THE IRISH PROBLEM.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 August 1922, Page 2

THE IRISH PROBLEM.

IUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. LEFT FOR DEAD. LONDON, August 29. Rebels fired a volley as a congregation was leaving Westport Catholic Church, where a mass for Mr Collins had been celebrated killing five and wounding several. LONDON, August 29. Edward Isherwood an English motor driver, w r as removed from his house, Cork, by masked armed men and a card inscribed “convicted spy, L.R.A.” was pinned to bis clothes. He. was shot and left for dead in n field. Isherwood feigned death until the rebels left and then obtained help. Before the shooting the rebels accused Isherwood of driving Mr Collins when the latter was shot, and mentioned six other motor drivers they meant to shoot.

CUTTING CABLES. I LONDON, August 29. j An official bulletin states Irregulars | under the direction of Mr Childers, ! started cutting trails-Atlantic cables in j Valencia harbour in the afternoon. The j arrival of troops compelled the aban- | donment Of the work, after cutting one.

PRISON SET ON FIRE. (Received this day At 8 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 30. Following on unsneessful attempts by Irregulars to capture Maryborough prison, where six hundred Irregulars are interred, the prisoners set fire to their mattresses and obstructed the guards efforts to quell the outbreak. The guards then fired over the prisoners heads and drove them into the courtyard w-here they were rounded up. When the fire brigade arrived they found the water supply had failed. Intense excitement prevailed, a huge crowd listening to machine gun fire which was audible from the interior.

REPUBLICAN WOMEN ACTIVE. LONDON, Aug. 29. Roving bands of rebels continue to operate in various parts of Ireland. There are many instances of women organising ambushes. Same of them are armed. They partake in the shooting. The majority however, are content to remain in the background. It is stated they incite males to' acts of violence or destruction. Since Michael Collins’s death it is reported the authorities have received much assistance from civilians who do longer are afraid to give information as to the rebels’ activities':