GUARDS ATTACKED.
AMBUSHED IN COUNTY CLARE
WILD AND REMOTE COUNTRY. SEARCH FOR ASSAILANTS. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Dec. 30. The wild and remote district of County Clare, whore agrarian disputes and traffic in poteen between the mainland and the islands caused the authorities considerable trouble, was the scene of an attack on the Civic Guards patrol, which was ambushed late at night by assailants armed with rifles and shotguns. One guard was killed. The entire district is being scoured by Civic Guards and armed detectives, accompanied by troops equipped with machine-guns.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 31 December 1925, Page 5
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91GUARDS ATTACKED. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 31 December 1925, Page 5
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