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the acton free press inyusiiay apiirr 2ird 1942 page six southern ireland neutral lives in fear oi invasion tm u urn su of ril of toried mbout trip to london kbd niunv ulugi by roup of cwnadbui nwtiprrorn mi ll invitation of uui brltlll oovrn- nwnl it u written by ok trniplln who t rb cudun wkly nwpar auotutlon hvery dny nf the i weeks or more silent nwny from home teemed to pro vide somethine now different hul nollilne u null unexpected ni n twodny holiday in neutrnl eire or southern irelnnd it wn not bj choice of mine i would rnther it hnd been scotlnnd but thin short lienre- ful interlude iry the orfly pnrt of the empire which itnya neutral unr onlyintcreitlngbut i look not hnck on il with plensure it wn n tueklnj nftei noon when i lefl fondon nlonvith seven other canndlnn editors qnr belli put u- on the train and banc us roolbye wndlnb ui nwnj with more present i ihlb tlmv envelopes with enlarged pmuren of ounelvei durlnc travels in enejnnil hint nlrht ni never to be forrot- ttm two hure geinuin innd mines floated down out of the nil nnd nr- rlved in bournemouth at hie tame time a we did thnl expel lenre has bein illscutsert more fully in another of these stories i wnn up enrli the next mormnr havinr slept fnlrlj well on a mnltievi tiinhefloorlnsplte ofuierjlspln sound of shovellinr broken plnte rirss off the streets in the dnrknes there was some difficulty about shnvliik in a bathroom full of broken rlnss and with only a dribble of told ruitv water from one tap hut the indv nt h vwuuid hnlel uml i he countryklde was itrecn enough but uninviting tvo modern buses waited outride the only thlne unuiunl was the name of the company printed in two inn- kuokcs english and the stinnue old text of the gnollc innruncn not 1111 then did i renlbe tlml soul hern ire land wns blllniunl sure says nn iilshman we enn be illiterate in two languages now it wan n drive of twenty miles to adare where we were to pond the nirlit hut the loads wore winding nnd nnrrow with walls along each side nnd plentj of stones still left in hie fields he tiny whitewashed cot- taros wire picturesque but poor by hi- time we pulled inlo adnro the spoodomotei must hnve indlcnted 30 miles at least t no q hay ad my own little town of vu hnd flown over it often r 1 i dont suppose anything n lovely pagtutc jcjssclltliu nil adnre just happened i suipocl that many earls of dunrnven jioured the profits of their welsh mines into this village i know that they re built two of the ancient abbeys pre senting one to the catholics and tho milk production ilalton fnrmerijnro planning to sow tin largest screage of spring grains other to the anglleanarand they laid that they have sown in many years is out their demesne so that thoro the conunsus of opinion of the ilnl- were views down olmllned ireetj ton agricultural war service com- and past thatched opltnges with mlltoe slnlos agrloultual ileprekon- honoysucklo growing up the k tntlve j e whltelock who is acting evon suspected that old thatched cot- secretary to that committee in any tngo that stood- directly ncross the event thoro wan way from jjre inn could never have ncreage plowed last fall than for attained hint nppenranco of extreme great ninny years hint in due to t age nnd yet be so woll kept without being plnnned hint wnv whether the cottnue wns old or not there were plenty of nuthentlc ruins the ancient stqne bridge over the mnigue river imil boon theie for sk hundred yenrs or more no two of its seven arches quite mntched the others in sle or curvnture though they hnd stood through the centuries beside the rlvol just upklrenm the ftut that wo hnd nn extieihely fnvoi- ahle fnll for getting this wol k done and is unfortunntolv stnles mr whltelock directly