IRELAND AND FIREARMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 8 December 1913, Page 5

IRELAND AND FIREARMS.

IMPORTATION PROHIBITED

LONDON, Dec. B. The Gazette publishes a Royal Proclamation, signed at Thursday's meeting of the Privy Council) prohibiting the importation of arms, ammunition and gunpowder into Ireland. A second proclamation prohibits coastwise carriit-ge of arms, ammunition and gunpowder. Neither applies to articles intended for sporting hud other unwarlike purposes. ■The Unionist members of the House .of Commons for Belfast have decided to organise a motor service to be placed at the disposal of the suggested provisional Government for the transport of troops' in the event of hostilities.