RECRUDESCENCE OF CONFLICT IN IRELAND

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LI, Issue 8097, 23 September 1922, Page 3

RECRUDESCENCE OF CONFLICT IN IRELAND

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Roc Sent A2, 8 5 p m London, Sept 21 Latest reiiorts from Ireland indicate a recrudcs;ence of fighting in Ulster, in add Li 0:1 to emt tinned warfare in the south. Two Ulster constables were ambushed near Marker Hill, and one was wounded. A patrol Irom Clobber, Tyrone, was ambushed on the road to Monaghan. They retuw I dm tire and the aaibushcis in'..., aba ruho’.'. 1 ■ ammunition and field dressing, but blocking the road with trees. Shots were fired at a sentry in then cut ml zone on the Fa; managh corner. POS LAL S FRIRE CONTINUES London, Sept 21 There is no sign of the end ot the Lish postal strike The sta ft’s aro grad 11 ai 1 y i ncreasin g, but the commercitd people are organising their own letter deliveries. REBEL ATTACKS ON MACROOM London, Sept 21 The principal news from the South is ot attacks on Macro nn. it is reported that the inegulars at Newport used machine guns, bombs and rifles, The troops replied vigorously. Filing continued for four or five hours. The residents were terrorised. The attackers were eventually forced to retire. LARGE MAJORITY FOR CONSTITUTION BILL. Kec Sept 2.2, morning. London, Sept- 22. The I tail Eircann carried the second reading of the Constitution Bill be -11 voles to 10. Air Duffy condemned the- fonstiiulion as less wide than the Treaty. He charged AiinisUrs with lack of moral, courage in. abandoning lire original draft. A! r Cosgrove, head ol the .Free State Government, in replying, said .Ministers had the moral courage toaccept fut rc.lpo'mjijbility fan their acts ami suliion nl cMirage io arrest live or six thousand pr isons and would arrest as many .more, if necessary, to secure tho country from danger. A Loudon cable announces the death of Sir Julian Corbett, director ol tho historical section of ihe committee. of Imperial DelVneo..