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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).
[Click here to read reports from the Riverine Grazier and Sydney Morning Herald of the events at Hay during the 1894 shearers’ strike]


 
Name
Comments
 
 
Name
Comments
 
 
Name
Comments
A
 Patrick Abberton
 
 
J
 J. Jacka
 
 
Q
 L. Quarttert
 
 
 W. G. Acocks
 
 
 
 H. A. Jennings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Joseph Addicoat
 
 
 
 O. Jones
 
 
R
 J. Rawnsley
 
 
 B. H. Andrew
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 A. Reid
 
 
 M. Armitage
 
 
K
 John Karnaghan
 
 
 
 G. Reid
 
 
 G. R. Ayre
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 J. H. Reid
 
 
 
 
 
L
 W. J. Lloyd
 
 
 
 M. Reid
 
B
 T. W. Blanche
 
 
 
 G. Lobb
 
 
 
 L. S. C. Robertson
 
 
 George Bond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 W. O. Russell
 
 
 T. C. Booth
 
 
M
 John McFarlane
 
 
 
 
 
 
 John Britton
 
 
 
 F. MacIver
 
 
S
 G. Sadler
 
 
 J. Broad
 
 
 
 R. C. McKinney
 
 
 
 John Sandow
 
 
 Charles Brown
 
 
 
 J. B. McLaren
 
 
 
 Thos. Sinclair
 
 
 H. B. Broughton
 
 
 
 H. B. Maclure
 
 
 
 J. C. Smith
 
 
 H. R. Broughton
 
 
 
 J. P. Markey
 
 
 
 J. C. Smith
possible duplication
 
 W. G. Butterworth
 
 
 
 T. A. Massie
 
 
 
 S. C. Sorenson
 
 
 F. A. Byrne
 
 
 
 F. A. Meakes
 
 
 
 Allen Staley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Geo. Meeson
 
 
 
 E. D. Stewart
 
C
 H. Camper
 
 
 
 C. J. Miller
 
 
 
 V. B. Sylvander
 
 
 E. A. Champ
 
 
 
 Alex. Moffat
 
 
 
 
 
 
 F. J. Clancy
 
 
 
 A. A. Monypeny
 
 
T
 Joseph Taylor, jun.
 
 
 H. G. Cockerton
 
 
 
 F. E. Morgan
 
 
 
 P. B. Terry
 
 
 E. Cronk
 
 
 
 G. S. Mullen
 
 
 
 J. Thacker
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 W. Thurgood
 
D
 W. Dawson
 
 
N
 J. Newton
 
 
 
 A. Turner
 
 
 G. D. Devine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 John Donaldson
 
 
P
 T. S. Page
 
 
W
 G. W. Watt
 
 
 G. H. Donohoe
 
 
 
 W. A. Parker
 
 
 
 W. Wheeler
 
 
 Thomas Duggan
 
 
 
 John Parsons, sen.
 
 
 
 Lindsay Whitehead
 
 
 
 
 
 
 John Parsons, jun.
 
 
 
 T. W. Wood
 
F
 J. G. R. Fewings
 
 
 
 F. L. Phillips
 
 
 
 W. E. Woodward
 
 
 H. Fynmore
 
 
 
 F. L. Phillips
possible duplication
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 W. Pope
 
 
Y
 C. W. York
 
G
 R. M. Galloway
 
 
 
 Henry Proctor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 F. Gibbs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 R. Gibson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 G. Gill
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
H
 G. Haines
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 E. J. Heath
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Alex. Henry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 J. Hews
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 C. Hidgcock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 W. K. Hoare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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