lied up with the fact thnt there were few sntlkfnclnry catches of seeds inst yenr and further more n inrge percenlnre of oul old mendows weie bndly wlntei killed n yenr ago the fnrm survey recently completed by the committee indlcntes thht ilalton farmers nre determined from the bridge were the ruins of to produce to their rapacity of thosi thnt-nlkhlr-i-walkod-xuulj3j- i lllmil ihnm host of fond nrnihj so urgently require i in mnnngii her staff woll enough organi7il give me the host breakfast i had while in brltnln the british overseas airwnvs ni picked mi up nl the lintel and drove through streets of stun s without glass in the windows and past ng- lish eottnges looking out on the clnn nel to poole the next morning while undergo iiir one more lengthy customs exam innlion near the docks at poole the nlr raid sirens began to wall again the nnllves looked on us with sonn suspicion air rnlds hnd been sinro- in those pails nnd this wns the s c ond in as mnn dnvs nut i did not share their idea that these few can adians who important nnugh fur the ormnps to send ovit raiders just l still ii did ndd i hit of i x fctrtr k sandwell nnd the constable of adnro pnst n thatched lotlnro pnst an old normnn towel now part of a cntliolic church past ancient trees with sixfoot trunks nnd on down the main street of the villnro the thief wns full of irish lore nnd n hit of n poet he said that adnro wns the most henutlful villnrc in the whole world probnbly hes right a strange slid ancient people i wint to irelnnd with a prejudice arainsi the country i hnd just come from tnglnnd where the people were fighting for their very lives nnd for the freedom of the world here next dnorkvns irelnnd not onlv neutrnl but refusing even the use or porls to flglil submarines vet these irish still enjoyed tho privileges of empire i enme nwnj with the fooling thnt irelnnd is henutlful nnd the jrlsh people are kindly hospitable but be yond the understanding of n cannd inn with scottish blood here in kiveel adare imrtrlsrriienple- rtlrfnot seem to understand whnt wns roinfi on in the world todny 1 hoy lived in the fnr pnst one might hnve thought thnt cromwill hnd come thnl way just last yenr nnd laid wnsle the old black abbey nnd the frnncisenn ah hev and the white abbey nnti-forrct- tinr desmond cnstle down by the stone bridge over tho river of course do vnlcra boasts that food conscience is worlds need would be temperate these times he says not eat and drink unwisely jekusau3m cp what people need in these dnyu of food rationing black mnrkou and high prices la a food conscience according to dr rinhnm brown anglican bishop in jerusalem a fond conscience will observo food regulations and prices nnd it will refuse to evade these for personnl family institutional oi communal ad vantage he nnld in n messngo puh hulled in a montlilyjdlocesan lonflet a food const icncctmii condemn the spetulntor the unscrupulous mid- dlemnn and the profiteer ho con- llnutd a food consciencewill do as it would be done by it will not rook to trade on friendship with the shopkeeper ol to ohtnln speclnl tleat- nient as n privileged customer l per ilr denl a food tonstience will stoi n to nil in the library of tho inn i found n hook with the plans of the cnstle dntlng hnck to nbout 1100 from in side hiosewnlls mnny n ntzgcratd or desmond sallied forth to terrorize the countryside enough is left to be able to see nil the rooms of the old cnstle with the help of lord dun- rnvens little signs on the wnll nnd the use of n hit of imaglnntion one rainy afternoon i climbed lo the top ol the tower looking out through the loopholes whore archers once shot tbelr arrows nnd stories like ivnn- hoo hint i hndn t rend since hirh school days cirme crowding hnck i plucked n tiny fein out of