£234 2 (

18SS.-To Balance down...L58 9 5A. POYNTON, AI'DIToKS.J. A. RAMSAY, JA

Mar. 22, 1889. W\. PERCY, SECRETARY.

COBAR BRANCH.-BA LANCE-SHEET-1888.1888. ' RECEIPTS.

Dtec. 31.-To Balance in Hand ..

,, Cash frott J.. Sorenson receivedafter Audit 1887 ...

,, ,, Head Office Delegates...Expenses to Conference

E ntrance Fees, omitted Audit '87...,Arrears Collected... ... ..., Refunded to Head Office for H....

Deveraux ... ... ... ...,Advance Head Office Collected ...

from Swan... ... ... ...,, Cash received from Travelling ...

Agents,, Cash received from Rsident Agents

,, ,, ,, Representativesat Sheds ... . ...

, Cash received front Fines ...for Enrolment of Members by

W. Percy-303 at 12/6, £189 7 6347 ,, 10, 173 10 0

7,, 22/6, 7 17 65 ,, 20,', 5 0 0

Hon Members 12,, 2,6, 1 10 0-- £377 5 0

£1164 15 6

To Balance in Hand ... ... ... £378 7 11

1888. EXPENDITURE.Dec. 31.-

By Secretary's Salary 1887, £100;...do 1888, £115 ... ... .. £215 0

,, Secretary, Extra Clerical Work, £5 5 0,, Expenses-J. W. Sorensen, Agent 6 5

,, ,, e Meryula Strike-H....Cornish's Account . ... 1 5

,, Exchange on Cheques, 1887 and ..1888, and Cheque Books ... 4 13

,, Auditors' Fees, 1887... ... 2 2, Letter Box, and Office Fittings ... 3 14

B, ellringer's Account .. ... 0 13,, President's Illuminated Address ... 5 5,, Parcel's a.c, Coach & 'Trainage ... 6 12,, Postage, Telegrams & Stationery... 64 12,, Printing and Advertising, &c. ... 80 11., Agents' Salaries ... ... ... 232 15,, Legal Expenses ... ... ... 17 2

,,,. ,, Booymea Shearers,Coolah ............ 8 2

,, Buckinbar-Strike Rationsac ... ... ... £10 11 8

, Warrant ,,, ,... 26 14 5,, Munhurama ,, ,,... 30 16 8

-- 68 2,, Strike Pay-Mundado £10 0 0,, ,, -Buckinbar 1 10 0

- - 11 10,, Secretary's Expenses-Nymagee...

and Young ... ... ... 15 2, Secretary's Expenses -Coonamble 19 9,, Hire of Buggy and Horses ... 11 8,, Cash Paid for One Horse Killed ... 7 0,, Balance in Hand ... ... ... 378 7

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£1164 15 6

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Mar. 22, 1889.

POYNTON, AuditorA. RAMSAY, uitors.

W. PERCY, Secretary

COBAR BRANCH.-BALANCE-SIEET from31st December, 1888, to 7th March, 1889.

1889. RECEIPTS.March 7.-To Balance in Hand

,, Total Receipts, 1889...

1889. EXI'ENDIT'RE.March 7.By Secretary's Salary-Extra Clerical

Work...,, Secretray's Expenses-Executive...

Meetings,, Delegates' Expenses to Conference,. . Stageman, Ag't-Balance Salary,, W. Cohen ., ,.,, G.Perry ,, ,,.1 . R. Wallwood, ,,

,Printing and Stationery ...,, A. J. Hardwicke-Account ...,, Telegrams and Postage,, Exchange on Cheques... ..., etty Cash in Hand ... ...

Stamps in Hand, P. Order to be collected,Deficiency ... ...

,, Bank Balance ...

ASSETS.

... £378 7 1140 9! 5

£418 17 5

£5 0 0

3O 0( 040 0 0)14 2 016 2 !)

