IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 October 1920, Page 5

IRELAND.

SPECIAL CONSTABLES EtsßpLlflp. *7 Telegraph.—Ptms Aun.—Copyrifht,, . London) Oct & - The Freeman's Journal states tisat the Government is enrolling and aming Ulster volunteers as special constables. They are paid 70s weekly, with ' 10s extra for raid duty, and. a praiira for those injured on duty. The paper alleges that the Gra»d Lodges are..taking; the matter up, and are threatening to expel members whtf refuse to join.—United Serviee, THE FASTING MYSTERY. London, Oct. 6. Public belief that MeSweeney must be getting food is not shared by the Home Office, which explicitly states that • he is refusing all food, and then is «o reason to suspect that he is receiving any from his relatives. He takes hst water and medicine, which arrest certain .processes of deterioration. Tha mystery of the hunger-strikers at Cork, who two days longer tjjjp MsSweeney, i's also unsolved, and is confmindingthe doctors.---Reuter; LLOYD GEORGE ON DOMINION HOME RULE. London, Oct. ft 'Mi;. Uord George, in a special interview, said he disagreed with the amU* cation of complete Dominion Hates Bule to Ireland. If it was conceded, they • must expect that sho would undertake a share of the war debt, otherwise the taxpayers of England and Snotland Would be placed in an impossible position.