SHOTS AGAIN HEARD

Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1935, Page 5

SHOTS AGAIN HEARD

BELFAST DISTURBANCES STAMPEDE AT FUNERAL CROWD ATTACK SUSPECT DEATHS AMOUNT TO NINE By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7.30 p.m. London, July 21. Shots again rang out at Belfast during the funeral of Mr. James Andrews, a victim c" the rioting. Thousands were watching the cortege when the sound of gun fire caused a stampede into the side streets. In seeking the gunman the police were forced to draw their ’batons to prevent the cordon being broken. The crowd roughly handled a suspect later. The procession was returning from the funeral, waving Union Jacks, and crowds ci women and girls were singing, when a man fired five shots from a small automatic, wounding Mr. John O’Hara. The crowd again attempted to capture the assailant, but the police again intervened. A magistrate sentenced Henry Connor, of Belfast, to three months’ imprisonment for intimidating a woman to whom he handed a paper on which was written, “Clear out or be burned out.” The ninth death, that of. Mr. George McKay, who was wounded in the head on July 12, occurred to-day. The eighth death was that of Mr. Hugh Falloon, who was shot at Portadown on July 17 and succumbed to his wounds on Friday. Barricades have been erected to check further possible outbreaks. Soldiers with bayonets and constables with revolvers patrol the street. Thousands despite the downpour witnessed the funeral of an Orange victim, Mr. William Osborne, who was shot through the eyes in the recent riots. The procession made a detour round the disturbed areas.

Many residents in' the sectarian districts who received threatening notices have moved to more congenial surroundings, and in some cases exchanges of dwellings have been arranged between Catholics and Orangemen. Viscount Craigavon, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, has interviewed Mr. Stanley Baldwin, British Prime Minister, at Downing Street. The Chamber of Trade has appointed a deputation to confer with the Minister of Home Affairs. ACTION BY THE CHURCH SUGGESTION IN COMMONS London, July 19. ’ In the House of Commons Sir John Simon, Home Secretary, said he was not sure whether Mr. George Lansbury’s suggestion was opportune for a conference of representatives of churches and the Prime Minister or Home Secretary regarding sectarian disturbances in Ulster. Mr. J. Maxton (Labour) suggested that troops should be restrained from firing on rioters.

Captain H. Dixon (Government) declared that the troops did not fire at all and the police did not fire to kill.