5 5 11S 4 0

20 (. 31 11 04 17 100 3 li5 0 01 19 01 11 i)1 2 2

2(i3 10 0

£418 17 5

Bank Balance ... ... ... ... 263 1Cash in Hands of Secretary ... ... 5 0 10Stamps in Hands of Secretary... . 19 0P.O). Order to be Collected ... ... 1 11Deficiency...... ... ... 1 2 2Cash in Hands of Chas Laird, Agent... (i 17 i

A. Dowd, , ... 6 (l 4,, ,, F. . Yates, ,, ... 9 4 4

£295 11 7

LIABILITIES.

Secretary's Salary .. ... ... £'34 6 7

£34 6 7

**, Al)ENDUM BY SECRETARY.The amount owing by Mr. Dowd, has since

been paid. Mr. F. W. Yates acted as lion.agent for five weeks after being settled with.He did not charge for travelling expenses forthat time, and I consider be should be allowedabove amount of indebtedness.

\V. PERCY.

SPECIAL AUDITORS' REPORT.ConBA, March 22, 1889.

To the Committee and Members of the CobarBranch, A S.U.

GENTLEMEN,-VWe beg to report having ex-amined all vouchers, and audited the books ofthe Branch for 1887, and have found themcorrect, with one or two slight exceptions.

In examining the register of tickets issued,we found that one was entered as 12s. 6d. whichshould have been £1 2s. 6d.

In Ball's account an error of 7s. 6d. occurs.These are the only mistakes tlat we found in thereceipts.

In the disbursements a discrepancy of 10s.occurs in Ball's account-the cash book showingan item of expenditure amounting to £5 10s.,whereas in the bank book the amount is only £5.

The balance in hand at last audit should havebeen £58 9s. 5d. instead of £57 Is. lid. as shownon the last balance-sheet. In arriving at thisbalance we have had to take items of expendi-ture under the head of Postage and Telegrams,from the journal, no copies of inward or outwardcorrespondence having been kept, nor the blocksof telegrams. In all the other items of expendi-ture, vouchers were produced. In contimuinmt ourexamination of your books for the year ending1888, we found, with the exception of four cases,the various accounts correct. The first mistakeoccurs in the following manner :-An agent ischarged for one 12s. 6d. ticket more, and one lessat 10s., making a difference of 2s. 6d. A similarease occurs in the balance of another agent.Again we find an agent charged for one moreticket than blocks produced. The result of ourexamination of the balance-sheet of your secretaryshows that he had charged himself with onemore 12s. 6d. ticket than he should have done.

In reference to the books, we may state theyareo +.o.+ Ut a... earJ-a man er as ney -1ou3are not ept in as clear a manner as they shouldbe, but as to the correctness of the same, verylittle exception can be taken. In order to be in aposition to ascertain the exact financial state of

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A MALGAMATED SHEARERS'i OF AUSTRALASIA.

PERCY.UNION

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

PRESIDENT-

Mr. W. G. SPrENcE, Creswick, Victoria.VICE-PRESIDENTS-

JAs. A. CooK, Chepstowe, Ballarat, Victoria.

CIAS. PoUTTUO, Allendale, Victoria.

MEMBERS-

W. W. HEAD, \Wagga Branch.

W. PERcY, Cobar Branch.

JAs. McINERNEY, Young Branch.

Tuos. WILLIAMS, Bourke Branch.

JAs. SLATTERV, Creswick Branch.

J. J. McCARTY, Moree Branch.

TREASURER-

A. POYNTos, Allendale, Victoria.

SECRETARY -DAVID TEMPLE, Creswick. Victoria.

BRANCHES-

Name of Branch. Secretary's Name and Address

Bourke, ......... B. H. Stanley, .. Bourke, N.S. W,

Creswick, ...... David Temple, ...Creswick, Vic.

Cobar........... W. Percy, ......... Cobar, N.S.W.

Moree............J. McCarthy,.........Moree, N.S.W.

