IRELAND.
j NEWSPAPER RAIDED. JN. •. DAMAGE TO PLANT. .®eceived Dee. 27, 8.30 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 27. _ Thirty disguised armed men raided! the Cork Examiner and wrecked . the printing presses with bornite, i though they spared the linotypes. No arrests were made. ACT OF REVENGE. DETERMINED SINN FEINERS. Received Dec. 27, 11.50 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 27. The raiders at the Cork Examine! office broke the machinery with hammers : nd wrecked parts of the building v ’th explosives. They then fired tin property and escaped before the arrival of the police. The pre was extinguished but the other flamage is extensive. The raiders, who wore plain clothes, said they were acting unier orders from the Irish Republic. It is believed the attack was caused by th£ Examiner’s •ttitude tow inis the Bishop of Cork’s recent pastoral letter. HOLIDAY A ’ SSES QUIETLY. Received Di... 27, 7.50 p.m. 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 a few instances of rowdyism the holidays passed off quietly throughout Ireland.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18062, 28 December 1920, Page 5
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182IRELAND. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18062, 28 December 1920, Page 5
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