THE IRISH TURMOIL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18157, 31 January 1921, Page 5

THE IRISH TURMOIL

A SENSATIONAL AFFAIR.

REBELS USE MACHINE GUNS.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, " LONDON. January 28. Major Holmes and a party of auxiliaries who were proceeding in two motor lorries were ambushed near Castle Island, in Kerry. Forty rebels opened fire from behind the fences on both sides of the road-,. . way. Major Holmes was wounded and one constable was shot-dead.

A Dublin Castle statement says that oO '. raiders at Castle Island used two machine guns. They disarmed the auxiliaries and took the cars.—A. and N.Z. Cable; ..

LONDON, January,29. (Received Jan. 30, at 5.5 p.m.) Major Holmes has succumbed to hia wounds.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

TWO SHOOTING CASES..'" 1

SOLDIERS SURPRISE AMBUSHERS. -'

LONDON, January 29. (Received Jan. 30, at 5.6 p.m.) Armed men entered the Wicklow Hotel

in Dublin and fatally shot William-Doran, a porter.

Soldiers surprised some ambushers at Coachford, in Cork, killing one and Cap- t' turing 10, five of whom were wounded. ... Thomas Blake, a chemist, of Limerick, , was fatally shot in the street near hit home.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

MR O’CALLAGHAN’S MOVEMENTS. ;: f.

NEW *ORE. January .27. A message from Norfolk (Virginia) states ji that Mr O’Callaghan (Lord Mayor of sork) has apparently dropped out of sight. _ No “a! one knows his whereabouts. It is believed. <

that he shipped to Ireland by the same' ; route as Mr De Valera.—A. and N.Z.. Cable

WASHINGTON, January 28....; , (Received Jan. 50, at 5.5 p.m.h .» .n-i:. The Labour Department has ordereidfMr-' i O’Callaghan to leave the United State* by;, February 11.—A. and N.Z. Cable. ’

QUAKERS MAKE AN INQUIRY. , WASHINGTON, January 28. (Received Jan. 30, at 5.5 p.m.) A group of Quakers has sailed for Ire* . land for the purpose of ascertaining for ' the American Committee of Irish Belief what measures of relief are needed.—A. > and N.Z. Cable. ;•,, ;

RULED OUT OF ORDER.’ - V l ' WASHINGTON, January" h (Received Jan. 30, at 5.5 p.m.) Representative Mason, of Illinois, offered an amendment to the Diplomatic Consular . Appropriation Bill authorising the appoint. % ment Of a Minister to the Republic or Ireland. It was ruled out of order.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

A WOMAN KIDNAPPED

LONDON, January- | An American lady, who returned to Xrfc land to claim a farm at Fermoy, has been kidnapped from a motor car hear Femoy,-’; by masked men.—A. and N.Z. Cable. .• SINN FEIN M.P. RESIGNS. ■ * i

LONDON, January 28. ‘ Mr R. Sweetman, Sinn Fein member of / the House of Commons for North Wex- w ford, has resigned owing to a difference with the Dail Eireann. Mr Sweetman .: advocates immediate peace in Ireland.— ' A. and N.Z. Cable. ■■- * .