MARTIAL LAW

MARTIAL LAW.
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NO FAIRS OR MARKETS IN CLONMEL.
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From inquiries made in official quarters to-day, it appears that the
monthly fair to Clonmel next Wednesday will not be permitted by the
authorities.
Bodies of armed soldiers, wearing trench helmets, were posted at the
different approaches to Clonmel, and prevented people bringing poultry,
butter, eggs, etc., to the weekly markets. Another body of troops occupied the
Main Guard where the butter and egg market is usually held.
The prohibition of the fairs and markets causes much loss and
inconvenience, and holds up the cattle trade for the time being.
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FETHARD MARKET STOPPED.
The people of Fethard had their first experience of martial law on Thursday;
when military, with full equipment, were stationed at all of the approaches to
the town for the purpose of stopping the weekly fowl market. The men on
duty were taken off their posts at 10.30 o'clock.
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CARRICK-ON-SUIR FAIR STOPPED.
Carrick-on-Suir monthly fair fixed for Thursday was stopped by the
military stationed in the town. Early in the morning parties of soliders,
accompanied by policemen, took up positions at the roads leading into the
town from counties Waterford, Kilkenny and Tipperary, and turned back
every person who had been coming to the fair. No buyers were in town and it
was generally known throughout the adjoining districts that the fair would not
be allowed, very few persons had to be turned back. About 100 soliders and
four officers are stationed at Carrick-on-Suir Workhouse. The stopping of the
fair has been the only incident of a martial law nature that has taken place
since the military arrived, except that the pig market usually held on the
Monday preceeding the fair did not take place last Monday at the Fair Green.
The pigs were bought outside the town.
The news that permits to enter County Tipperary will not be required
has been learned in Carrick and district with much pleasure. Carrick is only
100 yards across the river from County Waterford and Co. Kilkenny touches
the urban boundary. For these reasons the permits system would cause great
inconvenience in Carrick if it operated in the same manner as it did in Co.
Clare last year.