Young ......... J. W. Toomey, ... Young, N.S.W.

\agga, ........ W . Head,......Wagga N.S.W

Adelaide.........J. A. Cooke, Hindley-st., Adelaide

J O H N C O N I. E Y q S

METROPOLITAN HOTEL, COBAR.

First-claas accommodation for travellers. GoodStabling.

Only best brands of Wines and spirits kept.Charges Moderate.

OLD ROSE INN, WAGGA WAGGA.

(Five minutes walk from railway station.)

HARRY DRYDEN, PROPRIETOR

Good accommodation for travellers, and the beatbrands of liquors obtainable. Good stabling

and loose boxes.

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your branch, we have had to audit up to the 7thMarch 1889, the (late upon which you sus-pended your secretary. The result shows 'hatthere should be a credit balance il the bankof £264 12s. 8d, instead of £263 10s. 6d, asshown by the pass-book, leaving a deficiencyof £i '2s 2d. We would draw attention tothe fact that some of the accounts contained in thebalance-sheet have not been passed for paymentby the committee, but vouchers have been pro-duced for all items of expenditure ; alsocopies of inward and outward correspondenceand blocks of telegrams transmitted. Forfurther particulars we would refer you to annexedbalance-sheets.

We have the honor to be,Gentlemen,

Your obedient servants,A. POYNTON PCSrt AUDITOS.

J. A. RAMSAY IXMarch 22nd, 1889.

EXPLANATION BY SECRETARY.

TO THE MEMBERS.GENTLEMEN, - In reference to the matter

referred to in above report, re Mr Ball'saccount, I be-' to explain that subsequent to mehanding Mr. Ball the X5 cheque, he received 10s.in silver from me, and both amounts were enteredtogether in the cash book, hence anomaly. I alsodesire to point out that during the first period,1887, which only covered a few months, theBrancll was not properly established. Fundswere scarce, and the proper office requisites-such as letter-books, letter-press, &c., &c., werenot provided, hence I was utterly unable tokeep matters in as business like style as I wouldlike to have done.

Yours, in Unity,

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iMA.\LGAMATED SHEARERS'A OF AUSTR.\.LSIA.

TIHE SHEARERS' RECORD.

UNION

NTETW FORMIMOI

AGREEMENTTO BE USED

WHERE SHEARERS PROVIDE THEIROWN RATIONS,

As unanimously adopted at a Conference ' etweeniSheepowners and Ren:esentatives of Pastoral As-sociations and the Delegates of the annualal Conference of the A.S.I'., held at Wagga \\agga,N S.W.. on 19th February, 1889.

AN AGREEMENT made and enterel into thisriav of I8

Between ofhereinafter called the sheepowner, of one part, andthe several parties or persons whose names are setout and signatures subscribed in the sche ulehereto, hereinafter called the said shearers of tihesaid part. Whereby the said shearers doth each ofthem hereby engage to shear and continue shearingfrom day to day until the whole of the sheep, theproperty of the said sheepowner, are shorn subjectto and in accordance with the following terms andcon.litions :-

I. That "the price of shearing wethers, eavs.a..d lambs be at the rate of per hundred for ailsuch sheep shorln; rams at the rate of perhundred for ail rams shorn ; money to ie paid bycheques on local banks or exchange allowed uon netamount earned.

2. That the said shearer shall be at thestation or run ready to comment *e shearing on the

day of ISand the sai- hereby agrees andundertakes to be ready to commence shearine.i onthat date and to keep him fully supplied with sheep,weather permitting, except in case of unavoidableaccident.

3. That before commencing work the saidshearers shall draw lots for their pens, and shallabide by the result of such drawing, the managerhaving the right to make any alteration de. dadvisable.

4. That all sheep be carried or taken carefullyfrom the pen to the shearing boaid, and shornthoroughly well in a proper and workmanlikemanner, the belly wool to le taken off first whenpractice le, and 1 lid aside.

