THE TROUBLE IN IRELAND.
INCENDIARY FIRES IN BELFAST.
FOUR. OUTBREAKS IN ONE NIGHT
By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received June, 14, 8.55 a.m. LONDON, June 13. Tho extensive premises of the Ulster Linen Manufacturing Company in Belfast have been destroyed by lire. There were also five other incendiary fires during the night.—A. and N.Z. cable.
SHOT BY ARMED THIEVES. LONDON. June 13. Mr Devine, managing director of the Bernard Hughes Company, a big Belfast bakery concern, grappled with armed thieves who were attempting a robbery, and had wrested a revolver from one when the second man shot him dead. A number of clerk- were mute spectators of the murder. The thieves escaped in a motor-car. —A. and N.Z. cable. CONSTITUTION QUESTION. AGREEMENT ARRIVED AT. LONDON. June 13. The Daily Chronicle's lobbyist confirms tho report that an agreement has been reached over the Irish constitution, which he declares conforms to tho treaty in every respect. Dublin experts express the opinion that the Dail election on Friday will give a two io one majority in favour of the treaty. The Irish Conference will be continued to-morrow when Mr Collins arrives in London.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 423, 14 June 1922, Page 5
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188THE TROUBLE IN IRELAND. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 423, 14 June 1922, Page 5
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