n trnck in tho rock and put it inside nn en velope in my pocket- back home three weeks inter i found it nil dried out but when it wns ptnnted ngnln it rrew theie was just one thing in adnro that dldn t seem to fit in the pic ture that wits the manor house ir- colf it dates bneoqsyonrfcofcsor nnd looks something like n wedding take on the front wall is nn ln- striptlon which wont something like ibis ibis goodly house wns built without selling oi borrowing or go ing in debt and forlunntely i thought the roodlv house is well hidden rrom view from the rest of adiro pelhnps if you re irish vou know the empire these include- milk hneon nnd eggs i his survey taken from between 10 nnd so per cent of ilnllons mixed fnrmers indlcntes they nre plnnnlng to step up their num- her of milk cows 12 1 per cent r t ritfiuo l i gii in ii mm ireland will defend itself against any the poem by gerald griffiths attack from any source its rnlher oh sweet adare oh lovely vnle ob soft rotrent of sylvnn splendnui nor summer sun nor morning gale lor bnited n siene more softly tender motor boat through tin wot is of lnol hni nor dodging the si ipl in imps and mill fields lo vvlni hie wingid hntthship of lb nn lb shin i sundi iluiil flvini foil l hmn 11011 lodt at niu hni iii hi draw fol s its i linl 1 ill whnt wns inlli i hi p ii mi i uiil of th shij i w is ill il fair sieil loom full of iukk i sii ks of mini i h s nl wns foil ihle and hi su win i i iiv s i vi d nn t x ii nt iiinl m plnstu ilislus hut iriliibh w fn two bouts ill i n h ilf m s prohiihlv some of i hi urn i ml i itirmonel v i viu ni e united kinprdomsi food imimrtinp firms turn to eire for more wartime menti i in nml r in in i hili fl w w h it ills fi 11 1 111 si ov he two wind with hut k hln k pmnl i hndn t renhed on tin mp in n w york lo 1 isbon lo 1 nglnnd how hflltull ii is lo ii iv i around w u lime kuiopi in n wnv ihil little short of miiniulou lal r the british c oiini isul the diffmiltl niitomm vovnge- as j as i s it nloii i piirtment i hi hug ntft w us is 1 h u hid 1 lull wnv il oil hull up nilvlieiilj m nny pitiful down by the bridge theie were some tank traps at lenst that was evidently what they were inlend- id to be a brcn gun carrier might hnve some difficulty knocking them i down a driver of a medium tnnk jjritiulls od would hnrdlv notlie them i the inst two weeks lii pnglnnd jviail g01 tlilk iii nrmv had been on manoeuvres ir slghl wis i fn lee pl i ttllilt lind too the niniv in id mnnoeuviis wonl hnd in n suit lo allan lo have food nnugh on linnd on tridnv fm n loupli f ballihons hut they ill i mil iiinu lh following mural n hn v ii i iv 1 lit jo was no fo 1 ask 1 why iii dldn i conn on 1 i nlnv hi ln 1 sinl il i ilmd hi it div so lh v poslponei lh imiis s ai u iillv lh irish dun i 1 1 alie vet tint modern wiis don t slop hiausi it i mis bui though hi v il ra ni iv sp 1k f r p ming an t nemv hi u opl of iielinl know their dnngi i hid a i nut fi inklv thnl they tin msk is no helpletxtonlefltl i-lalkhl-vvluiuvu- nnlhis il th golf ours villi lit nsk i il i thought huh r wis tiiiil in ill nk ir i ind i wnsn l vi iv hiinful one of tin m slid sin hid tin hill hoys at hum i he oust able i yeteinn 111 uixl war said rjllkhl nun fiom snilh rn in land u in the british a in km ii s lh i slip iw iv i si i lo 1011 sows planned for this yenr show nn incrense of 11 1 per tent ovei lnuamhiens 28 per conl in crease over 1911 this is most do sii able and to be highly commended in view of the fact that our federal nuthorltles nre nsking for 500 million poun is more milk ihnn we produted in 1011 n order to furnish the in- crensed i equirements of cheese and concentrated milk products for brlt nln while comparatively utile of our mllkjn hnlton is mnde into those products nevertheless