IRISH BOYCOTT

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4593, 19 May 1922, Page 2

IRISH BOYCOTT

IN SOUTH AND NORTH NOW. MORE TRAGIC EPISODES. ißy Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Aust.-N.Z. Cubic -Association.) (Received May 19, 8.55 a.m.)' London, May 19. Further shooting occurred in Belfast streets to-day. Mrs Brown, a Protestant, saw seven men fire at the' window of her dwelling. She shouted to her daughter to lie down, but, being too late in obeying, she was wounded. Three armed men entered the residence of Mrs Josephine Keown, a Roman Catholic, seeking her husband? They shot and. dangerously wonded Mrs Keown, and slightly wounded her son. It is believed that several men were killed last night in a prolonged struggle between the military and gunmen. The military used machine guns. TO SPREAD THE BOYCOTT. The Ulster Trades Defence Association has circularised merchants advising a boycott of Sputhrn Ireland while the hitter's boycott of Ulster continues. THE BOYCOTT COMPLETED. (United Service). London, May 17. The Ulster Trades Defence Association has issued a manifesto declaring an absolute, boycott of the whole of South Ireland. ULTIMATUM TO REBELS. Grave developments are feared at Ballinrobe, where the rebels are in possession of the barracks. They refuse to release tho regular prisoners. Tho commander of the regulars has g ; von them a 24 hours' utimafcum, after which he wil launch an attack. EXTENDING CURFEW HOURS. (Received May 19, 9.20 a.m.) (R-euter). London, May 17. In consequence of the abnormal number of police necessary to maintain order in Belfast during tho noncurfew hours, the Northern Parliament has. decided that the curfew shall begin at 10 o'clock, instead of 11 at night. WILL GO THE' LIMIT. The Government, defending the action of Parliament, declared that it would close public houses altogether, if found necessary. SOME MORE RAIDS A party of men wearing police caps gained admission to the Musgravo police bararcks in Belfast, and then rushed towards the arms room.. The inmates of tho "barracks were aroused, "and the raiders escaped over tho walls. One constable was shot dead. Armed men boarded a tramcar in Belfast, and shot two passengers dead. The police and military are making a house-to-house inspection of tho city for gunmen.