IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 February 1921, Page 5

IRELAND.

THE LATEST TERRORISM. A ROAD MINE EXPLODED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Feb. 3, 9.40 p.m. London, Feb. 3. Rebels, ambushing auxiliaries near Ballinaloa, employed a road mine, blowing up a motor lorry, killing two and wounding nine. It is believed to be the first occasion on which the rebels have used a mine.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SENTENCE REDUCED. Received Feb. 3, 7.50 p.m. London, Feb. 2, Joseph Murphy, after his execution had been four times postponed, has had his sentence commuted to penal servitude for life for murdering a soldier in an ambush at Cork.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

MR DILLON’S VIEWS. London, Feb. 1. Mr. John Dillon, in a statement with reference to the proposed agreement among the Irish parties who decline to accept the programme and methods of Sinn Fein, says that he believes many who voted Sinn Fein in 1918 have since changed their views, but the Government policy has been framed for the purpose of promoting disorder and strife and to exasperate and madden the people. Mr. Dillon believes in the ultimate triumph of Parnellite principles. The first necessity is for both sides to return to civilised methods.—Times. FURTHER OUTRAGES. London, Feb. 2. Two marked men entered the house of Mr. Robert Dixon, J.P., in Dunlavin, and demanded money. On a refusal they shot Dixon dead and dangerously wounded his son, A party of police were ambushed at Drimoleague. Constable O’Connor was shot dead and another seriously wounded. Details of the Mallow shooting show that after Inspector King and his wife were shot the police got out of hand and raided the railway station, killing two and wounding eight employees, while sixteen other employees boarded an engine and escaped. It appears the assassins directed a volley at close quarters from behind a fence into King and his wife. The latter fell mortally wounded. The inspector was hit in the chest and fell, but opened fire from the ground and blew his whistle, which frightened the murder-