CAPTAIN CRAIGI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether, on Sunday, 4th November, the police permitted St. Joseph's brass band, playing Nationalist Party tunes, to parade Canal Street, Newry, a quiet Protestant quarter, although the police do not allow Protestant bands playing the National Anthem to pass through Kilmorey Street and the adjacent thoroughfares.
MR. BRYCEI am informed by the police authorities that Canal Street, Newry, is a locality mainly inhabited by Protestants, through which Nationalist bands are not permitted to march; while Kilmorey Street is a Nationalist quarter, through which Protestant bands are not allowed to pass. On the occasion in question the St. Joseph's brass band 837 unexpectedly turned into Canal Street, and a sufficient force of police was not present to prevent them from doing so. The Inspector-General informs mo that he has directed arrangements to be made to prevent a repetition of the occurrence.
§ MR. MOONEY (Newry)Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the Protestant and Catholic inhabitants of Newry live on terms of friendship, except when attempts are made by outsiders to raise strife?