SPANISH BOMB PLOT
[Australia A N.Z. Cable Association.] MADRID, June o. Travellers from Barcelona st-te that the police there discovered an electric bomb weighing eighty kilogrammes neat' Burioiona, which was intended to blow uo the Royal train in a tunnel i'i .June iL.h.. when ihc.tr Spauish Majestic-, left Madrid. Fourteen students t.nd workmen, described as Separatists, and members of a Catalonian Extremists society are stated to have keen arrested, blit the authorities deny all knowledge of the alleged plot-. The censor sand ilia, publication was forbidden of any news of the affair. •I-ONDON. June 0. A Central News message from Perpignan states that the bomb found by the police ill the Sitjos tunnel, near Barcelona, bad most ingenious elec- I tritiil connections with the plans; of the' railway. Elaborate, instructions were also discovered.
A few days ago an a item] t was made to blow ip) the palace of the Marquis Castufibelli, at Barcelona, where the King and Queen ct Spain were visiting. A bomb was exploded in trout ol the palace, alter the Royal visit was over. No one "a- injured. though much damage was done. It, is reported als.i that, a bomb was | found in tin- Carcelcna Cathedral, just ! before King Alfonso attended .Mass, j .MADRID. Juno G. j Further |at tics ol travellers confirm i the previous accounts of an attempt being made on the Royal train, which it appears, was due to start for Madrid, from Barcelona, when the bomb was discovered. Their Majesties postponed tin ir departure and they remain at | Barcelona. I-ONDON. June fi. It is reported that a bomb was found in Baru'lona Cathedral a few minutes before Ma s, at which King Alfonso attended. Four priest t arc reported to have been arrested. I-ONDON. June G. Their Majesties narrowly escaped death while motoring in the outskirts of Barcelona. A motor car containing secret police "as leading the Royal proiession, and it crashed into an electric train at a level crossing. One policeman was killed and four were injured critically. The Royal car avoided the crash hv inches.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 June 1925, Page 2
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