IN IRELAND.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 July 1921, Page 2

IN IRELAND.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAJSLE ASSOCIATION

OUTRAGES IN ULSTER

LOIDOX, July 4

Many outrages are reported in Con- | tral Antrim in Ulster. Telegraph wires were cut. Ballymena was thus isolat- . ed. In Tyrone (Ulster) incendiary j lires occurred in Omagh.

DE VALERA TO CONFER, LONDON, July 4. There are preparations for a conference between Mr de Valera and the Southern Unionist Commons proceeding in Dublin which city apparently is unconcerned at tiic prospects thereof. MORE HOSTILITIES. LONDON, July 2. During the week-end Sinn Feiners attempted to destroy a troop train, but were interrupted by the South Lancashire's. who surprised the rebels, laying six mines on the Great Southern Railway. Six of th 0 rebels were wounded while fleeing. Mines ancl other explosives .electrical apparatus, and a molr were captured. Meanwhile, during the week-end. Irish rebels murdered several, policemen. including two who were previously prisoners and another young constable who recently returned home from his honeymoon.

SINN FEIN. TN LONDON. LONDON, July 3. London is completely cordoned by special police with a view to cheeking the activities of Irish rebel incendiaries. Attempts to set fire to signal boxes and cut wires have been frustrated. BURNING FARMS. deceived This Day at 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, July 4. Armed, masked men burned five farm houses ami the contents, near Athlone, during Curfew hours. A blind woman, aged 90, had to lie carried from a burning building. No arrests were made.