Ireland.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXI, Issue 19, 11 August 1920, Page 5

Ireland.

DEEDS OF VIOLENCE. THE DUBLIN CORPORATION. Press Association— Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (ReceiA'ed 9.15 a.m.) London, August 9. Two soldiers Avere shot dead at Clouakilty (Cork). Military armoured car s and cyclist patrols Avere unusually active in Dub. lin tin's morning, searching for persons in connection Avith the bonfires lighted in the streets to celebrate Mannix’s arrival. A number of men hanging round a fire at St. Mary’s Abbey refused to disperse, an d thc solclieis fired a volley, a man named Farrell being killed and another wounded. A meeting of the Dublin Corporation announced that the government refused grants of £170.000 unless the Corporation prohibited the recognition of the Bail Eireann (so-called Irish Parliament). The financial posit:on ot the Corporation is hopeless. It must close the municipal institutions and sanatoria, INCREASE IN RAILWAYMEN S WADES. Press Association —Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 9-15 a.m.) Washington, August 10. The United States’ Railway Board awards increases amounting to thirty millions dollars to 750,000 American railway express workers, retro-active to May 1.