SPECIAL MAGISTRATES BEING SWORN IN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 69, 23 March 1914, Page 5

SPECIAL MAGISTRATES BEING SWORN IN.

DEFICIENCY IN MAGAZINE STOCKS.

STOREMEN TO BE SEARCHED

SOLDIER SHOT BY A SENTRY,

(Received March 23, 9 a.m.) LONDON, March 22. Ihe War Office denies that it issued an ultimatum to officers in Irelaind that they must serve -or resign. It bad, no information as to the wholesale resignations. Special magistrates for Ulster are being sworn in at Dublin Castle. One hundred and fifty Royal Engineers from Dublin, with trenching pontoon and apparatus, have entrained for Belfast.

An examination of the Curragh magazine revealed <a deficiency of ammunition to a large amount including hundreds of thousands of rounds for small arms. An order has been issued" to- soaa-ch ordnance storemen, in Ulster as they leave work. The removal of mounted troops from Curragh lias been cancelled, owing to the.resignation of officers The Earl of Galloway proposes a national subscription to compensate the officers for sacrificHig their commissions'; because tfrey refused to do the Government's dirty work. Sir Edward Carson'conferred with the leaders of the volunteers, and arrangements have been completed for mobilising the force. i' B*l^8*1^ 4^P im(m». at Manchester, denied that the moving of troops was provocative. The days of vague n& gation m Home Rule were over _ A sentry shot, a soldier who was late tor roll-call while he was scaling the barracks wall at Newbridge. Th« man is in a critical condition.* A demonstration in Hyde Park against the use of the army in Ulster has been arranged for April 4th The sneakers will include the majority of the Unionisti front rank men.