GUNMEN IN DUBLIN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18174, 21 August 1922, Page 7

GUNMEN IN DUBLIN

. ; kight op alarm. WARNING TO RESIDENTS ■■fe ksfflfe&K' - * ' ATTACK IMPENDING. P 'DIRE PLIGHT OP KERRY. STARVATION LOOMING. By Telegraph—Prfs A«soci*ti<m—Copyright (Received 1.5 a.m.) ||£' A . tad N.Z. LONDON. Aug. 19 Dublin "was disturbed last night b: heavy firing and intermittent explosions ||| snipers and machino-gunners wen : active in all parts. Free Stato troopf patrolled the streets and sentries -wen posted in the principal thoroughfares. . To-day the Government warned resi dents to remain indoors, as an organise*: rebel attack on the city was believed tc be imminent. Pitiable conditions prevail in Count} Kerry as the result of the •wholesale de ! jtraction of railways and bridges by tut i«behi Foodstuffs are scarce, and as fresh supplies cannot be transported manj ; people are threatened with starvation. Rebels have blown up the Trilpe Arch Bridge on the Great Southern railway, sundering connection between Tralee and Killaniey. Rebelii entered Monag'han Town and carried off £6000 from the local banks. The? shot a postman dead. Cuirygrana House, County Longford, the birthplace of the late Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, has been destroyed by incendiaries. « CONVENING OP THE BAIL. LABOUR M.P.'S RESTLESS. 1 Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, (Reed. 8-5 P-m.) LONDON. Au«. 19. The Dublin correspondent, of the Morning Post states that Labour in embers are becoming impatient owing to tine continued postponements of the meeting of Parliament, and threaten to resign their seats if Parliament does not meet on August 26. V 111 GRIFFITH'S LAST ADVICE. 881"• ■ — )f STAND FIRM FOR TREATY. j ( "i' Reuter. LONDON, Aug. 18. The following mcss&ye was attached to the will made by Mr. Arthur Griffith before going to Sligo to speak in spite of the rebels' prohibition : " Tell the Irish nation to stand firm by the treaty. It. is their national need and economic solution " ; ULSTER CENSORSHIP. BAN ON A NEWSPAPER. Australian and N.Z. Cabin Association. fißecd. 6.5 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 13. Tie Northern Irish Government has forb-dden the. Irish Catholic newspaper W rircnlate in Ulster for a inonth owing to fts attacks on the Ulster judiciary.