Galway In Days Gone By

1920

Winter supplies

The opinion of those who are in close touch with the conditions generally throughout Ireland is that if the fine weather be experienced during the remainder of this, and the first half of next month, there is no reason to why the grain harvest, except on very heavy land, should not be normal.

On heavy land loss will be caused by logging. The yield of potatoes, however, will probably be below average, particularly in cases where spraying was neglected, left too late, or could not be carried out owing to the wet weather.

There is no reason to anticipate a general shortage of milk. There may be isolated local shortages, such as were experienced last year, but taking the country as a whole, the outlook for winter is regarded as satisfactory.

Steps have been taken to reserve sufficient butter for home requirements, and this supply is to be retailed at a price not to exceed the maximum of 3s. 4d. per lb.

Free export in excess of this reserve will be permitted; and prices “on the other side” are expected to reach very high figures: 5s. per lb. was mentioned by the “Daily Chronicle” and the other day as a possible winter price in England. ]

Night terror in Tuam

Another night of terrorism was experienced by the people of Tuam during Saturday-Sunday night when military shots rang out intermittently for three hours.

The firing commenced at about 1 o’clock, a.m., and lasted until about 4 a.m. on Sunday morning. Earlier on Saturday night a military patrol paraded the town and discharged several shots which, fortunately, did no harm.

As Dr. Hession was returning in a motor-car from Brooklawn he was held up near the town by a military patrol which questioned him, afterwards taking him from the motor-car and subjecting him to a thorough personal search.

Learning that he was a medical practitioner, they apologised for their conduct and he was allowed to proceed home.

A driver who refused to halt when called upon to do so was fired on. The military subsequently went all over the town and shots were fired indiscriminately.

A machine-gun was trained on the Deanery, the residence of the Rev. Mr. Orr, Protestant Dean of Tuam, which is directly facing the courthouse, and which was considerably marked by bullets. One shot went through a bedroom window, penetrating the opposite wall where it struck a wardrobe.

The dean and his wife are away at present in Belfast. The deanery was closed up at the time and the blinds drawn, and there was nobody in the building except the housekeeper, Mrs. Mary Conroy, who had a providential escape, a shot whizzing by the window of the room while she was dressing herself.

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