HUNGER STRIKING
CORK’S LORD MAYOR. LONDON, August 21. The clergy ad vised Mr McSwoeney (Lord Mayor of Cork) to desist his hunger strike. He refused, declaring that he was prepared cheerfully to die. Mr McSweeney is too weak for forcible feeding. The Home Office is determined not to release him. The Irish Party declares that his death may lead to an uprising which only wholesale slaughter wril suppress. Archbishop Mannix and Dr. Foley have arranged to visit the Lord Mayor of Cork in Brixto-r Prison. POLICEMEN MURDERED. LONDON, August 21. An armed force surprised the coastguard at Browhdad and removed a large quantity of stores. Four policemen cycling from Oranmore to Galway were ambushed. One was shot dead. Unknown assailants fallowed • Constable O’Hanlon into his house at Kilrush, Clare, on Saturday afternoon and shot him dead.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160736, 24 August 1920, Page 2
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136HUNGER STRIKING Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160736, 24 August 1920, Page 2
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