Irish Free State
PASSINC THE CONSTITUTION. ADVERSE MOTIONS HEAVILY REJECTED. I By Cabl?.—Press Association.— Copyright.] London, Sept. 27. During the debate in the Dail, opposing Mr. Gavan Duffy’s amendment in article 12 of the constitution, Mr. O’Higgins described it as practically an invitation to proclaim a republic. Mr. Duffy’s proposal was to omit the King. The Ministry accepted the King because the people accepted the treaty. It was impossible to draft a constitution consistent therewith which omitted the King. The amendment was rejected by 43 to 16.—(A. and N.Z.) FIGHTING AT GLENDALOUGH. London, Sept. 27. Free Staters heat off a fierce Irregular attack on a Nationalist post at Glendalough after a three hours’ fight. Rebels swooped down from the mountains and heavy firing made the post untenable. The small garrison turned out and fought in the street till reinforced. Several rebels were wounded and captured with arms and ammunition. —(A. and N.Z.)
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBTRIB19220928.2.37
Bibliographic details
Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 244, 28 September 1922, Page 5
Word Count
152Irish Free State Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 244, 28 September 1922, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Hawke's Bay Tribune. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.