;. That in opening the fleece at the neck bothblades of the shears to he kept under the wool andclose to the skin so as to avoid twice cutting, andshearers shall not be allowed to run the shearsthrough the fl-e e so as to break it down the centreor the back, and shall not stand on the fleece.

6. That in case he turns out a sheep badlycut and in-ufficiently tarred h'. shall at once sewand tar such cut or wound in his pen if required todo so by the pers n in charge of the shed.

7. That he shall not be allowed tokickror other-wise injure or illuse any sheep, and in case heseriously injure or illuse any sheep, or cut the ttatoff any ewe, or pizzle off any weather or ramn, lieshall forfeit and pay unto the said sheepowner themess rate for such sheep so injured, ind if such sheepbe fit for food to go to the Shearers' mess account,the Sheepowner reserving the right to refuse thefine and keep the sheep.

That he shall not be allowed to catch any,sheep from hI s pen for the purpose of being shuornwhile it is being filled, but shall during such fillingshear from such pen or pens as may be allotted tohim by the pe:'san in charge of the shed.

9. That he shall not be permitted to absenthimself frit..n his work, sickness excepted, withoutthe perm ' .i I of the manager, and on no pretencebring an Y intoxicating liquor on to the station, oruse any abu ,* h lae.nuage while engaged in shearing

of fine to be paid to nearest hospital.to. That in case he leave or in the opinion of

the Sheepowuer force his discharge by wilfullyslumming his work, or other misconduct, he shall becharged 15s per week for his board and lodging,cooks remuneration included, such sum to bededucted from amount due to him, and placed tocredit of shearers' mess account, and he shall alsobe fined los per week for the time he has worked,amount of such fine to be placed to the credit of theShearers Accident Fund.

II. That in case he be discharged for any othercause th.n wil .:fu.lly· s.:- . .is work the*r

shorn lby him, hut shall forfeit and pay unto thes:td sheepowner the slum of 15i per week for hisboard, lodging, and cooks remuneration included,such sum to be deducted from amount due to himnand placed to the credit of the Shearers' messaccount.

12. That the said Sheepowner slihll and willduring the whole of the time the said shearer or anyof them shall be ent.agedl as a shearer. supply himor them with the proper sleeping accommodation,cooking utensils, wood, and good water, free ofcharge.

13 That on demand the said Sheepowner shallpay to the said Shearer any sum not exceeding3o per centum of the amount due over and aboveone week's earnings at the time of su 'i dlem nd onsuffi, lent cause Ieing shown.

I.4. TlTi, in ,as hI refuses to coml;y or breakthe terms of this agreement, or tile o ukinig rules ofthe .\.S I., :s rintelon hack 'ereof which sailr.les are taken t., be part o. and embod ed in thisagreement, he may be at once dischartr'd, but shallbe entitled to fu'1 pay fir the number of sheep shornby him up to the time 'f su.'h discharge, subject topenalties hereinbefore provided for.

AND the said Sheepowrer hereby agrees to thesnid agreement, and to confi rm to the working rulesof the Amalgamated Shear rs' IUnion of Australasia,as printed on back heroo, regist 'red under theTrades Union Act. whic:lh said lules it is herebyagreed shall le taken end .Iemed to be and formpart if this eareement.

AS WITNESS the hands of the slid partiesthe day and year first Iefore written.

Signed by the slid StHl:rI'tiv\'NERin the presence of WITNESS.

The agreement to be uled where shee,.ownersprovide rations is similar to the above with theexception that clues l o, it and 12 rare struckout, and the following inserted in their place. viz, :-

10. That in case lie leave, or in the opinion ofthe Sheepowner force his discharge by wilfullyslumming his work, or othlier is:onduct, he shallbe paid in full for all sheep shiora by him. hut shallbe filled los per week for the time e he as wrked,amount of such fine to be played to the credit of theShearers' Accident Fund.

