IRELAND.
FREE STATE PARLIAMENT OPENING. Received July 13, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, July 13. The re-opening of the Free State Parliament has been postponed for fourteen days owing to a number of members being on active service. A REPUBLIC STATE. ACCEPTED IN SOUTH IRELAND. Received July 13, 8.40 p.m. LONDON, July 13. The Republicans officially claim possession of the entire countryside from Kerry to Newtonbarry in County Wexford, and from Kerry to County .Mayo. They are operating ali post offices and collecting excise and customs duties at the rate of £12,000 weekly. They are also in complete control of Cork city W'here the Republic is an accepted fact and life is proceeding on normal lines. Free State officers in Limerick refuse to fight the Republicans. REPUBLIC IN CORK. LONDON, July 12. An unconfirmed report is circulating that a Republic has been proclaimed in Cork.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18532, 14 July 1922, Page 5
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143IRELAND. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18532, 14 July 1922, Page 5
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