IRISH AFFAIRS

Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1924, Page 1

IRISH AFFAIRS

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BOUNDARY COMMISSION,

LONDON. May 1

\j r Thomas (Colonial Secretary) has liaib a conference with the l ister I’roir.br iMir das. C raig). The "Daily Express” understands that the Government in tenth, lo "istltuto a Boundary Commission. it "ill invite rIM-.-r u. appoint a reprosontalive, if l ister refuses, the legality ol the Commission functioning without an l ister representative "ill he contested in the Courts. An amending hill will only heroine iiere»sary in the event of the ruling being against the Government. LONDON. May 1. Tie ••.Morning IWV I’.ell'ast correspondent says: A series of explosions, the cause bring undiscovered, occurred lei ween Dnnnimtiiy and Wattle bridge, along the Fermanagh border, and were heard at Bcltubct, eight miles away, where pictures; and crockery fell. Ulster Constabulary and Kr-.’e St: to .Military are both investigating. LOUD IiIKKKN 11 LAD'S STATEMENT. LONDON, May 1 Lord DirUenhead, speaking at Liverpool, said that as one of the signatories ol the Irish he felt hound to make his own position dear. It was true that private interviews occurred between Mr Michael Collins and Mr Arthur Griffiths -and himself. The difficulty of his task now was not lessened by the tact that both Collins and Griffiths were dead. Ho denied giving any assurance to the Irish negotiators inconsistent with the terms of the Treaty regarding the British Government’s intentions or in any way affecting the plain language of the Article dealing with the Ulster Boundary Commission. A\ itliin a few weeks of the signing of the Treaty, he had stated in the'House of Lords that there would he a conference for redistribution of the boundaries. He hoped that Ulster might yet be persuaded to appoint a commission.