IN IRELAND

Hokitika Guardian, 27 February 1920, Page 2

IN IRELAND

A~usrnAi.J\X <S~ x.r. r. a w.fi association; HOME RULE BILL. SIX COUNTIES CUT QU^. LONDON, February 26. Th« "Daily Chroni)cle” states the new Home Rule Bili will abandon the idea, of county option, and wijl substitute a ‘lent’’ of six Ulster counties, from the rest of Ireland and from the operations of Hontp Rule.

FIRST 'READING- BEFORE PARLIAMENT. LONDON, February 26. In the House of Commons the Home Rule Bill was officially described as a "Bill, for the better Government 'of Ireland.” It was formally presented this afternoon and was read a first time.

The text of the Bill will not be Published till to-morrow, or Friday. Tliis is iiwaited with some impatience by politicians as certain points are still obscure especially the geographical extent of the territory the Government proposes to place under a separate Ulster l’arli >"'cnt. It i« understood the Cabinet only arrived at its final conclusion on ’this point last night.

CURFEAV IN DUBLIN. LONDON February 25. Dublin’s first experience of midnight curfew passed without incident saving the detention of a dozen travellers without passes. The streets were unlighted. ANOTHER RAID. (Received this day at 8 a.ni.f LONDON, Feh. 25 A gang raided John Curman’s farmhouse at Mennling, Donegal. They tied the farmer to a tree while they ramsacked the farmhouse, stealing three hundred sterling.