ANGRY IRISH MOB

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21883, 20 August 1934, Page 9

ANGRY IRISH MOB

BLUE SHIRTS ATTACKED FURTHER DISORDERS FEARED (Received August 19. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. August 18 A message from Dublin states that an angry mob attacked a party of Blue Shirts in O'Connell Street, Dublin, to-day. Strong forces of police are patrolling the city for fear of further disorders during the Blue Shirts' congress. The Dublin correspondent of the Daily Mail states that a calf, clad in a blue shirt, was carried in a procession of thousands of farmers who demonstrated at Mullingar after a forced sale of cattle for the non-payment of annuities. The farmers previously had made an effort to prevent the auction by fellinc trees at dangerous corners of roads, making it necessary for Civic Guards and armed detectives to saw their wav through. When the roads were cleared the farmers felled more trees to prevent the removal of the cattle in motor-vehicles. Sheriffs' helpers went on strike and refused to assist at the sale, but they were replaced. Several cattle were bought in cheaply by officials of the United Ireland Party. STRIKE IN DUBLIN NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEES DUBLIN, August 17 The strike of newspaper employees is now three weeks old. The proprietors, having lost the revenue from Horse Show advertisements, are determined not to relent until the workers' demands for higher wages and shorter hours are more reasonable.