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New Zealand Tablet, Volume VII, Issue 332, 29 August 1879, Page 16

The Freeman says : — A most extraordinary interference with the freedom of public meeting is reported in our columns to-day from Cookstown. It appears that the Catholics of the district had determined to hold a meeting for the purpose of identifying themselves, with the popular movement throughout Ireland in favour of the . moderate measure of university education which goes under the name of The O'Connor Don's Bill. Some perßon took it into his head that such an exercise of their rights as citizens by the Catholics >tf Cookstown was calculated to lead to a breach of the peace. TK^ wind of the word was enough for the local authorities, who immediately met and quickly decided to put down the demonstration. For this purpose police were drafted at considerable expense from all sides, and on the people's appearance yesterday proceeding to the place of meeting they were charged and dispersed with considerable violence and some lamentable casualties.

A statue to Lord Gough is shortly to be erected in Dublin. This is ri^ht. Lord Gough (an Irishman) longr fought hard, and when he retired it was to Ireland, for he was no " absentee." When by a mistake he was defeated at Chilianwallah the London Tiinet screamed out, " Tipperary tactics 1" and yellled at him. But he Boon won Goojerat — (worshipping success). England praised him into ft peerage. — Universe,