A GRAVE POSITION.
COURT PREVENTED FROM SITTING.
(Received April 12, 9.5 a.m.) LOXDON, April 11. An armed body of the Irish Republican Army suppressed the Clonmel sessions from functioning as a Free State Court, despite the judges' and counsels' protests. The Ulster Government has issued a proclamation prohibiting anyone, except Crown forces and certain specified special constables, from possessing arms. The Donegal-railways have notified that owing to the conditions in the country they cannot guarantee that trains will reach their destination, and' disclaim all responsibility for delays, injuries to passengers, or losses of luggage and merchandise. Mr Churchill, in the House of Commons, denied emphatically the rumour that the plans for the evacuation of Ireland had been changed. The specials captured at Clones have been released. . '
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 12 April 1922, Page 5
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126A GRAVE POSITION. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 12 April 1922, Page 5
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