Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 15, 12 April 1900, Page 9

Irish News.

ANTRIM-— A Stiff Fine — The Belfast authorities are actively enforcing the Food and Drugs Act, and it appears that •there is every reason for their activity. At the Police Court two persons named Robert Barron and Samuel Barron were convicted of adulterating milk to a disgraceful extent. The magistrates marked their sense of the gravity of the offence by imposing a fine of £40 in each case. CORK.— Destruction of a well-known Building —The "The extensive stores of Messrs. Burke Bros , butter exporters* -adjacent to the Cork Butter Market, were totally destroyed by fire -recently. The buildings were better known by the name of the Firkin Crane, the erection of which was found necessary to cope with the immense volume of trade that poured through the Cork Butter Market in the hey-dey of its prosperity. In recent years the market has fallen on evil timee, and as a result the Crane became superfluous and was let out as stores. The Secretaryship of the County Council— The Cork County Council, by a majority of 23, appointed Mr John George M'Carthy, deputy county treasurer, to the secretaryship, fallen vacant by the resignation of Captain Johnson. Mr. MCarthy will also fill the position of treasurer and clerk to the Local Authority. The aggregate salary will be £1100 per annum. Appointment of a Parish Priest— The Bishop of cioyne has appointed the Rev. James Moore, Adm., Newmarket, to be parish priest of Newt )wn-Shandrum, in eucceeslon to the late Father O'Connor. Father Moore was exceedingly popular in Newmarket, and his departure is regretted by the parishioner?. The Chair of Surgery in Qaeen's College— A distinguished career has been crowned by the appointment of Dr. C. Yelverton Pearson to the Chair of Surgery in the Queen's College, Cork. Professor Pearson has won a brilliant reputation in the south of Ireland, and the appointment is thoroughly popular. DOWN.— Brave Act of a Newry Man-— The reward of the Royal Humane Society has been conferred on Samuel Dalzell, a Newry clerk, who, on December 22, rescued, under circumstances of great bravery, a woman named Casson from drowning in the Canal. Dalzell's gallantry is all the more remarkable in that he is unable to swim, and the Canal in that portion where the rescue was effected is 12 feet deep. DUBLIN— The Lord Lieutenant and the Poor of the City- — The Lord Lieutenant has contributed £ 500 towards the relief of the poor of Dublin in the exceptionally trying weather of midwinter. A cheque for £250 was placed at the disposal of Archbishop Walsh, who forwarded it to the president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and a cheque for the same amount was sent by his Excellency to the Protestant Archbishop. Archbishop Walsh also gave a generous donation of £100 for home comforts for the poor. An Improved Tramcar— A vestibule electric motor-car of an improved type has been introduced by the Dublin United Tramways Company. The staircases are enclosed within the vestibuleß, which will obviate the fear of passengers falling off on to the roadway. Access to the roof is made through a 'hatchway ' above the vestibules, and on alighting on the top the passenger finds himself Becurely railed in all round. Complete protection is afforded to both motor-man and conductor from inclement weather. The seats on top are provided with a cover, which will at all times afford n dry seat for passengers, while the seating capacity is for 23 inside and 37 outside. The Oommander-in-Chief s Residence.— The Royal Hospital, at which the Duke of Connaught will reside, is the Irish Chelsea; ani the Commander-in-Chief in Ireland is always its c.vofficio Governor. Its institution was suggested about 1673 by the then Earl of Granard, to Lord Essex, then Viceroy, but was mainly due to the Duke of Ormondes* persistence in urging Charles 11. to oarry out the scheme. The Duke laid the first stone in 1680, and three years later the hospital was built. Relics of the Irish House of Commons— The interest manifested in the whereabouts of the mace of the Irish House of Commons leads us to state that some other relics of that historic chamber can still be traced (says the Dublin Freeviarfs Journal). A magnificent candelabrum was suspended from the centre of the ceiling. When the ohamber of the House of Commons was, after the Union, demolished, in accordance with the peremptory directions of the English Cabinet to Mr. Abbot, the Irish Secretary, who was afterwards speaker of the House of Commons, the candelabrum was transferred to St. Andrew's Church, Dublin. On the destruction of St. .Andrew's Church by fire in 1860, this precious relic was saved and placed in the Examination Hall of Trinity College, where it still remains. The benches on which the members of the Irish House of Commons sat are now in the rooms of the Royal Irish Academy in Dawson Btreet, Dublin. The destiny of the division bell of the Irish House of Commons is remarkable. This bell, which was large, of magnificent tone and of Bolid silver, found its way after the Union to the Old Theatre Royal, Dublin, where it was used in directing the work of the scene shifters, and was invariably heard before the raising of the curtain. The bell, which was used in the theatre for upwards of half a century, shared its fate when destroyed by fire on February 9, 1880. KERRY.— A Oontraßt-— Whilst in the execution of his duty in Tralee Sergeant English, R.I C, received a blow of a stone which led to his retirement from the force. Judge Shaw has assessed compensation to the ex-sergeant at £700, with £50 costs. On the very same day that Judge Shaw awarded this generous sum, a poor

