IRISH POLITICS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1933, Page 5

IRISH POLITICS

CENSURE MOTION OPPOSITION HOPES. i United U f eea Association.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright., DUBLIN, September 28. Facing to-morrow s censure motion for me alleged misuse- of the public safety Act, and also facing an Opposition wno are united for the first time, Mr tie Valera will be surrounded by an electric atmosphere m the Jya'il Eireaim. M do Valera is secure from immediate defeat, because the Labour Party will oppose the Opposition’s censure motion. Nevertheless farmers ui e restive.

The Republican Army is hostile to Mr de Valera. unprecedented numbers of armed police have guarded the -precincts of parliament.

Mr de Valera has not announced his policy. tins session should be one of the most interesting in the Bail Eireann’s history, since the united parties in opposition will do their utmost to divide the Ei.anna Fail Party and the Labour Party. Some of the Labour members are apprehensive regarding the Government’s alliance, Two new tariffs are being added to the already formidable list, namely a duty on ro-se trees, and one on grass' seed.

Presenting a most conspicuous figure, a United Ireland deputy, Mr Minch took his seat wearing the Blue Shirt. ‘ Superintendent O’Connell and Inspector Mooney, two Civic Guard Officers x have been suspended as the sequer to the Clonmel cattle sale, cabled on September 20.