IRELAND'S TIME OF STRESS
REBELS AGAIN WRECK A TRAIN. SOLDIER’S BE AYE ACT. BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT (Received 8 p.m., March 16.) London, March 15. Two Free State soldiers, Kavanagh and Mageunis, were shot dead at Dublin. Irregulars raided Charlestown, C.ounty Mayo, wrecking most of the shops. Free State troops arriving, fighting ensued, wherein one Nationalist soldier, and one rebel were killed. Three rebels were captured. Irregulars seized an engine- at Tkomestovn and sent it at full speed towards the hitter town, After it had passed Athlono, Mr Brady, member of the Railway Protection Corps, managed to spring on the footplate. tie stopped the engine within five' hundred yards of a passenger train, which was coming iry the
opposite direction. Mr Brady, who removed his hoots prior to making the spring-, had his feet injured.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
REVOLVERS FOUND, BY THAMES POLICE. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT (Received 10 p.m., March 16.) London, March 15. Whilst searching’ a steamer from Antwerp, special Thames police found and seized a number of revolvers and ammunition, d6' stined for Ireland. A man has been arrested. Theatres and cinemas in Dublin are closed in conformity with De Valera’s proclamation. The Government has ordered the re-open-ing. Cinemas complied, with armed guards, and theatres will re-open to-night.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
APOSTOLIC DELEGATE. By Gable—Press Association—Copyright. London, March 15. Mousignor Luzio, regent of the Apostolic plenipotentiary is going to Dublin to inquire into the relations between ,the church and people of the Free State. The Republicans are delighted, and regard the Vatican action as a response to their complaint to the Vatican that, the Bishops intruded into politics when they excommunicated Republicans. Some Dublin papers . describe Monsignor Luzio’s visit, as a peace' mission.—A. and N.Z. Cable. mnamtaaasswl^^
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18069, 17 March 1923, Page 9
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290IRELAND'S TIME OF STRESS Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18069, 17 March 1923, Page 9
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