IN IRELAND

Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1920, Page 2

IN IRELAND

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

SHOOTING AFFRAY. LONDON, March 5

A party of Sinn Feiners entered a. grocer’s shop in a village near Thurles, Tipperary, and fired revolvers at two constables who were making purchases for the barracks. Constable Herne took cover, shooting from behind the counter until he was killed by a bullet. His. companion who was not injured, fired until the raiders decamped. A farmer named Martin Cullinlan was killed by a revolver fired through a window wnile he was visiting friends in the Atherrv distret. Sir Edward Carson, speaking at Belfast, said that if Sinn Fein terrors were attempted in Ulster, the whole Society would he organised to end the dastardly crimes.

ANOTHER HOLD UP. LONDON, March 7

Four masked armed men entered the hospital at Cork, held up the staff, and j divested them of watches and jewellery, I saying: 41 We are from London, and have come to Ireland to make money. CAPTURED STATE DOCUMENTS. LONDON, March 10. The “Daily Telegraph” states the Sinn Feiners, in the capture of mails (cabled on 3rd), secured valuable State documents likely to have a m;st important effect in America. ANOTHER ARMED ATTACK. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, March 10. A large force of armed masked men attacked and captured the police barracks at Hygenstown after cutting the communications. • Five police occupied the. barracks and also a constables wife and five small children. The attackers beginning at 11.30 at night maintained rapid fire with rifles, revolvers and many grenades for ninety minutes. Constable Rvan was wounded by a grenade and died from loss of blood. Another grenade wounded the woman and three children. The assailants escaped after seizing the police weapons.

FAVOURABLY' CONSIDERED LONDON, March 16.

A record gathering of Ulster Unionist Council, at Belfast, considered the Home Rule Bil] and adjourned after S : r E. Carson explained the measure. The speech was not \ published, but speaking later, Sir E. Carson, showed that Ulster was not irreconeillaibile. He .said if opponents were going to work Parliament ip the west, south Ireland for the benefit of all classes, and creeds, Ulster Unionists would be the first to shake hapds and say as brother Irishmen we wish you luck. The Scotsman forecasts the new Irish Land Bill is generously planned, completing. the long delayed purchase scheme.,, ULSTER UNIONISTS. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, March 10. Ulster Unionists Council at Belfast rejected the proposal that Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan should be included in the Bill, favouring the exclusion of the six countries. While they considered Union with Britain the' best system of Government, they could not assume the responsibility for attempting to defeat tfc? Bill.

SIX MONTHS -SENTENCE. (Received Tfiis Day at 8 a.m.)

LONDON. March 9. Mr Diamond, editor of the London “Catholic Herald,” was sentenced at Old Bailey to six months for an article inciting to murder iLo-rd French, and others responsible for the Government of Ireland, under the guise, of the argument, “if an oppressed nation is goaded into killing, it is not murder.” ULSTER. AGREES. '(Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Mafch 6 Ulster Unionist Council is understood to agree to accept the six Cpunty proposal. There is much excitement. “Freeman’s Journal” says large forces of troops have entrained for the south west.

THE IRISH SETTLEMENT) .(Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, March 8

Mr Docknell, a member of the Commons, the onj.v Upionjst puts id p Ulster and a popular business magnate of Dublin, has notified tiie rejection of the motion of Home Rule, on the ground that It partitions Ireland into factions, invalidates the co-operation of the best elements, divorces protestant.s of the south and north, while Catholics suffer similarly.