19 JUNE 1920, Page 2

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Whilst the Irish railway delegatea were assembling at Bristol for their conference with the executive of the N.U.R. on the question of handling munitions in Ireland, news was received of a still further step towards the negation of Government. At Waterford on Monday night, railwaymen in charge of a train for Kilkenny refused to let the train start because some thirty soldiers proposed to travel by it. Finally fourteen soldiers who had no rifles (having probably been in Waterford on leave) were allowed to travel, whilst the remaining sixteen went to the local barracks. As the soldiers were clearly not on duty, the refusal of the railwaymen must have been due to their dislike of the King's uniform.