IRISH FREE STATE.
UNVEILING OF STATUE. COLLAPSE OF A PLATFORM. Unlied Press Assn.—F. !<><•. Tei. Copyrigiu. LONDON. ,lune 10. An eventful Sunday afternoon was •spent in Galway in connection with tlic unveiling of a statue commemorating Padraig O’Conaire, scholar, author and philosopher. The gravity of the proceedings was upset by the discovery that a practical joker, with leanings toward the O’Duffy group, had clad the statue in a blue shirt. The meeting had barely composed itself when the platform bearing Mr de Valera and 30 other notable people collapsed and precipitated them in a struggling heap. Nobody was seriously hurt and Mr de Valera escaped without injury.
NEW PARTY FORMED. ALL-IRELAND REPUBLIC. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel Copyi-irlit DUBLIN, June 10. The leader of the Blue Shirts, General O’Duff,v, at a meeting in Dublin inaugurated a new party to bo known as the National Front. It will light the next election with a plan for an All-Ireland Republic on the lines of a corporate State. The members of the now party will wear green shirts.
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Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19599, 11 June 1935, Page 5
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174IRISH FREE STATE. Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19599, 11 June 1935, Page 5
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