SITUATION IN IRELAND

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14613, 14 March 1921, Page 5

SITUATION IN IRELAND

CROWN FORCE $M BUSHED SUSTAIN NO CASUALTIES. AMBUSIIERS PUT TO FLIGHT. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 13, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, March 12. A lorry containing thirty members of the Bedfordshire regiment was ambushed by an entrenched party between Carrick-on-Shannon and Ballinamore, who used bombs and rifles. There was tierce lighting for a considerable, time, when the ambushers bolted, leaving seven dead in a trench, all wearing the I.R.A. uniform, and a number of rifles. There were no military casualties. -In the House of Commons Sir Hamar Greenwood, replying to a question, said there were 2193 resignations and 220 dismissals from the Royal Irish Constabulary during the preceding 12 months, and 131 resignations and 33 dismissals from the auxiliary police. Constables Mcintosh and Cooper were standing outside a Belfast music hall to-night talking to three girls, when five men fired revolvers at them. Crooks was killed and Mcintosh and Cooper were seriously wounded. A civilian near by was also wounded. The assailants escaped in the confusion. While the police and military were surrounding a house near Callan, 30 armed men rushed out. Constable Reilly was killed and Captain Baynham wounded. The military surprised some armed men near Mallow. They shot three dead and wounded* two. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS RE-OPENED WITH THE SINN FEIN. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 13, 11.20 p.m. . LONDON, March 10. The Sunday Express states that negotiations for a truce in Ireland have been re-opened between the Government and the Sinn Fein, the former abandoning the demand for the surrender of arms. DISHONEST CONSTABLES. THREE YEARS FOR THEFT. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 13, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, March 10. Constables Knight and Johnson, convicted by court-martial of thefts at Roscommon, were sentenced to three years' penal servitude.