OUTRAGES IN IRELAND

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 108, 31 January 1921, Page 6

OUTRAGES IN IRELAND

POLICE. PARTY AMBUSHED.

(Rec. January 29, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 28. ■Major Holmes and a party of auxi i aries who were proceeding in two motor lorries were ambushed near C\stlo Island,’County Kerry. Forty rebels opened fire on them from behind the fences both sides of the roadway; Major constable was shot dead. Dublin la tie has issued a statement which says that sixtv raiders at Castle Island used two machine-guns, disarmed the auxiliaries, al Afajor Holmes succumbed to his injuries to-day.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' London, January 29. Armed men entered the Wicklow Hotel, Dublin, and fatally shot William Doran. a Soldiers surprised a party which was in ambush at Coachford, Cork, killing one and capturing ten, of whom five were wounded. , . , , _.. . , Thomas Blake, a chemist at Limerick, was fatally shot in the street near his home.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AMERICAN LADY KIDNAPPED. London, January 28. An American lady who returned to Ireland to claim a farm at Fermoy was kidnapped from a motor-car near Formoy by masked men. —Aus.-N.Z. lab.o Assn, \ A REJECTED PROPOSAL. (Rec- January 30, 5.5 p.m.) Washington, January 28. Representative Mason, of Illinois, offered an amendment in the House to the Diplomatic Consular Appropriation Bill authorising the appointment of. a Minister to the Republic of Ireland. It was ruled out of order.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AMERICAN RELIEF COMMITTEE. Washington, January 28. A group of Quakersjias sailed for Ireland for the purpose of ascertaining for the American Committee of Irish Relief what measures of relief are needed. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. O’CALLAGHAN ORDERED TO GO. Washington, January 28. The Labour Department has ordered Daniel O’Callaghan, Mayor of Cork, to leave the United States by February It. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. -IRISH M.P. RESIGNS. London, January 28. Mr. Sweetman, M.P. for North Wexford. has resigned owing to a difference with the Dail Eireann. Mr. Sweetman advocates an immediate peace for Ire-land.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.