IRISH AFFAIRS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3452, 6 April 1920, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS.

FIRES AND CA'f'l‘LE DRIVES.

S’l‘A'J.‘E RECORITS DESTROYED.

LONDON, April 4.

The Fire Brigade at" Dublin Was_e—ngagea for three. hours last night coping with eight separate fires in income tax collectors and Survc-ym*H' °ofiioes in different parts of the city.‘ Bm"ul'c they were subdued nmsses of 3111}?-':1't' ant Acorrespondenco and documents were destroyed, Whlcli was doubtless the incendiaries’ object, The caretakers were previously held up with revolvers. Similarly fires occurred ‘in the Pensions and Inland Revenue Offices in Cork, separa.ted by half a mile.

Many rounds of revolver ammunition were seized aboard a vessel reaching Londonderry on‘ Saturday.

The Governor of V the Londonderi-y gaol would not allow the Nationalist Mayor of the city to see Sinn. Fein prisoners, he not having taken the oath of allegiance. The Clough Police S,ta.tion in County Down was blown up last night. There were numerous raids on police burracks in various parts of the province. Judge Kenny imposed a. local levy of £SOOO to compensate the relatives of D. Hunt, shot dead at Thurles. The Counly Court al 'l‘ip'perary similarly awarded the relatives of Sergt. Brade, killed at Dorrha, £2OOO, and the relatives of Constable Floey, Wounded on the same occasion, £230. The stations at Loughbrickland, Rostrevor, and Trillick were blown up or burnecl down. The occupants had previously withdrawn for safety to larger towns.

Eighteen hundred men participated in 11 Cattle drive in Galway, clearing thousands of acres. The police were powerless. -Many smaller drives occurred in Mayo. There .were three drives to-day in the Ballyhaunes district. The residence of General LeWin, a large land-oW'ner, was attacked. The military arrived on the Scene and fired over the heads of the fleeing drovers. They arrested six.

FIFTY POLICE BARRACKS

DESTROYED.

FIRES IN TAXATION OFFICES.

LONDON, April 5.

Dublin Castle authorities on Sunday afternoon receive.d"f'ép'orts of the de_struction of fifty barracks, nearly all of which had been previously vacated. There were also fires in seventeen taxation ofiices.

Other barrackzé Burned and destroyed in Ireland include three in County Cork, six in County Limerick, and twelve in County Clare. The authorities declare that the only inconvenience which will result from ‘the destruction of revenue records will be felt by ‘taxpayers. V

LONDON , April 5.

» Twenty -armed raiders entered .a. %house in Clara, a market town in sKing’s County, and dragged a youth {named Kierman Flynn into the yard. {They forced his father, mother, and I sister to sit on chairs in the yard and ithen ordered Kiermaen to stand. He [was then shot. He now lies in :1 cri- | tical condition,

TRYING NEW BRAINS AND NEW METHODS.

‘Received .840 am.

DUBLIN, April 4.

Fires are believed of be a new development .of the policy directed towards making Ireland ungovernable by England, Also it is sought symbolical of hte protest against the reservation regarding income tax, Customs Excisefand Home Rule. The ’press think Mr Greenwood‘s appoint ment means other drastic department a 1 changes, and fresh brains and new methods, but there is: no confirmation of the report that Lord Frenc-h’s resignation is imminent. The Nationalist Press dismiss Mr H. l. MacPherson with. a blast of abuse. His successor is reported to be a strong senible man, impatient of red tape. Clonmel Hospital authorities have decided not to admit any British soldier patients, and will urge other“lio.spitals to act similarly. . THE LULL BEFORE THE STORM. Received 10 'zi.ni.“' ' LONDON, April -5. Sunday nignt passed quietly in Belfast. Reports from the cofintry district relate further burning of police barracks. six ‘Were destroyed in Leitrim and one blown up. Everything was quiet in Dublin and Belfast on Monday, which is the citizens! holiday. Fully eighty attacks were made on official -premises during the week end. "

SINN FEINERS’ POLICY OF DESTRUCTIO_N.

CUSTOM-HOUSES DESTROYE-D

Received 9.5 —a.m..

LONDON, April 5.

Scarcely a. Gusto-mhouse Between Dublin and Cork remains ‘intact The work of destl'uctiou is mainly carried out by mines and bombs? .-'-I‘.!le damage is estimated at several millions.'l‘here are few casualties. Details are meagre owing to’impa.ired communication. The main cable to England and Scotland has .'been cut, and there is. a general stoppage of telegraphs between Dublin and North Ireland.