Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 32, 15 December 1898, Page 9

Irish News.

I ' ; #-i-ANTRIM.-Paction PightS. -FootbaU in Belfast is becoming so rowdy and partisan that the authorities may have to suppress furi 0 r D art^w^r Neatl r Very^ at<sh is «&» the o furious party wrangling, and very disgraceful scenes are reported. trih.SS^'nf 11 £&«W&'-- IWfe>wn1 Wfe>wn O f Middleton has consmߣj! *th 6 fUad f ° r the com P le «^ <>t Queenstown CLARE.— A Centenarian-— John Guerin of Ennis is said to Zv* 0? old* ff- Olm ?? and in <**estingly of the brave 17»8 f» wKVi, if- 81 * 78 h fc h ? 8 a faiat r^°»e««on of the rising in 1798, in which his grandfather took part. He was never married and worked as a farm labourer up to eight yearsTo Tor The first 2k £%°r iae to .*t workhoilße he was, according to tne officials able to hft heavy weights, which would defy the strength of younger hS: J netm WM b ° r u n at Aißle ' near Feakle > and his relatives who bJTIfiSB!! M 6M 6 ' tO the ' Pff ma J° rit y.' were employed as stewards by tha wniihmf a ffi a - Fa / ?? i 8 Created with the u^^t kindness SdMtiSTi??? ; eoffl «»18. He gets up every morning at 6 a.m., ana retireb at 6 p.m. He has a hearty appetite, and can consume as wSu?gs? n9aS bOdied in^ at " C^te^ian S are never Father Mathew.— The anniversary of Father Mathew was celebrated by a concert recently, which was followed by addresses mm 66 * 0^ HaU ' Friar^ Wby FuS ffiT* if* • ReV< Mon8 ' Ma S ulre > and Mr. Maurice Healy, M P. fite S^T c ? m . me ff t led1 ed wrongly on the aotion of the Magi<£nt£*J r ndisonminately granting grocers spirit licences which caused a spread of the drink evil in its most dangerous and insidious DERRY.— The Franchise.— The barrister revising the lists for Derry has given an important decision affecting 100 Unionists concerning the rights of freeholders to vote under the new Art at ESnif 7 f- 6 t0 Vot6 either at Parliamentary or SI £? flections The Nationalists argued that the^e men would #2*^ f'anchlßef ' anchlße «ntil the next revision, and that women freeholders could not vote at all unless the Act were amended ; also that married women holding separate qualifications from their husbands are not entitled. The court decided against the Nationalists on both points. An appeal will be taken. The Flax Industry.— A large and important meeting of the farmers was held in the board room of the Coleraine Town Hall to consider the present condition of flax cultivation in Ulster and receive a deputation from the Flax Supply Association. Mr VV H .Lawlor, Ballymena, attended as a deputation from the Flax Supply Association of Ulster. Mr. Hezlett presided, and in his short discourse emphasised the fact that the farmers of Ulster were unable to make the cultivation of flax pay them as it had done in p^st years. They had been accused of having lost the art of fiax culture, whereas the fact really was that the flax would not grow. Mr. Lawler said he desired them to bear in mind that he was an expert, and tnathis mission was not to answer questions as to the growth and manipulation of the flax crop, but to intimate that the Flax Suuplv Association would give financial assistance with a view of securing better conditions for the flax crop. Last season they had provided an expert for the Dromore district, and although the farmers had been slow in taking up the movement, yet the result had been so successful that this year the people were paying for an expert Inere was an opinion that the Ballymena district was producing the worst flax ; and in order to remedy that the Association this year would give £300 to a Belgian expert for comin* over in the autumn and remaining until the flax was scutched and made rea iy for the market. Mr. Lawler informed them that the Belgian sowoia of flax, as a rule, send their seid to a germinating station in Switzerland. One fact which was important and interesting to them was that the mill with which he was connected ha-i bought 400 rois of Courtral flax at £90 per ton, which meant £36,000 going out of the district. As he was a native of Coleraine it was his desire to see the money retained in the neighborhood. DONEGAL.— In Memory of '93.— Riguiem, Ma« has boon °?? ce F cd cc u P, in Letterkenny for the heroes who perished in the Battle of the Swilly one hundred years ago. Patriotic— David Sheehy, M.P., in a series of sketches entitled Romance of the Land War,' contributed to a Dublin paper, has one on Donegal, in the course of which he says : ' Despite the undertakers and confisoators, the planters and banishers, the persecutions and devastations of many an age, there is yet left in Donegal a goodly army of O'Donnells and Q'Dohertys, and it is not a little significant

