AN IRISH PROTEST.
SUNDAY PAPERS DESTROYED May 20. A party of young nien, unarmed and unmasked, entered Killiney station, ordered the stationmaster and porter away, held up a train from Kingstown, forced open the luggage van, and seized and set fire to six thousand copies of English Sunday newspapers. It is believed that the action was meant as a protest against the publication in one of a “Life of Christ,” in reference to which the Bishop of Galway recently protested —(Australian Press Association—United Service) .
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Wairarapa Age, 22 May 1928, Page 5
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84AN IRISH PROTEST. Wairarapa Age, 22 May 1928, Page 5
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