IRISH AFFAIRS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3482, 10 May 1920, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS.

HUN GER-‘STRIKERS RELEASED. Recéived.9.3s a.nl. ‘ LONDON, May 9. ’l‘\\'e.llt.y—tWo' more Sinn Fein hungerst.rikel's have been released from Bel-.l’-ast. guol, thirteen from Cork, and forty—two from Wormwood Scrubs. The latter have {been foodless for fourteen to eighteen days. RAID ON POLICE BARRACKS. Received 10.25 am. LONDON, May 9. Two hundred. nfen, :u'nled with rifles, shotguns, and bombs, attacked the police ba'lAl':'lCl{S 211‘ C‘-loyne. A sergeant and five coustubles repelled the attaeli, despite the bombs partially demolishing ‘LIIO building. Eventiially the barracks were set on fire and the garrison. took refuge in :Id'joim'ng l'ifiifsé'§,'“\‘t‘h'K:h were also set on fire. One éonstable was sel'iously.injurecl, and it is be—lieved one r:li(ler was killed. V

ANOTZHER CRIME. LONDON, May 8. An unknown man shot with a revolver Detective-Sergt. Revell while cycling in a Dublin suburb. Revel] is in a seriotls condition. Detective Revell wore steel under his waistcoat, but_ his assailants woundeid him in an arm, leg and_ne'é'k.

MORE HUNGERSTRIKERS RELEASED. >J IJONDON, May 8. Thirty-seven Sinn Feiners imprisoned at Belfa.sl: were released. to-day. They were I_llmger-striking. END OF THE CURFEW. V LONDON, May 8. The curfew order in‘ Dublin will be removed at t:he'end of the _month. This is the first fruits of Sir Hamar Greenwood taking office in Ireland.