II. That in case he ie discharged for any othercause than that of wilfully slumming his work orother mis ondulct, lie shall le paid in full for allsheep shirn by him up t>lMate of discharge.

12. Th.tt the food supplied the soil shearersduring the tin: they are uenii.aed as shearers by thesaid sheepowner shall be clean, wholesome asndproperly cooked, and the acc'.om:nmlation clean andhealthy.

The above a-reement, with the alterations shown,has been adopted by the Union for all colonies, theonly difference being the price for shearing , and thatin all case, in Victoria shearers shall receive freeagistment for one horse only, irrespective of thenumber of sheep the employer has.

The following is the sale of prices fixed by theUnion for shearing in the different colonies.

New South \\ales -£I per too sheep withoutrations.

Victoria and South Eastern Distric s of SouthAustralia -- 17y 6d without rations, and ls per toowith rations.

South Australia (excepting the South EastDistricts)---CI per 100 without rations, whereSheepowners provide rations not yet 'definitelyfixed.

Head Office.14 4 I 89.

I). TEMPLE, Secretary.

WORKING RUL ES.(EIMBODIEi AS PART OF AGREEMENT.)

I. No member shall accept engagement underany agreement or rules other than that approved otand adopted by the Union.

*2. No persons other than shearers engagedshall shear any sheep, in any shed, without previouslyobtaining the sanction of the sheepowner and majorityof the members working .n that shed.

3. Learners may be employed as per followingscale:-I to 15 Shearers, I Learner ; 16 to 30Shearers, 2 Learners; over 30 Shearers. 3 Learners.No more than three to be employed in any shed.Learners may engage through the Union.

4. Members m:,y shear any number of 'sheepper day, but said sheep must be shorn in a fair andworkmanlike manner.

5. A member shall be paid in full for all sheepshorn by him up to the time of his discharge subjectto conditions of agreement.

6. In the event of any member being dischargedthe sheep last shorn by him may not be turned outof the pen until they have been inspected by Unionrepresentatives and members, at request of sheep-

w...e-. rrncntt.lve in order that they may be inowners represe9 * ave.* ,. , .. *- .· a .-Ia position to report as to whether the member had

wilfully slummed his wrkor not, such inspection totake place before sheep are counted out.

7. Any shearer forced to leave his work throughsome cause over which he has no control, su:h assickness in family, self, or accident, or summoned toappear at court, or other reasonable eause, shall bepaid in full for all sheep shorn u:. to date of leaving.In cases of accident, death, or sickness, a do:tor'scertificate to be suffi lent proof.

S. No shearer shall tar his sheep, except on asevere cut or stab, in which case he shall dress suchcut or stab to the satisfaction of the Sheepowners'representative.

9, No member shall be compelled to shear wetsheep.

to. The prices to he charged for ratii t; andshearers' reluisites by Sheenwn.-rs shall not exceedcost mlices, with , Is. o:' .c.u'ri. ,'atl 1to 'per cent.added.

Ir. Iree agis'men' for two h ,rses ;h 'l ',iallowed tu i very snearer in all ases whie-e s.l)epowners have not less than 5000 sheen; un ler thatnumber one horse. In the event of any -hearerhaving more than the number of horses specified, heshall pay such sum for each horse over the numberas may be agreed upon.

12. Sheepowners shall provide proper accnm-modation, firewood, choking utensils, and g ")dwater free of charge.

13. Sheepowners will provide at least onegrindstone for every twelve shearers employed.

14. The eight hours' system will be strictlyobserved by all members of the Union ; and su.harrangements shall be made in ea:hi shed that ii.tmore than forty-eight hours' work shall be .. ne pierweek on an average during the shearing. This ruleshall not alpply to cooks.

