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Amidst tension of mining licences, a digger was killed at the Eureka Hotel. At the trial, the judge found his friend not guilty of the murder.
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Minders were angry at the judges dection and demanded a new hearin during a meeting at the Hotel. Hotel is burned and 3 miners jailed for the crine.
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Miners get organised with the aim to get government to introducing voting rights, get rid of licencing system, improve administration o goldfields.