LAWLESS IRISH MOBS.
LOOTING AND BURNING.
ATTACK ON A CONVENT.
POLICE USE THEIR BATONS.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received August 17, 8.55 p.m.) LONDON, August 17,
Mobs at Port.adown, County Armagh, smashed windows and looted shops late last night, and attempted to batter down the gates of a convent.
Lon'y loads of police were rushed from Belfast, and special constables were mobilised.
The telephone wires were cut, and trees felled and spread over the roads t-o prevent the Hibernians from reaching Armagh, where tho police charged with their batons and quelled the disturbances.
A crowd at Lisburn set fire to a shop and damaged a convent.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20954, 18 August 1931, Page 9
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