IRISH FREE STATE
ELECTION PROCEEDINGS COMPARATIVELY ORDERLY By Telegraph —Copyright —Press Assn. LONDON, January 24. There was a steady stream of Free State voters all day long, but there were few disorders. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr. Byrne, (who is a small; man, was the hero of a bout of fisticuffs in Dublin, when an aggressive de Valeraite struck him while he was touring the polling booths. Mr. Byrne realiated and knocked his assailant down. Air. E. de Valera spent polling day in his constituency—Clare. Air. AV. T. Cosgrave returned to Dublin from Cork, escorted by members of the Free State Army in an armoured car. There was some intimidation of Cosgraveit.es in the coutry districts; also a considerable number of impersonations of voters, while there were occasional attempts to put Cosgraveite motor-cars out of action by spreading nails on the road, but generally a day of heavy polling concluded with unexpected peacefulness.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 29, 26 January 1933, Page 5
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