ABSTRACT
The National Agricultural Labourers’ Union was established at Leamington in May 1872. The frequent visits and speeches of the Union delegates, however, and the growth of Union sentiments and influence in the villages, gave the Exning notice a look of coming trouble. A few Cambridgeshire and Suffolk farmers around Newmarket therefore convened a meeting for the purpose of conferring upon the best mode of dealing with this communication. The rules drawn up by the committee were agreed to by the Newmarket Association with this amendment, November 12, 1872. A copy of the rules was at the same time enclosed for the farmer’s information. The circular of March 1, 1873, was laid before a committee of the Newmarket Agricultural Association by the employers who had received it; and as it bore no signature, a decision was come to that no notice should be taken of it.
