IN IRELAND.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1920, Page 2

IN IRELAND.

(Reuter’s Telegram.) ?. - A MIGHTY FAST. -; 0 LONDON October.P. The “Daily Mail” reflecting on the changed attitude regarding McSwqe-. ney, declares the wondering public is ' disking how it is done. Though he has : asted for fifty four days his -hand i% steady enough to shave himself e> ery morning. He reads a newspaper daily with interest. Official report states there is no reason to think death is near and no immediate danger. AN ARREST. LONDON, October 5. A man named Symington has been arrested at Brixton and was first charg’d with being illegally in possession >f arms, but now is charged with stealing nine plans from the Irish Office; These are alleged to include the Irish Chief (Secretary's Office plans, which are alleged to have been Btolen while Symington was Clerk of the .Office Works. v Other discoveries were made in Symington’s lodgings, which included a minute-book of the (English Branch of Sinn Fein. Of this Branch, Symington is the Secretary. FIFTEEN POLICE CAPTURED. - LONDON, October 5. A number of armed men surpri’edSchull Barracks, near Skiblhereen, and took 15 policemen \prisonerfc.t They \lso captured a quantity of rifles and unmunition and some machine guns. They burned the building. t . MILITARY ARREST OFFICIALS. LONDON, October fi A military force surrounded the Arbitration Court at the Town Hall in Wexford. Police then arrested the Mayor, Air Corish, who was presiding over the court, also Mr Foley, a merchant, and Mr Carty, the court registrar. ARMING OF VOLUNTEERS.; f \ ■'United Service Teiegrams). (Received This Day at B.4ft a.m.) LONDON, October 5. “Freeman’s Journal” states the Go■ernment is enrolling and arming Ul<ter volunteers as special constables. They are paid 70/- weekly with 10/extra for paid duty, and a pension for those injured on duty. The paper alleges that the grand lodges have taken the matter up and they, are thr intoning to expel members who refuse to join. / y THE PASTERS. (Received This Day at v ß.4o a.rrl»J LONDON, October 5. The public belief that Mc&voeney must' be getting fed is not shared by the Home Offices, which explicitly states he is refusing all food. 1 here is no reason to suspect that ho is receiving any from relatives. He takes hot water medicine, which arrests certain deteriorating processes. The. mystery of hunger strikers at Cork, who have, fasted two days (longer than ATeSweeney, is also unsolved and is confounding the doctors. ... ;- •