IRISH CRISIS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18599, 29 December 1920, Page 7

IRISH CRISIS.

DANCERS SURPRISED

R AH) IN MARTIAL LAW AREA

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Coble Association.

LONDON, December 27. Crown forces surprised a (lance meeting at. Bruff, Limerick, which is within tho martial law area. The forces were fired on from tho hall, and a policeman was killed. The fire was returned, five civilians being killed. All bore arms. One hundred and thirty-eight prisoners were dotaiued. “ FREEMAN’S"JOURNAL. ’’ (Received December 28, 7.55 p.m.) LONDON, December' 27. Messrs Fitzgerald and Edwards, proprietors of “Freeman’s Journal,” were sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment for spreading a false report, the sentence to he concurrent with one of six months recently imposed on a similar charge. The newspaper was also fined £3(X)O. WEEK-END DEATH ROLL. (Received December 28, 9.35 p.m.) LONDON. December 28 Fourteen persons were killed in Ireland at Christmas week-end, including a girl, who was shot dead while attempting to protect Constable Richardson, at Limerick. Richardson was walking with Elizabeth Scales, aged twenty-two, on Sunday evening, when four men seized tho constable’s revolver and levelled it against the policeman. Elizabeth Scales rushed in between Richardson and the murderers, and was shot dead.

A CORK OUTRAGE. LONDON, December 28. Sinn Feiners were responsible for tho “Cork Examiner” outrage, which was due to the fact, that the paper, which Is Nationalist, followed tho Bishop of Cork in denouncing murders of police and ambushes of soldiers.