IRISH AFFAIRS
BLOCKADE OF KERRY. RESIDENTS NEARING STARVATION. | THREATS TO EX-SERVICE MEN. (Australian anrl N.Z. Cable Assn.) Recciverl Februnry 15, 5.5 p.m. I.(i.NUfIN, February I i. In consequence of the blockade in | Western Kerry, a stationmasler of the ! Tralee line reports that sup- | plies are exhausted, and women and | children are on the verge of starvation. I The Labour leaders in London have j been urged to take immediate action j for relief. The Sinn Feiners have in- i stituted a campaign of terrorism I against ex-scrvicc men. They in- j formed 25 ex-service men that if they j persist in settling on the land they will I be tried by a Sinn Fein Court and shot. | Land owners offering estates to the j ex-service Commission have been simi- j larly threatened.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14592, 16 February 1921, Page 5
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132IRISH AFFAIRS Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14592, 16 February 1921, Page 5
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