and gratifying that a scion of eaoh clan presides as bishop each over the flocks of their names— Dr. O'Donnell over Raphoe and Dr. 0 Doherty over Deny and Innishowen.' A Notable Sermon. — Recently a charity sermon to raieie funds to wipe out a heavy parochial debt on the parish of Termonamonean, county Tyrone, was preached by the Rev. Philip O'Doherty, MR I A who is known as one of the most cultured and eloquent priests in the diocese of Derry. Father O'Doherty, in the course of his sermon, said— Nations are as individuals : for each the te3t of fidelity is suffering. In the sixteenth century Ireland was given the alternative—apostacy or ruin. And, for the dignity of the human conscience, let us rejoice that with Moses she made answer. ' She would rather choose to be afflicted with the people of God than to have the pleasure of sm for a time, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater ncnea than the treasure of the Egyptians.' ' And like a lamb that opened not its mouth, the sacrificial people, fillet bound, stood up to die. 'If it be possible,' Ireland cried, 'let this chalice pass from me, but sinoe it was not, there was then witnessed the tragic sight of a whole nation standing to be martyred in defence of the suprem c a ? y i of »? hn . sfc>B Vicar ' aDd iQ defence, too, of the inviolate sanctity • of holy Matrimony. J DOWN.— An Official Opening. -A dispensary built by the Board of Guardians at a cost of about £1,000 for the Newry and Orobane dispensary districts, was opened lately. DUBLIN.— A Marist Mission.— Two of the Marist Fathers left the house of their Order in Lower Leeson street lately to found a Mission m Loadon nair Kow Gjirians. Catholic Nurses.— The Irish Catholic brought under the fn Ot Tfi° f^i d 8 ' in Ws capacity as Commander of the Forces in Ireland the condition of affairs which prevails within the Royal Military Infirmary, Phoenix Park. Our contemporary4xpres Bed Theß ed The conviction that Lord Roberts would take steps & SSTfitarf things which it regarded as scandalous and unjust, and^received from 2m vS"?S der ° f F ? r , Ces Ws perßOnal a ™ce that the pomS which had been commented on would receive his attention In the article referred to it waa stated that, although a large number of the soldiers received for medical treatment in the Ro%n£?Wy Infirmary were Catholics, there was not a single Catholic amongst the nurses employed in that institution, that there was no idea of cen! suring in any way the devoted ladies who now attend the suffering soldier inmates of .the Infirmary. Our contemporary pointed out that to demand that sick and dying Catholic soldiers shall have at least, one co-religiomst amongst the nurses who attend them is not to make any charge against the efficiency or conduct of the present members of the nursing staff of the Royal Military Infirmary A Protest-— A public meeting of the Nationalists of the Arran Quay Ward, Dublin City, was held in Smithfield Market recently to condemn the action of the Dublin Corporation in selectmg Sir Robert Sexton as Lord Mayor of DubUn for 1899 tt Gogpm presided. Mr William Coffey proposed the following resolution : 'That as Irishmen, believing in the capabilities of ouf people for self-government, we strongly condemn the action of the municipal representatives of this national ward in nomSatL a Tory Unionist as Lord Mayor for this city of Dublin, the metropolis 01 our country whilst we are struggling for independence Ml over the world Irishmen hold representative position?, their governing capabilities being recognised by every civilised nation -even England has had, however reluctantly, to recognise the inherent gemus of our race bj appointing Irishmen to the highest posSona both legislative judicial, naval, and military. In Ireland alone Irishmen are declared to be incapable, and the action of the cliaue in the Mamcipa Council, who are endeavouring to foi°t a UnWst who* creed » that Irishmen are unfit to govern themselveVto the highest office m tha power of the people to bestow, would if endorsed by the vob< ; s of the people at th« comin- eieobW be interpreted as the abandonment of Home Rule. Be it therefore resolved, That we pledge ouwel/es to use every effort to defeat at the elecaoas in January nexc the representatives of this ward who voted for a Unionist as Lord Mayor.' He said this was sTmpTy a question of Nationals against Toryism. Mr Nicholas Clu?kev seconded the resolution, which was unanimously adopted ÜBKey GALWAY.-A CaSB Of Distress.— A family named Casey lately evicted from a holding on the Ballyhea property, near Louehrea, have erected a hut near their old home, and are suffering the direst privations rather thaa enter the workhouse. It is honed that something may be done to help these poor and deservSersons along the thorny road of existence they are now unhappily impelled to travel through British misrule and landlord oppression? KERRY.— lndustrial.— At a meeting of the Irish Induatrial League held in Dublin lately, the treasurer, Dr. J. J. MoGrath, spoke

