THE IRISH PROBLEM

Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1923, Page 3

THE IRISH PROBLEM

HAILWAY STATION IH'KNT. ’ WSTiiAI.I.W rtNO Si (Arii.f; ,\g«(»('IA I,OX DON, dan. II Armed I rregulars ignited Sli.no i ailwav station which wits completely destroyed. The entitles to-re run towards a dee)) water horth. One led into the river and the others wete wrecked at a dead mid. The statimi master';- itouse "as destroyed. I! El! FI. RAM) AT SI.IGO. G R FAT DA .MAG It TO I! A i I,WAYS. LONDON, dan. II The "Daily Chronicle's’’ lielnist enrrc namlent states :-Eight magnificent locomotive.-, all driverless, swept at full -peed 11 1 roil!i Sli.no station in the middle of the itiytiit. as a prelude to a tlesperate rebel attack on the town. The lirst engine crashed into some concrete buffers, tiiid lopplied over puffing furiously. A few moments alter a -e----eond locomotive was heard, ami llamcwere seen leaping from the smoke stack. The engine passed through the station and reached the omiy. where il plunged into the sea twenty leet below the railway <|liay. A third ■ s 11 in;• left tie track before il reached the <|iiay. and climbed a seawall, whe: 1 -. 0 -idl halms, threatening to topple into lo" s-ea. Fiv- other engines were derailed near the SI ion sta l ion. Due In-nured rebel raiders tallowed, inclm iug acme

v.cmeu. who sowed t'e.' -*t-i!'o:i oremo- 1 ' with powerltil mines, ‘-naked the hoihl ing- with petrol and htiml two loo: passenger train-. W’ "n the nin es Je li.naled. the i'k'H a>a :"'d v- I'reboit " were Mown skywards. The v. Le!" fowl

11 avil1 1 ; I'esD'oved the railway, the i-,,!,e1s attacked tlm courthouse, .gaol, and other buildings, using bombs and machine-guns freely. I-Yeo State troops, u mg armoured cars, endeavoured to repel the .‘■Dark, hut were hampered by the darkness, though lighting in the street la-led hours. At dawn the rebels disappeared, having done damage in Hligo which i- assessed at leas! at one hundred thuu--a nd. THE OCCUPATION. .Received this lay .'.( it in.) PA.HLB. .Jantiary 12. The ‘'Echo de Paris’ Alayc-nce ve-poudent stales Thrasen the great industrialist says the i oal syndicate's action was taken with ( abniet s approval. De (loutte says he intends to inaugurate a new kind of military occupation namely an invisible occupation. Judging by the absence ol tbe military demonstration in the streets, this succeeded. The “Journal’' says Foch's hand is seen iu all this neciipution which is civil rather than military, and it dcl ends en the Germans whether France exercises pressure or not. The “Petit Parisien’s” Berlin corresnondent states Cabinet ordered tke coal syndicate at Hamburg to cease delivery of coal, on account of the rerm rations. A member of the syndicate says n notable decrea-e in coal production and dearth of foe! in Cerinunv must be expected. Large importations of English coal are probable. Notwithstanding tlm extoin.il calm, the occupation ol’ F-sen is undoubtedly fiercely resented.

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MOSTi: \I.I \N ANO N.Z. CA HI.K ASSOCIATION'. All NOR TTIFS SUB-GOAIAIFBSION (Received this dav at 8 a.m.7 LAUSANNE. Jan 12. The Alin iritii’s Suh-Oommi.ssioii reach ed a unanimous agreiinent. The Turkhavo undertaken to give full amnesty to all Christians except lot) persons who will he expelled. The A Hit’s drooped the proposal that Christian- should not he liable to military service. atiu.ro was no likelihood of the ! nrks agreeing thereto.