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Show DUBLIN CASTLE IS If CAPTURED AT LAST 1, DUBLIN. Jan. 16. (By the Associ-afed Associ-afed Press) The governmental po-ers po-ers foT Ireland as vested in the Brit-! Brit-! n authorities at Dublin castle, were today turned over to the provisional government of Ireland, as constltut- k ed last Saturday under the Anglo- 'Br.-Tnsh 'Br.-Tnsh treaty The transfer was mad b Viscount Fltzalan, the lord lleu'e STy ant, In the privy council chamber iR The viceroy this morning awaited a. jf telephone message announcing that & the new ministry had arrive,! at tho V castle, but not until 1:23 o'olock thl it-afternoon it-afternoon did the eheei-s of the crown . eutslde announce the arrival of Mich-:el Mich-:el Collins. Professor John McNeill. P. i Hogan, Joseph BlcGrath, Kevin O'- i Hlgglns. and William Cos grave. In- i mediately afterwards viscount Fitzal- I en with two aides ariiveri and they all proceeded to the privy council chamber cham-ber where the transfer of powers was effected. From an earlv hour this moi r. all approaches to the castle were blocked by good humored crowd j watching for what was described as the 'fn.ll of Dublin Castl " The met- 1 ropoiltan police dealt in a friendly manner with all romers and the aux-lllarlM aux-lllarlM in uniform watched the pro-ceedinga pro-ceedinga from their old quarters where they had examined so many arretted sinn Feiners |