THE IRISH PROBLEM.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 December 1922, Page 2

THE IRISH PROBLEM.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ROYAL ASSENT GIVEN TO CONSTITUTION. London:, ,£><*: The Irish Constitution Bill has received the Royal Assent. STUBS SEARCHED FOR ARMS. LONDON, Dec. 5. Arms seized at Liverpool on a steam, er included many thousands of rounds of rifle and revolver ammunition (ball cartridges), also a large quantity of chemicals used in the manufacture of high explosives. The arms were hidden under a layer of kegs labelled “Putty.” Twelve casks of chemicals were labelled “Soda.” A large quantity of ammunition "'as also found on another Southern Irish vessel, concealed in a cargo of fodder, COSGROVE TAKES A REST. LONDON, Dec. o After the assembly of the Free State Parliament, Mr Cosgrove, acting on medical advice, will take a two months’ holiday* Besides his .public worries Mi's Cosgrove is seriously ill. The Republicans’ failure to attempt fhe expected coup d’etat is 'believed to be due to defections ii! their ranks. It is freely declared in Dublin that Ed Valera, is'anxious for the cessation of hostilities: “PLAIN Tlit. HEALY L” . I LONDON, Dec. 5. j Mr Timothy Healy, interviewed after his appointment as Governor-General of the Irish Free State, said:—“l have always been plain Tim Healy. .and, as Governor-General, 1 shall always hope to remain Tim Healy. I will never ; accept a. title. Simplicity will be tho keynote of my office.”