IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1922, Page 5

IRELAND.

DRASTIC PUNISHMENT.

FOR CARRYING ARMS? BOiIBING CONTINUES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received March 24, 9.40 pjn. London, March 24. xhe motion by the Attorney-General in the Ulster Parliament added the death penalty for bomb-throwing and manufacturing bombs. The AttorneyGeneral added that if these powers were not sufficient, he was prepared to advise the Government to enact the death penalty for carrying arms. Bombing continues, despite this determination. A bomb was flung at a house in Skringa Street, and dangerously wounded the occupants’ son and daughter aged sixteen and seventeen. Moat appalling conditions continue in County Tyrone. (Extensive buildings owned by Patrick Daly, a prominent Sinn Feiner at Carrickmore, were destroyed by fire. It is believed to be a reprisal for the destruction of Loyalists’ houses. The position at Caledon and Anghnachloy are more acute, machine-guns being in action by the force in the free State, close to Callagh bridge, which is in ruins. Most of the houses in the vicinity have been evacuated. Agricultural work has been suspended. The Republicans are appearing openly in uniform.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CONSTABLES ASSASSINATED. IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. Received March 24, 8.-W p.m. London, March 24. The assassination of two members of the constabulary in broad daylight in the heart of Belfast caused a senstion in the city. Constables Carnduff and Cunningham were on beat duty when a gang came up behind and discharged their revolvers into them. Carnduff was killed instantly and Cunningham mortally wounded, but the assassins fired further shots into them, and then ran to a motor, which drove off furiously. Civilians pursued the car, but it escaped into the Sinn Fein district, where a search was without result. The angry crowd would have lynched the murderers if they had been caught. CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION. UNFAIRNESS TO LOYALISTS ALLEGED. Received March 24, 9.15 pjn. London. March 23. Jn a vote for £1,300,000 for miscellaneous services to be administered by the Provisional Government of Ireland, tpolonel Newman, in the House of Comcomplained that the financial arrangements with the Sinn Fein Government had been detrimental to the Loyalists in Southern Ireland in relation to the settlement of the claims for compensation. Mr. Churchill said we should not pay for damage done by our people, as the bargain to pay for damage done to our people was not observed. The House agreed to the vote. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. TIME OF CONTRACTING OUT. AN ALTERATION MADE. Received March 24, 8.40 p.m. London, March 23. In the House of Lords, Lord Peel moved an amendment to the Irish Bill making it clear that the month in which Ulster could contract herself out of the treaty would operate from the sanctioning of free State constitution, not from the passing of the Bill. The amendment was agreed to, and the report stage was concluded. The third reading was adjourned until Monday at Lord Carson’s request, as he wishes to consult his friends in Ulster regarding Lord Peel’s amendment, which, he says, will have most grave results.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. COLD-BLOODED MURDER. FATHER AND THREE SONS. Received March 24, SAO p.m. Lcmdon, March 24. Armed men broke into the residence of Owen MacMahon, a well-known Belfast saloon-keeper, at 1.20 in the morning and murdered ,him and his three sons. A fourth son and barman were dangerously wounded.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aasn. DISORDER CONTINUES. * SHOOTING IN BELFAST. London, March 23. Eight men in a motor-car drove through May Street, Belfast. The car stopped and the men fired, killing two policemen, and then drove off and escaped. • Further sniping is reported on the Tyrone border. An I.R.A. force attacked a residence, killing one of the occupants, a prominent loyalist. Vigorous trenching is proceeding along the border. Many residents have left the area.