IRISH AFFAIRS

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14364, 15 May 1920, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS

SERIES OF CONCERTED OUTRAGES. i POLICE BARRACKS DESTROYED. _ CUSTOMS OFFICES BURNED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.)i Received May 14, 5.5 p.m. DUBLIN, May 13. A new series, of outrages, apparently concerted in many parts of Ireland, , includes destruction of the police barracks at Ballybrak, Bessborough, Killo. grange, Carrickbeg, Garrigan, and Camlough. It is noteworthy that Bessborough is only half a mile distant from the Viceregal Lodge. The attackers cut the telegraph wires, dislocating communication with Dublin and the pro- j i vincial centres. J. i Other parties burned down the I i Bantry Customs offices. Armed, masked men h«ld up the Kilcommon-Meuagh Mail and seized police correspondence. Another party seized and tarred Mr P. Sheeby, of Skibberdeen, an editor. INCOME-TAX OFFICE RAIDED. ■ k DOCUMENTS BURNED. (Router's Telegrams.) . i Received May 14, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, May 13. The Income Tax office, housed in the Scottish Provident Building in Belfast, was raided by masked men. Clerks, who were working overtime, were overpowered and bound. The raiders emptied the shelves and desks, piled the income-tax documents on the floor, where they were saturated with petrol and set on fire. The raiders then decamped, no arrests being effected. AN EXTENSIVE CAMPAIGN. BURNING GOVERNMENT OFFICES. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received May 14, 7.20 p.m. LONDON, May 13. The police barracks at Carrigar-d, in Donegal and Kolleter 111 Tyrone, were 'destroyed. Masked raiders who held up clerks in the'Belfast Income Tax Office destroyed all papers, but the fire brigade saved the building. The' Customs Office at Bantry was completely destroyed after the books and documents had been piled in a bonfire. Similar outrages were perpetrated at the Old Age Pensions Office at Newton Stewart, tlie Income Tax Office in Londonderry and the Inland Revenue Office at Ennis- ■ • killen. Eight masked men raided the Downpatrick Excise Office and stole a quantity of documents. A clergyman living next door was shot in the thigh while assisting the caretaker. RAIDS ON THE MAILS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received May 14, 8.45 p.m. LONDON, May 13. Masked men captured the mail between Menagh and Thurles, seizing a number of police documents. A mail train was raided at Middleton and the constabulary mail captured. A CLERGYMAN SHOT. (Reuter's Telegrams.) Received May 14. 8.50 p.m. LONDON, May 13. The Irish outrages include the burning of the police barracks in the suburbs of Cork. Explosives were used to complete the destruction. Rev. Wilkinson, canon of the Down Cathedral, was the clergyman shot in the thigh while endeavouring to stop the raid on the Downpatrick office.