the more milk we produce here the more will be re- lonsed elsewhere for the manufacture into those products ihoplnnned incrense in milk iows while most desirable does however prehebrnnotllorqirnhlnnpfrnmrthe- slnndpoint of the hnv and pnsture situation asl e fiom our reduced acrenge in these hops oul mindows lortnlnly in most cases wtnt into the w intel in n wenkenid tondltion due to t lose gracing last fnll nnd ronse- iu0iittv il is the opinion of the ag- ruullurat war service committee thai some consideration on many farms should be given immediately providing ii has not nlrendy been i done to stlmulnting hie piodultivitv of existing pnstuns and mendows nnd nisei to supplementing existing acienges in liny and pasture xv it ii some nnnunl hnv nnd pnsture tiops 1 lie question of stimulation of exist ing mendows nnd pnstures in minus nf top dressing with manure or com nn rclnl ferlijier or i inmbination of both and the suhsuln s to be pnil on su h v i f uul he- hold hie poor to ransom by denllng oh the lilntk market said the bishop a food tonstience will do sire all lo hnve nn equnl share of the hosli foodstuffs it will not seize over everything it wants when this would nu an that some key peyson or fam ily would have to go shoit a fond conscience will be temp- iiate it will not be greedy it will not indulge unvy iscly in food or drink nt nny time a food tonstience will nvold wnste in nny form eithei in purpose in cooking or in cleat up a food conscience will nicept restrlc tions heed pretnutions nnd follow ndvlce about diet plane tires iiolsk birmingham cp- occupants of the british plane were killed when il crashed nnd burst into flames near lu re setting a fnrmhouse on fire clear telephone lines for allout production your telephone i part of a vast infewtiefciiig y- torn now carrying an abnormal wartime loail dont urdledelayuoilurm duetioii eff-ioieney- maydopoml other w as tl answik promptly xbebnief clrrlyoirl- lnn tlae ciu i guimf w imhil i miebmfflllmhillfd smiti il ill with in nnnlhi tunc tlii dn fi tl i lh it m m ru nn rs nitul houtil in cm al th n toml iimi i tlu spin i haiuiiin tttrmi tojwi rmkt twulltin 1 th nnih ih i simin airwnxs iml miih tlt l luutktnxitof hnctntitt i u- uui k hhip woulil r fin 1 m in im 1 k oft fii poituml m t nuiiniiik ww n lsi n im n suiuli 1 wm i l nitl m 1 tthhikht rlil ul h- 11 hi in cvt an nn it impnt linn fn nis i in foi i hints i ruv lirk lln mini il- itii it pi sm l h tin nn it hi it iih hi s m mui to in i n it i is of putting iln mm uui hnrst y on i oiulon s ustnd moiui- w liu ii mn t ii n fiishinn in nt inn lift r tin u illlllvh ir on i inn s niut horsi s pn foi u il nu it shoi tnj ilmm i rnnthnttcnmn nnd fnrjr 1 hniisjinds of mhiiij nnil in tti sji nd th dins md ninnts nbhit hunt inn a pair of rnhbits t vsorth four shilling i ibitiu l niilsi m almost nn ii ish ni irki t to n nnd sub nii nts foi tb nnl british bui itn now t ikinn up sti u nn positions at cross fn ids and bruin s u itb i m w tn int rptinn t m htinti rs on ihtn w w lo nun ktt siliaiioii lo plinnmn n suppbim a i ii annu il i o s for li i uki p is tun u hib siii ti inniiil ciops t in not l at l in pint i of iiioil pi i in m i nl si mds iut i tluli ss uiuli i f ix oi thb i ond 1 1 urns in nun i p istun s i in an 1 tin prodm i i tn mentions bulk of fi d ptnf o knthln of in anmi il iiuslmndi dipulnunt o a it i onuui nils surlan irass whidi should tn sown nt i he rati of lit lbs pi r am nbout tin mid of mi on a nood firm will pnpued siul h d nnd shiui n hi sim tt rit i p 1 h vote 4 on april 27th on b iil nikbi domi 111 til i rattan vi hliik i l r mi iu m bloodtd inshnnn of tin itii n in i mad i sti t i m ion 10 1 pivtr nf tretnnri i i m nl on uui last nikhl in hn i i lb sjnl hi it thlh i w i lows ft u h mm pi