of a visit he had made to the factory of the Kerry Knitting Company at Tralee. The work, he said, was designed by Irish brains and made by Irish hands. There were forty-five machines at work for various kinds of coarse and fine silken and woolen garments and for hosiery of all kinds. There were ninety to a hundred girls at work, and each machine was turned by the hand. They can earn, according to ability, up to fifteen shillings weekly. All yarns used are as far as possible Irish. Mr. Galvin, the proprietor, is to extend the factory. KILKENNY.— An Ordination.—!** the Chapel of the Redemptorist Fathers, St. Joseph's, Tynemouth, South Devonshire, recently, Holy Orders were conferred on Rev. James B. Cleere, of Kilkenny. Father Cleere is son of W. K. Cleere, of the Oriel House, Kilkenny. LIMERICK-— Plan Of Campaign-— At the Limerick Quarter Sessions, recently, Thomas Moroney, of Herbertstown fame, was granted a new license for his premises in that village. Moroney was imprisoned in 1879 by order of Judge Boyd for declining to give ' information as to the whereabouts of the Plan of Campaign Funds collected on the O'Grady estate, of which he was a tenant. He was evicted from his holding, and the license then held by him had lapsed from that period. Moroney purchased back his holding under the Land Purchase Act. Gaelic Association- — At the weekly meeting of the ArchConfraternity of the Holy Family in Limerick recently, the Rev. Father Tierney, director, announced that a class for the instruction of the Gaelic language would commence at the Christian Brothers' School, Sexton street. The class would be instructed by one of the brothers who knows the language, A Gaelic association will be formed in the city. MAYO.— The United Irish League.— A large meeting was held at Park, near Castlebar, recently and a branch of the United Irish League founded. The Rev. Thomas Walsh, pastor of Park, presided. Addresses were delivered by James Daly, of Castlebar. J. Conroy and T. Durcan. A representative, committee, with Father Walsh aa president, was formed, and arrangements made for the thorough organization of the people of the district. MEATH-— The Empress of Austria.— A letter has been received by Miss Anne Corrigan, of Ashbourne, from Baroness Limpaeck, one of the personal at.endants of the late Empress of Austria, announcing that her Majesty has left an annuity of £20 to Miss Corrigan for life. When the Express was hunting in Meith she several times visited the National School, of which Miss Corrigan was the mistress, and was very much pleased with children and teacher. MONAG HAN.— Clones Fair.— A successful ishow of the Clones Farming Society was held lately. The attendance was numerous, and the quality of the stock fine. ROSCOMMON-— An Evil Revived-— Coercion appears to be once more in full swing in the county Roscommon, and midnight arrests and deportation of prisoners to Sligo Gaol have again become a matter of course. A peculiar feature of the business is that the magistrates who ha^e sent the prisoners off are nearly all gentlemen who will be candidates for the new County Council, and it was significant that id was Mr French, who never posed aa a Nationalist, that had the manliness to speak up in the Elphin court for the victims of Coercion. TYRONE. — A Dedication. — An interesting ceremony was performed at Dananyle (Co. Tyrone) recently, when the beautiful new church of Mary Immaculate was solemnly dedicated to the service of God by his Eminence Cardinal Logue. The occasion was a notable one in the annals of the paribh, and it must have been with peculiar pride that the reverend pastor, Rev. Michael McGuirke P.P., beheld the happy consummation of his efforts to provide the devout Catholics under his charge with a place of worship suitable to their needs. The church, which is a rcnarkably handsome one was, thanks to the untiring energy of Rev. Fr. McGuirk, completed in a marvellously short space of time, and now stands an enduring monument of the spirit of religion which animates the people of the district of Tyrone, in which it is situated. WEXFORD.— In Memory Of '93.— An adjourned meeting of the delegates, comprising tha w Ross '98 Memorial Committee was held in the Tholsel, New Riss, re^ntly. The meeting whs most enthusiastic. The district* represented were as follows : New Rosa, Rimsgranv Adamstown, Hook, Glen more, CachinatOvva, Tiatern, Clongeen, The Rower, and Rathgarogue.

The lamp of zeal enkindled at the Heart of Jesus on Calvary has been transmitted from land to land athwart all countries and ages, nor shall it ever be extinguished save with the last sigh of the last Christian. But it is to us especially the precious heirloom has been bequeathed ; for never was zeal so fraught with pain yet so imperatively obligatory on all Christians as at present. The heavy and continuous westerly winds which recently blew in New South Wales for several successive weeks had a drying quality, as an exchange puts it, of absorbing in a week ' all the moisture from a Missiesipi River.' Mr. Gawne, of Dunedin (says the Southland Timei of April 13 1891), has just been on a visit to Invercargill to push busineas a little. Not that it wants much canvassing, for since he commenced the manufacture of his Worcestershire Sauce, the demand has kept pace with his capacity to supply it. He makes a really good thing ; indistinguishable from the tamous Lea and Perrins which he places upon one's table at a n>dch lower price, and trusts to that to secure a steadily growing trade. Those who have not yet tried the colonial article should put their prejudice aside for a time and test the question with a bottle or two. — *%