WANING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11686, 1 May 1916, Page 1

WANING.

CONNOLLY REPORTE!) KILLED REBEL LEADER SURRENDERS. By Telegraph—Press Xssociation—Copyright. (Received May 1, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 30. An Irish communique states that the situation at Dublin has improved considerably since Saturday morning, but the Tebels are offering serious resistance in the neighbourhood of Sackvillo Street. The cordon of troops encircling this quarter is steadily closing in, but house-to-house fighting is rendering the progress slow. The post office and a block of buildings east of Sackville Street have been destroyed by fire. A. party of rebels was driven out of Poland's mill, Ring's End, by guns mounted on motor-lorries. One of the rebel leaders in this area'J named Pearse, who was wouuded iu the leg, surrendered in the evening. He asserts that ha has authority to accept the same terms of surrender for his followers. j James Connolly is reported to have ! been killed. The rebels still hold the four Courts district. A cordon of troops surrounds the area and is gradually closing in. | All information points to the conclu- ' I ' ■ i i sion of tho rebellion, which is on the ! i ' ! j verge of collapse. j i A considerable number of rebels have j j been imprisoned. i Reports from the west of Ireland j I state that the position is generally sat- j j isfactory. Belfast and Ulster are nor' mal and Londonderry k satisfactory. A baud of rebels was located between j Athenry and Craughwell, and nineteen ; i v/cro captured. j Another baud is entrenched at Eunis- j j corthy. j | I i Tho police are still holding the out- ! i ! I roads and railways clear to within four ■■ j miies of tho town. $ SAVE HIM! ! CASEMENT'S SISTER'S APPEAL | By TV.egraph—Press Association—Copyright. ) May 1, 11 a.m.) j ■WASHINGTON, April 30. \ . ' i Sir l{r>{ror CaKMivnt's msUt h..'i.> i\\i- j pcnh-l io V.'i]'--,:i; to sivi> !i>t j !in>tlii--r'.- Use.