IRISH AFFAIRS.
McSWEENEY'S FUNERAL. ,iri»»— f DEMONSTRATIONS IN AMERICA. ■s Received 9.50 a.m. NEW YORK, Nov. 1. Teu thousand people participated in a demonstration, at Washington on theoccasion of McSweeney’s funeral. Thirty thousand attended McSweeney services at Boston, twenty thousand paraded at Philadelphia, protesting against the Irishman’s death, and fifty thousand gathered in New York to pay tribute to McSweeney. • AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC CLERGY OFFICE AT THE FUNERAL. ‘ LONDON, Nov. L The Archbishops of Perth and Tasmania and the Bishop of Ballarat officiated at McSweeney ? s funeral. Military and police did not enter the cemetery. The final episode was when volunteers fired three volleys over the filled grave. EXECUTION OF BARRY. ' ( Received 8.55 h.m. LONDON, Nov. 1. While Barry was [being * exfedated, nine hundred people prayed ioutside Mountjoy Gaol. Two armoured cars were present, and the people dispersed when the hell ceased tolling.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3617, 2 November 1920, Page 5
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142IRISH AFFAIRS. Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3617, 2 November 1920, Page 5
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