XMAS IN IRELAND.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2143, 28 December 1920, Page 19 (Supplement)

XMAS IN IRELAND.

" COMPARATIVE QUIETNESS.' LITTLE REBEL ACTIVITY. By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. (A. & N.Z.) LONDON, Dec. 26. The Irish Office has announced that a group of Sinn Feiners in Dublin fired on a body of unarmed military, wounding one. Excepting for a few instances of rowdyism, the holidays passed off quietly throughout Ireland. NEWSPAPER OFFICE ATTACKED. PRINTING PRESSES WRECKED. (A. & N.Z.) LONDON, Dec. 27." Thirty disguised and armed men raided the "Cork Examiner" and wrecked the printing presses, though they spared the linotypes. No arrests were made. The raiders broke the machinery with hammers and wrecked parts of the building with explosives. They then fired, the property and escaped before the* arrival of the police. The fire was extinguished, but the other damage is extensive. The raiders, who wore plain clothes, said they were acting under the orders of the Irish Republic. It is believed that the attack was caused by the "Examiner's" attitude towards the Bishop of Cork's recent- pastoral letter.