IRELAND

Evening Star, Issue 18239, 2 April 1923, Page 7

IRELAND

NORTH AND oHUT!!. CONTRAST IN FINANCES, Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April' 1. (Received April 2, at 11.30 a.m.) Ulster’s first financial year resulted in a surplus of £70,000, after contributing -.1,1)00,000 to the Imperial Exchequer. The Free Stale Budget estimates that the deficit will be £26,900,000. The expenditure includes £10,666,000 on the army and £11,000,000 on compensation owing to rebel operations. . RUSH ACROSS FRONTIER. NEW TARIFF OPERATES. LONDON, April 1. (Received April 2, nt 11.30 a.m.) The inauguration of the Free State tariff caused amazing scenes on the Ulster border. Residents of the Free State used all kinds of to rush provisions across the border in order to evade tho Customs. Thousands of householders have accumulated vast quantities of goods sufficient for six months. Hundreds of motor cars were also sent across. The Free State officials, with a view to stopping smuggling, have placed guards on the frontier. —A. and N.Z. Cable. A “THIRD PARTY.” ROBBING INDISCRIMINATELY. LONDON, March 31. Fifty-three tombstones in the' Belfast Protestant Cemetery were defaced and smashed, apparently by a gang armed with sledge-hammers and crowbars. Reprisals are threatened. A roving gang, known ns tho “ Third Party,” belonging to neither side, has appeared in. Ireland. The gang is robbing all classes indiscriminately. Both Free Staters and Republicans are watching the movements of theso robbers.— Reuter. A RIFT REOPENED. SYDNEY, April 2. (Received April 2, at 11.40 a.m.) A meeting in the Domain, held under the auspices of Protestant bodies and the Orange Lodge, protested against the inaction of tho Commonwealth Government in respect of the Irish Republican envoys. An opposition meeting, convened by the Irish Self-determination League, protested against attempts to stiilo free speech.—A. and N.Z. Cable.