15. In all sheds where they provide their ownrations, shearers shall find their own cooks, exceptwhere cooks work conjointly for shearers and. sheep-owners. In such cases cooks may i)'1 engaged byslhelpowners. in all cases cooks must be meniiers ofthe Union, and shall produce certificate of conmpete.:ysigned by shed representative, who mu;t hav,. ieenduly authorised to sign same by resolution of mem bersin his shed.

ib. Cook; shall be paid not less than threeshillings per man per week in any shed.

17. Members are particularly requested to dojustice to the em loyeis ; and any member acting incontravention of this or any of the rules herein siallbe liable to, and may be expelled.

IS. Any member failing to fulfill his engage-ment, sheepowner shall forward his name to 'heSecretary of the nearest Branch of the Union.

t9. Any member failing to turn up at roll callshall be tined £t, unless satisfactory reasons are givenfor his neglect.

20. All fines inflicted upon members (exceptingclause 9 of agreement) and all moneys subs.'ri'ed bythem to the funds of the Union. ni:ty be d-elute.dfrom monies due to them by sheepowner. and m Ly lieforwarded by him to the nearest Branch of theUnion.

S A L L A T CO IIIL L'S,UNION COMMERCIAL HOTEL.

MONTOFORES.Every Acconmoidation. Also good grass paddock.

FARMERS' HOME HOTELTAKcurrA ROAD, \VWAi;A \VA(tcIA.

First-class aceconnoidation and good paddock withplenty of grass and water. onel but the beatliquors kept.

C. FULLER, I'nIOPKIITOK.

rT E R M I N U S HOT E L.1 (Adjoining Railway Station.)

\\'AA;(.A \A(;:A.

LARRY CORIIETT, PROI'RIETOR.(Late of Tarcutta).

First claps acconIuodation and civility. Winesand Spirits of the best brands. Stabling, batls,

billiards.

IVERINE SADDLERY ESTABLISHMENTBAYLES-ST., NEWTOWN, WAGUA.

W. T. MANSFIELD, Saddle and HarnessManufacturer, and Importer of every description inthe trade. Collars a speciality, at prices that willdefy competition. Country orders promptlyexecuted at very moderate charges. A large stockalways on hand.

COURT HOUSE HOTEL, ALBURY.ROBERT MURPHY.

Late of the Riverina Hotel, Germanton, andUnion Hotel, Tumberunba.

OOK'S WINE S HADESOO KERANG.

Cool Drinks,- eats and Beds; Free .Stabling;Agent for Shearers' Union.

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0 T I C E

SUBSCRIPTIONS

THE SHFAI{ERS' IIECORD

Are Overdue from a uumlber rof Suhscribers-these must be forwarded AT ONCE.

The Subscription is so low, and the Subscribers so heavy. that, current account- cannot bekept, and if the

SMALL SUM or 2s ld,

Which secures '7he I ec,'rd posted to any colonlfor 12 months, is n t sent forward, naiies 'cannot appear on the list.

Any person desirous of acting as Agent canbe supplied with subscription receipt hooks, byapplying to the Head Secretary or to this office.f applicant is known to us, .r a rcf,.rence issent from an Officer of the Union.

One thing must be distina'ly understood

4 U Under no circumstances can 7'Th Recordbe sent to anyone until the Annual Subscrip-tion is sent forward.

S'.NGLE COPIES NOT SUPPLIED.

ANDIGEW\ & TAYLOR,Printers and Publishers.

North Road, Newport.Melbourne, Vie.

THE SPEARING HOTELS,ECHUCA and SORRENTO.

Palace Hotel, Echuca. Continental Hotel,J. H. B. SPEARING, Sorrento,

Sole Proprietor. C. B. SPEARING• & Co

.OYAL HOTEL, WAGGA.

W. McALISTER intimates to the travellingpublic that he has leased the above Hotel fromMrs. Wheeler, and trusts by civility and attentionto merit a continuance of the patronage hithertobestowed upon the house.

JAMES KERR'S WAGGA HOTEL,Adjoining Railway station, Wagga Wagga.

