PASSENGER TRAIN HELD UP.
CARRIAGES SET ON FIRE. LONDON, Sept. 23. Armed men held up a passenger train at liansha from Tipperary. They smashed the carriages, sprinkled them with petrol and set them on fire. Elsewhoro rails were torn up and culverts and bridges damaged. The Irregulars raided the grand canal boats and looted much property. Numerous ambushes occurred in Cork County. The Free Staters claim that they killed seven Irregulars.—A. and N.Z. cable. THE CONSTITUTION BILL. DISCUSSED IN DAIL EIUEAXN. LONDON, Sept. 24. The Dail put in hard work on the Constitution Bill, which reaches the committee stage on Monday. The Cabinet has announced certain clauses on which the Government will stand or fall, including the preservation of the treaty position, and recognition of the Crown. lhe bulk of the nation is breathing more easily again, seeing in the functioning of Dail happier and more stable conditions. Rebel activity is diminishing, except in Kerry, which is practically cut oil' from communication. Hundreds of the unemployed are starving. A captured rebel manifesto urges the. immediate establishment of a provisional Republican Government. —A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2486, 28 September 1922, Page 1
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185PASSENGER TRAIN HELD UP. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2486, 28 September 1922, Page 1
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