IN IRELAND.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 May 1920, Page 2

IN IRELAND.

(By Electric Xeiegmpn—Co iy right, i ROBBERY AND VIOLENCE.

DUBLIN, April 29

A raid was made on the police barracks at the village of Rush, fifteen mi|es from Dublin, Telegraphic communication was cut, and tliq connexions between Dublin and the North of Ireland seriously hampered. Information regarding the raid is sparse. It is reported that the roof of the barracks was blown off, and the sergeant commanding the defenders fatally injured. The Bantry mail train was held up at Kinsale Junction by a party of armed masked men. Two mail bags were

seized, The roads surrounding the junetion were strongly guarded a This is the third time this train has been robbed.

' IRISH RAIDS, (Received this day 'at 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, May I. A series of police raids in Belfast arid Dundalk resulted in the’ discovery of three hundred rounds of ball cartridges. Nine Sinn Fenners wore arrested. Forty armed men held up the village of Gortin, ip Tyrone, and imprisoned the residents in their houses until they lid set fire to and destroyed. IRISH AT LIVERPOOL, j (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, April 30. The position of the Irish at Liverpool is unchanged. The port is normal except for services to Ireland. The Cotton negotiations have failed.