OYAL HOTEL, GONGALGONJAMES A. ROBB, PROPRIETOR,

(late of Cobar, Bourke, Louth, and Brewarrina.)J.A.R., having taken possession of the aboveHotel, visitors and others may rely upon everycomfort and accommodation. Good stabling andsecure paddock for Horses. Tle best wines, beels,and spirits only kept. Every attention paid totelegrams for drovers and others. Call and giveJ.A.R. a trial. Chinese cooks not employed.

URRAJAA HOTEL, URANA ROADTwelve miles from Corowa, N.S.W.

SAM POWELL will be glad to see his old friendsat the above Hotel. The very best accommoda-tion for travellers, and good paddock for horses.

E DUNG Y'S PHOENIX HOTEL, ALBURY ROAD, COROWA.

Good accommodation for travellers. Lowestcharges in the district.

J O H N D O N O H U E,CUMBERLAND HOTEL,

HARE STREET, ECHUCA.Wines and Spirits of Best Quality always on hand.

GOOD ACCOMMODATION FOR TRAVELLERS.Free Stabling.

S A N D F O RD HOTEL,SANDFORD).

THOMAS H. NICHOLLS, PROPRIETOR.Good Accommodation.

Best brands of liquors kept. Cheap stablingand paddock.

FARMERS ' ARMS FAMILY HOTEL1P Corner of

HIGH & ANSTRUTHER STREETS, ECHUCAGood accommodationfor families, visitors and

travellers.Ales, wines and spirits of the best brands.

Charger moderate. Free stabling and loose boxes.P. SWANELL, Proprietor.

4 O'KEEFE'S HOME HOTELSFITZnMAUIo STREET, WAGAO WAGoGA

First-class accommodation for travellers at theabove well-known Hostelry. Good paddocks for

orses, and wines and spirit of the best brandsalways on hand.

Messrs. Ball Brothers,Sheffield.

Dear Sirs,Our shearing is now over, and I have

much pleasure in giving my testimony as to theunqualified success of your Shears. My shearers,some TWENTY-FOURi men, stated that they werethe BEST Shears they EVRn. uc-u,, Mad some, whenleaving my shed to go and shear elsewhere, boughtfrom me all the Shears I had left. The Shearswere your No. 1. Brand.

Please to forward mie another - Dozens ofyour No. 1. Shears per Messrs. -- & Co, intime for next season s clip.

I may mention that I have strongly recommendedyour Shears to all my friends, and feel sure thatan agency in the Colony would succeed in disposingof a large number.

Pray make any use you may desire of thisletter.

Yours faithfully,(signed,) GEO. H. COX.

Nov. 25, 1887.

R ED FLAG BAKERY, N.S.W.COURT STREET, BALRANALD.

Bread, :,unfectionery, Pies, Coffee, and Sundries.Thee SKhearer. rsIRcord kept on file.

J. HERITAGE.

S HERIDAN'S TEMPERANCE HOTEL,LCOBAR, N.S.W.

COMFOR ABLE BOARD AND LODGING.Good accommodatio'l for the travelling public.

Stabling for horses. Strict attention andmoderate charges.

W S. H O W A R DW , VATCIMAKER AND J EWELLER

BARTON STREET, COBAR.Jewellery, watches, clocks, fancy goods, toys,

patent medicines, musical instruments,Tobacconist's goods, firearms, amu-

nition, gun fittings, blastingpowder, fuse, &c. Sewing

machines and fittings allof first quality and at

moderate prices.

C ARRINGTON HOTEL, WAGGA WAGGA.One Hundred yards from Railway Station.

First-clnss accommodation. Private rooms forfamilies and others. Good paddock. Wines andspirits best brand.

E. W. NICHOLLS, Proprietor

C ALL AT K E 0 U G HVICTORIA HOTEL, ARMIDALE.

The Friend of thie Shearers. Liberal terms.Good Stabling.

