THE IRISH PROBLEM.
AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCi-JION, ulster, strife. LONDON, May 27. When Crown forces in armoured cars attempted to operate in a Republican quarter of West Belfast, they were obstructed. by barricades composed of -s*’ road stones and seats, which haj been piled up by the civilian residents overnight,
An armed gang attacked a stc.-lilAr at Tory Island when about t(i lc4f.;e Dundalk. They locked up the > captain in the cabin, smashed compasses and wrecked the engines, the vessel being completely disabled, and unable to sail. Gunmen continue a campaign of murder in. Belfast.
A' Protestant youth, yvho was a prominent footballer, was shot dead when returning from work.
An area adjacent to the South Strand, was a scene of the fiercest fighting, several people being wounded. An Ulster “special” constable was afterwards ambushed and shot dead.
SYMBOLS DESTROYED. LONDON, May 26,
A large force of Sinn Feiners attacked Ballywater Park, which is I/ord Dunleatli’s seat, in County Down, but the police forces, after a determined fight, heat off the raiders. The statue of Lord Dunkellin, erected in Eyres’s Square, in Galway City, has been pulled down. It was dfngged through the streets and was thrown in. to a. sewer. One of those concerned de-~ dared that they intended to demolish every symbol of landlord tyranny. IRISH CONFERENCE AT LONDON, LONDON, May 27, Tile Conference of tile signatories to tile Irish Treaty will hold iff formal conversations at the Coioiiial Office, pending Mr Michael Colliiis’ arrival tomorrow',
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1922, Page 2
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249THE IRISH PROBLEM. Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1922, Page 2
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