IRISH AFFAIRS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 March 1923, Page 2

IRISH AFFAIRS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. FURTHER rebel excesses. LONDON, March 1(5. Two Free State soldiers, named Kavanagh and Magcnnis, were shot dead m Dublin. Some Irregulars raided Charlestown, County Mayo, wrecking most the shops. On Free State troops arriving, fighting ensued, wherein one Nationalist soldier and one rebel were killed, and three rebels were captured. LONDON. Mardi 17. Keiimas O' Donovan, Rebel Director of Chemicals, was captured in Dublin. He has been engaged smuggling explosives from England. He was lormerlv captured in the Four Courts, but escaped. |)K VALERA’S PROCLAMATION. LONDON. March 1(5. The theatres and cinemas in Dublin were closed in conformity with Do Valera’s pnx lomation, but the Government ordered their reopening, and the cinemas complied. With armed guards the theatres will open to-night. Whilst searching a steamer from Antwerp, special Thames police found and seized a number of revolvers and ammunition destined for Trclaid. One man lias been arrested. COSO RAVE’S HOPES. LONDON, March 17. President Gosgrave. in a St. Patrick’s Day message, says: By next St. Patrick’s Day, Ireland will be crowned with an immortal Shamrock, on whose leaves will shine the everlasting golden letters of liberty, order and prosperity. SOLDIER. SHOT. LONDON, March lti. Last, night two men walked up to Nolan, a Free State volunteer walking in a Dublin street and shot him dead point blank.