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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18332, 23 February 1923, Page 7

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! 61 REBELS CAPTURED. ROUND-UP IN NORTH GALWAY MEN SURPRISED IN STORM. Br Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. (Received 4.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. DUBLIN. Fob. 21. Extensive operations in North Galway resulted in the capture of 61 rebels fully armed, who were responsible for recent burnings. One column of 18 men was surprised by night in a farmhouse during a heavy rainstorm. DUBLIN STREET BATTLE. RAID ON INCOME TAX OFFICE. A. and N.Z. DUBLIN. Feb. 21. Armed • men raided the Income Tax office in Nassau Street, Dublin, and set fire to the building. Simultaneously an attack was made on a military post nearby. Heavy firing followed over a wide area for half an hour between the attackers and the troops, the former being concealed on the house-tops. The thoroughfares were crowded with panic-stricken people. Three civilians were wounded. A number of arrests were made, and two irregulars were shot dead. A Ford car containing three land mines was captured. REPUBLICAN BOYCOTT. BRITISH GOODS PROCLAIMED. A. and N.Z. LONDON. Fob. 21. De Valera has issued a proclamation ordering a rigid boycott of certain classes of British goods, on the ground that " the war is still pursued by Britain through her creatures and agents." The proclamation also forbids dealings with persons whose names appear on a black list to be published.