NAZIS SAY BRITAIN WILL INVADE EIRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 9, 11 January 1941, Page 5

NAZIS SAY BRITAIN WILL INVADE EIRE

A STRANGE RUMOUR

LONDON, Jan. 9. The German radio announces that England intends to "invade Eire through Ulster within the next few weeks. The German announcement is careful not to state where the rumour comes from, but adds that if th*' - , should happen Germany will react in the same way as in the case of Norway. The British Board of Trade, stales a British Official Wireless message, has made an order which comes into force on January 20, and which will place Eire in the same position as other countries in the British Empire as far as the control of exports from Eire is concerned. Hitherto it has been possible to give Eire special treatment under which only a short list of goods require licences before they can be expected from the United Kingdom to Eire, but the need for conserving supplies makes it necessary to withdraw these concessions.

PRECAUTIONS IN EIRE BOMBS IDENTIFIED AS GERMAN Received Jan. 10, 9.50 p.m. LONDON, Jan. .10. The Eire Department of Defence announced that bombs dropped on Dublin on January 1 and 2 have been identified as German. The Minister of Justice slated that 80,000 local defence personnel had been transferred from the police to military control. A further 50,000 had been attached to the police as an auxiliary force.

RESTRICTED USE OF PETROL Received Jan. 10, 11 p.m. DUBLIN, Jan. 10. It is officially announced that from January' 10, the petrol ration in Eire will be reduced to quarter of the normal allowance. The price fixed is 26d a gallon in the Dublin zone and 27d elsewhere.