IRISH AFFAIRS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1923, Page 3

IRISH AFFAIRS

AUSTRALIAN ANT) N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. IJUSir KILLINGS. LONDON. March kr,. Irish rebels who ambushed a j.orty o: Free Staters, near Wexford. wounding mi oHirer and three soldier". wore sttbKeqiii i.' 1 v rounded up ami lour killed. MOL’i: WOMEN KILLED. LONDON, March 2L M-s Fitzpatrick, ngo-l eighty. ami her nuu'i ii i! daughter. were -.hot in their Du,:., .n; Edgowoithstowii, C'umifv Long:oi-f.i \ fined men failed at the hoU " at midnight and demanded admittance. The* women refused to unbolt the dm r and shots were fired through, billing hot!:. The daughter was man a d to a. Dree Stale oflitet who k..d l,eeii home on leave. Tilt Modv of a young man was found $ -id..' Trnm|tiiihi Convent in upper ktuiimincs. with the head, chest find shoulder riddled with bullets fired at elc.se r. age, there Iwing fourteen in the ilea L it is believed that the liia-' was murdered l,v rebels and is have been a spy. Ilis gold wriisD 0 ’ watch was still going v. hen .y was found. General Sweeney, eornitiaiidiiig *u County Donegal, In- issued a prn:!ali'ation -luting that if Irregulars eoiii ' tinuc burning property. seven men sentenced t . death at ftrmnhoe Castle would be oxcellicd. DUTY ON ENGLISH GOODS. LONDON, March 2 r, According to the “Daily Telegraph's’’ Dublin correspondent, the Free State’s decision to impose a 33 l-.‘i ]ier cent, duty on English-made goods has caused n sensation among business men. Some hope .that it. will be reduced.