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THE LIST OF 'SPECIAL CONSTABLES' SWORN IN AT HAY - August 1894. |
Dramatic incidents at the Hay railway station during the 1894 shearers’ strike prompted pre-emptive action by local magistrates. At a special meeting the magistrates decided that, “in apprehension of a riot”, one hundred ‘special constables’ should be sworn in to assist the police in “the preservation of the peace and for the protection of the inhabitants [of Hay]”. Summonses “in pursuance of Statute 19 Victoria No. 24” were issued and a total of ninety-seven ‘specials’ were sworn in on 29 and 30 August 1894. The names of those who briefly served as ‘special constables’ at Hay are listed below (as published in the Riverine Grazier, 31 August 1894). |
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Patrick Abberton
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J. Jacka
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L. Quarttert
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W. G. Acocks
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H. A. Jennings
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Joseph Addicoat
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O. Jones
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J. Rawnsley
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B. H. Andrew
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A. Reid
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M. Armitage
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John Karnaghan
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G. Reid
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G. R. Ayre
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J. H. Reid
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W. J. Lloyd
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M. Reid
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T. W. Blanche
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G. Lobb
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L. S. C. Robertson
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George Bond
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W. O. Russell
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T. C. Booth
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John McFarlane
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John Britton
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F. MacIver
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G. Sadler
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J. Broad
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R. C. McKinney
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John Sandow
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Charles Brown
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J. B. McLaren
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Thos. Sinclair
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H. B. Broughton
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H. B. Maclure
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J. C. Smith
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H. R. Broughton
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J. P. Markey
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J. C. Smith
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W. G. Butterworth
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T. A. Massie
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S. C. Sorenson
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F. A. Byrne
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F. A. Meakes
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Allen Staley
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Geo. Meeson
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E. D. Stewart
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H. Camper
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C. J. Miller
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V. B. Sylvander
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E. A. Champ
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Alex. Moffat
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F. J. Clancy
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A. A. Monypeny
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Joseph Taylor, jun.
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H. G. Cockerton
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F. E. Morgan
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P. B. Terry
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E. Cronk
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G. S. Mullen
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J. Thacker
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W. Thurgood
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W. Dawson
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J. Newton
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A. Turner
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G. D. Devine
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John Donaldson
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T. S. Page
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G. W. Watt
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G. H. Donohoe
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W. A. Parker
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