PROCLAIMED ILLEGAL
BLUE SHIRT AUXILIARY
O'DUFFY AT WATERFGRD
DUBLIN, August 24. General O'Duffy's engagement to address the National Guard Association at Watcrford Town Hall was abandoned after the Government proclaimed the meeting illegal. Two hundred Civic Guards occupied the hall prior to the arrival of General O'Duffy, who conferred with the police superintendent and announced that the meeting would not be' held. Blue Shirt'supporters had contended that the association as an auxiliary of the National Guard was excluded from the ban. The Government announced that associate membership of the Guard was included in the ban, therefore the activities of women's and youths' branches were illegal. Genera] O'Duffy, from the steps of a Waterford hotel, announced the abandonment of the meeting, and was greeted with cheers. Both sections of the crowd attacked a man believed to be a member of the National Guard. The police drew their batons and disarmed several men who had sticks concealed under their coats. General O'Duffy decided to stay the night at Waterford, and intends to proceed to other meetings arranged for Friday and Saturday.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 49, 26 August 1933, Page 13
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179PROCLAIMED ILLEGAL Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 49, 26 August 1933, Page 13
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