nn i m h iml inn in tiopt s i ho in irki t max mdun xur blauajird-and- lark ilursra n i ommi tub d dt pth tn inn n lu unties dei i in tilif kaithtn s opinion h slinultl not be pistund until helix rli t p foi tnttb al tlu o a c last i ar s a n s of sudan r iss s ixt d hi da fnr them from the slnndpoint of th ir dnirx h id si il 1 prof paithbx and fuithtimoie hull s ii rt nnx mllket v ii on it 1rnm tiprinitpninmrlninninh i nips in not the t st n l lh i o ils al t bus pi r m n uui t ui i it- it bink imilim hi of tut this l itiniw it nf to it oniv 1 buruiiii liiinlu i nu i trul thr lnif nutuv iittt rno k tit hlp club t d twi so urn dill- b hi i fune in th i ais i tixltnht it it in u w ii tn tlu si union nv i ti bo t mi i i ii i h tnk t v imi t ii i h i ui 1 knoii liivv niuon tilt ui ui i in 1 1 iv v s l si thit h tin 1 hi ni n of hu ill inv tyn tlsntlvt ltonre tirvmd 1 m l i n 1 niiiiv i ol r ligion th mot ill tureqlle llls 1 i i il i ui iklu lh h l ii nl i t h in t i il 1 i i i will i 1 ii iml il m p ii ini i i i in ill ml- iil no l n st ill 1 1 til is t it a i- niil t 1 n 1 1 1 lilt ix ill mpbfi 1 imii pru horian n tb ttt xmuld htnun h s i sid lint on t iri opinion lum nnxx tl it no idx i tisi nu nts hax h n s n ilthounh otfiis hax hi n mat iu lows and hotses ittltnins fioi i 1 1 hi ms m n t i tihlu 1 d in r ir v rhn in irbainnl quit i nt iv hun wis a siene irrhi i int h ms fmruaiuiii abuu tin ti ilfn jxernnu nl bn k b ni h i not t i tlu xtit initx of ln uwv sulihi hifilhl wi d nun fust 1 i s l in 1 u inn ml h t u 1 niht tt x ul i hie m ik si ilk link r 1 u it 111 i i s f ir llu- i pos nillli t il i i vi lbs 1 1 1 it illls ih ni ik i it nt ir n o ir hi m iv n it iii iml hand- r brolliit and ion iioinji to reialims omt- lail i linn every elector ofactuncnrd district is requested tovote and vote yes monday april 27th because 1 our mhi- lui- mii ijit xoii to vote 2 faitx polilieal partx en-rl- on lo mi y ti lere 1 1 1 n u l i il ivo t i-y- t our rountil ejirt tii lo tti ye- b voting ye oil r xour omriuniiit a tree haintto roiiilurl lli- tvar r iii s liatexer nuiiiner nun bruojjf noie aix iiinnn owinn their sappun ss ml ions pit nt t rub in x to mould in oils ind tun tflt r h- inj pi i i i h b irn it lilt ids ir in ul ibl s i ins in tin n 1 1 in i b into e ii nl h t tmririnr nrfirrr nrrhe atttmt luinl ii siuis i mimitti i nt i m tl il i it sown fi i is of vi nn ir by voting no on ill lim arrperdnr mill it i rolulo j tin- iimtrl ii in t x tliiv mm in i i h m ilk i 111 fl i 1 ii- il i i hv i p uhi il il ho ml t i i fit lh n i il n- r 1 1 uj in i ini i ii ti n atlv lll iiinu il i i l il- i hum- lollai- artinu- lil- wldii ami iliuiil im- liail a- nian oi 11 r- men oiii mil a am ollirr rotniiiiiniln in anada we bae tlorl oxer tin- lop i l tin- one anneil rr it e- in t rxirx war flit 1h i e r vote and vote yes hum lllll i ll 111 yjlllllllill n i k i 1 i bnel bill nl i mil n liiiri i v 1 ilk i i uk- jn ae nn i lub i n ii v with nil iiulkiini inn i ml ii krs nlil nffi ml i- v ne ninri enirv niv inl nnne nf u knew hull ft slav over nltfht in ir linl intemt holm nn i 1 l- i- kin broke lb wi 1w ii i 1 i i i il li f ll i 11 i- i i i 1 i iii if miimi ti1hh mktv i ik acton committee for a yes vote 1 1 i i i i him- ii 1 1 it i ii ii ii i hi in i i n 1 i i il n 1 ikini mlmjli 1 vi i- i tin hiiilni it ki u i si mi i iti u 1 1 in n i rli i ft i in in mi 1 lei iii v hn i nuinv vriv nt iv ivy for hi u in roiwil iihiki nrrlisl i in i ii ill in i 1 hn nlliir lire hiuiiiiki ii i liiitlnn- s lltnl irn mi in it 1 1 mi- in i nre ul ni i wll vnri i v f i n m v- il llj i li nun in lil- w i lujtlv j h unilliii i ij h l- kilwliv- v i ii- v tt j benson inn mi iihiilinj i j nn i m mi i unlit nn o oiiki- miss 1 m thlirim-nfr- i jjuuialjumuitropjiis v