DUBLIN INCENDIARIES.
ANOTHER HOUSE BURNED.
HOME OF AN OFFICIAL. A. *nd N.Z. LONDON. Dec. 19.
Armed men set fire to the home of Mr. Gordon Campbell, a son of Lord Glenavy, in Dublin, to-day. The raiders knocked at the front door and asked to sec Mrs. Campbell, whom they ordered to remove her children, as they wero instructed to fire the place. Mr. Campbell assisted his wife to remove tho children, after ■which the incendiaries JspSinkled the rooms with paraffin and set fire to the house. Four rooms were ablaze when the. firo brigd.de arrived. They succeeded m saving the remainder, but the furniture and most of tho fittings were destroyed. Mr. Campboll waJ3 an official of the Ministry of Labour, and helped to adjust hundreds of disputes in the last few years.
Two bombs were thrown at the office of the Irish Independent, but no damage was caused.
IRISH LEGISLATION. FIRST BILL FOR 123 YEARS. A. and N.Z. LONDON, Dec. 19. The first Irish Parliament Act for 123 years was passed by the Senate at Dublin. It is a technical measure, entitled the Adaptation Enactment Bill.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18279, 21 December 1922, Page 9
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187DUBLIN INCENDIARIES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18279, 21 December 1922, Page 9
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