IRISH REBELLION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18764, 18 January 1923, Page 7

IRISH REBELLION

DESTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS. IMPORTANT SERVICES SUSPENDED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, January 16. As an indication of the damage done by the rebels to the railways, the Great Southern and Western Companies have submitted claims amounting to £640,000. It is expected that they will reach £1,000,000 when the damage is fully assessed. Services over a wide area, including three important lines between Dublin and Cork, have been suspended.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

REBELS’ BOLDNESS. FIGHTING IN DUBLIN. LONDON, January 16. Late on Monday night Irregulars in Dublin carried out fierce attacks on the Free State military posts for an hour. The crowded streets resounded to rifle and machine gun firing and bombing. The chief attacks wore made against the City Hall and the Collins Barracks. The garrisons returned the fire and drove off the attackers. At least eight were wounded, including pedestrians.—A. and N.Z. Cable. EQUAL IN DISTRESS. WOMEN’S PRIVILEGES WITHDRAWN. LONDON, January 16. Tho Daily Mail’s Dublin correspondent states: '‘The authorities have decided to put female Republicans on the same footing as men, and are withdrawing the exemption from search and detention if found in possession of arms. This action follows a riot by 50 female political prisoners in Monnijoy Gaol, who, angered over the governor’s manner of dealing with the complaints, destroyed everything breakable, and heaved remnants over the galleries. Force had to bo used to restore order. The ringleaders were placed in solitary confinement.”—A. and N.Z. Cable.