§ Mr. CHARLES CRAIG (for Captain Craig)asked whether an outrage was committed recently in the Sixmilebridge district, county Clare, when a self-binder machine, the property of Mr. Robert Russell, a respectable farmer, which he had lent to a neighbour, was blown up by a bomb consisting of an axle-box filled with blasting-powder and exploded with a fuse; whether the police can supply any information as to the reasons which prompted the outrage; whether any arrests have been made; and whether a claim for compensation has been lodged?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI am informed by the constabulary authorities that a reaping and binding machine belonging to Mr. Robert Russell was blown up as stated in the question. No motive has been suggested—that is altogether a matter of opinion. The police have not as yet been able to make any arrests. Mr. Russell has lodged a claim for £20 compensation.