A M. C U L L E N* General Blacksmith and Horseshoer,

FITZMAURICE-ST., WAGGA.

To SIIEARERS.-Horses shod in a scientific mannerby the above. Civility and attention combinedwith moderate charges.

Next Dyring's Store, Fitzmaurice street, WaggaWVagga.

B R I D G E I N NCASTERTON.

JOHN' DOYL E, PROPRIETORGood accomnmod tion. Good stabling.

Best brands of wines and spirits.

WHY ARE THE YOUNG NERVOUS, andthe middle aged DEBILITATED! This

s fully explained in a valuable Medical Treatise,by an EMINENT FRENCH HOSPITAL PHYSI-CIAN, thirty years a PARISIAN SPECIALIST,now retired). BE YOUR OWN PHYSICIANnd thus avoid all risk of being IMPOSED UPON.

Save time, money and disappointment by CURINGYOURSELF. Treatise sent by post in plain,secure envelope, for Six Penny Stamps. Addres*,Parisian Agency, P.O. Box 766, Sydney.

S P E C I A L N OT I C E.

TELEGRAMS sent to the Editor of The Recordmust be prepaid, otherwise delivery will not beaken

APRIL, 1889

TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.When travelling through Penshurst,

Call at H. J. OLLE s Store, where you can getanything and everything at the most reasonableprices. HI. J. O. is a cash purchaser of all kindsof dairy produce. Agent for the Queen and Inperial Insurance Companies, Weekly TimweAdlrocate, Shearer s' Record, and Slearers' Union'

UNTER ON THE HIIVWAGOA WAGUtA.

Watchmaker, Jeweller, Tobacconist, Bookseand News Agent. New York Standard 17sannum posted. Land and Labor Library Trgiven away-If posted a penny each will bequired.(. A B C A B A B

ARCHIE SMITH, PROPRIETOR, WAGIMEETS all trains and conveys Shearers to w

sheds at any hour. Orders left at White HeHotel will be promptly attended to.

A LBURY HOTEL, WAGGA WA(;(W. ithin half a minute's walk from R.ili

Station.L. N. TOUZEL desires to inform the public 1

lie has leased the above Hotel.Billiards, bath room, good stabling, acconmmoda

paddock.

S HEARERS N OTIC

THE SUN EYEWATER.

The Sun Eyewater. This invaluable prepition is a bona jide cure in all cases of Sa.and Swelling Blight. Inflamation is speedarrested, and a positive cure effected by a veryapplications. Instant relief will be obtained fithe FIRST application. Send for sample bottle.application on the first appearance of blightprevent weeks and perhaps months of sufferLll'eeL1 i3" " La"lllaU1"oi"' ~ "' CZUiillf~ 1o;1 DLLPrice 2s 6d each bottle. Reduction madelarger sizes.

THE SUN OINTMENT.The Sun Ointment cannot be surpassed as a c

for old wounds, skin diseases and sores of allscriptions. It speedily and effectively cures buiscalds, sore lips, pimples, &c., and is a splenremedy for chapped hands and chilblains. Itrial will convince sufferers that this is the 1ointment ever introduced to the public. Prices6d per pot. Large sizes at a reduction. 'above household remedies are prepared onlyMr. F. S. FALCONER, at his works, BungendoNew South Wales.

OHN BOLTON, CRICKETERS' HOTELS FORBES ROAD, GRENFELL.

Good Accommodaton. Good Stabling and GrPaddock. Charges Moderate.

B RANXHOLME HOTEBRANXHOLME.

E. GOUGH - PROPRIETOR.Accommodation paddocks. Cheap stabling

Best brands of wiues and spirit.

S HEARERS.-When passing through Wagdon't forget to call on W. TATHAM, one of I

promoters of the Wagga Union. Best brandstobaccos, pipes and stationery. Champion hadressing saloon. Civility, attention, cheapnequantity and quality.

Opposite New Post Office, Wagga Wagga.

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Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.

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