fellow, disabled for life, returned to Tralee from South Africa, where he was severely wounded by a Mauser bullet. He is now drawing the magnificent sum of sixpence a day. Clerical Change. — Among the latest clerical ohanges in the Kerry diocese is that of the Rev. Father O'Keefe, C.C., of Ardfert and Kilmoyne, to the pastoral charge of Ballyheigue. His former parishioners have marked their sense of appreciation of the valuable services rendered by Father O'Keefe during his ministration in their midst by the presentation of a handsomely illuminated addres a . A well paid Officer- — The Local Government Board has in. creased the salary of Mr. 8. Goodwin, County Surveyor for Kerry, by £2.50, bringing his total salary up to £830. It is reported that the County Council was opposed to the increase. KlLDAßE.— Assisting the Evicted Tenants.— A meeting called by the committee of the Kildare County Council appointed to promote and organise the Evioted Tenants' Restoration Fund wag held recently in the Town Hall, Kildare, and was presided over by Mr. M J. Minch, MP. Among the correspondence read was a letter from Mr. Thomas Cooke French, of Millioent, Sallins, who wrote enclosing a cheque for £5 towards the fund. Resolutions were passed in favour of the formation of sub-committees in several divisions of the county. LIMERICK.— The new Archdeacon of the Diocese.— The new Archdeacon of the Limerick diocese is the Rev. Father Roche, parish priest of Glin. Archdeacon Roche has been the recipient of many congratulations on his ■well-merited advance* rnent. Harnessing the Shannon— Mr. S. Q. Frazer, engineer to the Shannon Water and Electric Power Syndicate, which proposes to utilize the water of the River Shannon at Doonas to provide electricity for manufacturing purposes, attended the meeting of the Limerick Corporation, and outlined the scheme. There would be an outlay of £300,000, and he offered on the part of the company to pay an expert 100 guineas for a report as to possible damage to the Corporation Waterworks through the operation of the scheme. The Council accepted the offer, and adjourned the consideration of the scheme to a committee of the whole house. In reply to a question, it was stated by Mr. Frazer, that the scheme would not injure the Casbleconnell Salmon Fisheries in the least. MAYO— Death of a prominent Merchant.— Much regret is felt in the County Mayo at the death of Mr. James deary, an extensive merchant and farmer. He was for many years a member of the Westport Board of Guardians, at whose deliberations he assisted with conspicuous ability and industry. MEATH— Moate Convent Schools damaged by Fire — A fire of a serious nature broke out in the Moate Convent Sohoola during the last week in February. The alarm was given by one of the children, and before effectual assistance could be rendered much damage was done. Chief among those who lent a helping hand to get the fire under was Mr. Thomas Warburton. whose exertions, at great personal risk, evoked the warmest praise of the onlookers.