§ Mr. MOOREasked whether on Sunday, 18th July, several trains conveying Nationalist excursion parties passed through Portadown, and that bottles and stones were thrown by the excursionists at the police a ad civilians at or near the railway station and several revolver shots were fired into dwelling-houses near the railway line; whether similar attacks have boon made on several previous occasions; and what steps will be taken to protect persons residing near the railway from these attacks?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI am informed by the Constabulary authorities that the facts are substantially as stated. The police are fully alive to the danger of disturbance on such occasions, and a considerable extra force was on duty in Portadown on the date in question.