Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 26, 30 June 1904, Page 9

Irish News

ANTRlM.— Destined for Canada A singular sight was witnessed at Belfast the uthcr day, whew some H5 fine healthy young Irishwomen, aged from 20 to 30, ami hailing from almost every county in Ulster, left by the Liverpool steamship Caloric en route for Canada. They had been specially selected by thu Canadian Registry Ofhce for domestic service in the Dominion, and were i*n charge of Mrs. landlord, wiho, on arrival at Winnipeg, will conduct 'them to their now homes. ARMAGH.— Bravery Rewarded An interesting function took place recently in the Partad,own Town Hall, when a representative company of the townspeople assembled to do honox to three youmg postmen name*d Joseph M'Donald, Patrick Skelton, and Patrick Malotoe, whose plucky conduct in rescuing three persons from a burning house in Market street, on the morning of the 18th January, had been recognised by the Society for the Protettiota of Lite from Fire. The society awarded certificates and a donation of two guineas each to Malone and Skel'ton, and a donation of one guinea to M'Donald DERRY.— Religious Exclus on The ' Derry Journal ' reminds t'hc ascendency piess of the manner in which Catholics are rigidly excluded from all positions- of responsibility in Derry It says • ' The medical .superintendent of the asylum is a Protestant, the matron is a Protestant, the ashustant medical officer is a Protestant, the clerk is a Protestant, and even the store-keeper belongs- 1o ihe religion of the dominant minority. Not merely in the officer ships of the Lunatic Asylum does the principle of religious exclusion obtain in Derry. In every public office under the cofntrol or veto of ihe Tory Corporation not a single Catholic holds place. The MayoT, the Town Clerk, the Treasurer, the City Solicitor, the City Surveyor, the City Analyst, the Medical Officer of Health, the Executive Sanitary Officer, the Electrical Engineer, the Astisitant Electrical Engineer, the Waterworks Engineer, the Cemetery Superintendent, the Water Superintendent.. tihe Market Superintendent, are all gentlemen of the " true blue " tint ' DONEGAL.— Its Mineral Wealth A recent issue of the ' Detry Journal ' contains an interesting article on ' Tho Mineral Resources of Donegal,' from which it appears that there is considerable wqalth in that country which has never been tapped by the delver for gold or other representatives of gold value Donegal produces splendid granite, quartz and white marble One mile from Cashel-na-Gore are the famous flagging quarries. They are almost two miles in length. ' These flags, we rea/d, ' are beautifully arranged by na-fuie, so nicely placed alongside 'of each other with the saire regularity of that of a book's leaves, easily quaitied wit<h a bar and naturally polished, one would suppose that the operation was done by the hand of man.' The writer points out that from Letterkcnny to Durtport is ' an entire mineral country. This country for minerals,' he says, 'has ne\er been prjoperly surveyed.' DOWN. — Fanatical Orangemen At Banbridge, County Down, on May 13. a typical instance of Orange rowdyism occurred in connection with the distribution of pri/es to members of the local Gaelic League classes. The students and their friends has assembled in the Town Hall, where the proceedings were to take place, 'when a drumming party accompanied by a mob surrounded the building By shouting the most offensive party cries- and furiously beating their drums they endeavored to disturb the peaceful gathering After vain efforts tio provoke a row they smashed the windows of the Hall and left They next paraded the streets, breaking the windows of several Catholic residents and cursing the Pope as they went along. The police, under the command of an inspector, witnessed the disgraceful scene and never once interfered. Church Improvement For some time past the Rostrevor Catholic Church, so pifcturesquely situated, has been undergoing extensive improvement's in the way of painting and decorating, al<|d the completeness with which tftie work has been carried out has so altered the apipearancc, and especially the interior of, the fabric, that one can scarcely recognise in the elegamce and beauty displayed inside what wa,s a few nvonths ago a very ordinary looking place. WiMi commendable zeal t<he Rev. M. Lynch, PP., jset abolut to effect a change, and a striking change—transformation would be the better word— has been effected.

DUBLIN.— The Manufacture of Poplin The referemce in the ' Westminster Gazette ' to Irish poplin as a manufactuie introduced into Ireland by the French Huguenot refugees who settled in the Liberties of Dublin may rendcL it of interest to know that, the lush poplm known as ' tabinet ' is called from M. Tabjnet, a Fiemeh Huguenot silk -\\ea\cr in the Liberties of Dublin The traces of the Huguenot settlement in Dublin aie m all y and various. There are in the city tJhree Huguenot cemeteries. A Huguenot service, conducliMl in I'loiilli, vv ah held ut SI. PalixLiv'^ Cu.the.dial till eaily m the last century, and two of the Deans ofSt. Patnciv's, Dr MaUirm and Dr. Letableie, weie ol Huguenot ongin In the Liberties of Dublin names of Hug,uenot lamilics are at the present time not uncommon LfMERICK.— Fatal Accident The remains of Mr. John Mogan, who was accidentally killed at .Messrs Shaw's Bacon Factory while oilitnc, some machinery, were removed from St. Michael's Church for interment at Killalea graveyard, Penin well The funeral was very large and representati\e, and fully testified to the great sympathy, which was expressed by the heads of the firm, the oflicials, and the employes, and very many outside friends, with the deceased's family in theii great sorrow. ROSCOMMON.— The Gaelic Revival Speaking at a meeting held in Castlerea to promote a County Roscommon Feis, Dr. Douglas Hyde referred with pmlr to the rapid strides the language movement was hi.iking m li eland. In County Wexiord it had been decided by a \ote of 53 puests out of 56 priests that alter .January Ist, l!) 0.1, no school teacher be appointed in tho county who is not an Irish speaker. In the County Cork it had been decided that no appointment be made in the City Council offices to any man who is not an liish speaker The County Mayo has come to a similar determination, and within the past three or four weeks the Coiporation of Dublin had decided that in fuUue no appointment be made in connection with the public offices where applicants could not speak tihe Irish language All this was very encouraging to those who were working heart and soul for an Irish Ireland. TIPPERARY.— Services Appreciated \t a late meeting of 1 the County Tipperary Asylum Committee, Very Rev. Dean O'Donnell presiding, Mr C. C Webb moved (for General Massy, C.8.) : ' That the salaiie-, of Dr Harvey, RMS. and Ins assistant, F-r. lleJTcrnan, be incre-ased by £1(10 and £50 respectively.' It was stated that the medical officers were the lowest paid in Ireland and that, they had by their efficient work reduced the cost of maintenance by about £2000 a >car Alter a long discussion the increases were unanmously granted, and the doctors returned thanks. Dr. Harvey is not a Catholic. The Late Count Moore The estate of the late Count Arthur John Moore, 04 Prince's Gate, and Mooresfort, Tipperary, formerly M.P. for Clonmel and Derry City, and Chamberlain of Honor to Mie Pope, has been entered for piobate at £20,435. A Distinguished Teacher Dead In many ciircle<s in many lands (writes a Dublin correspondent) the death of Mr L. J. Ryan late Head Master of the Central Model Schools, Dublin, and VicePrincipal of the National Board Training College, wih bo learned with deep and unfeigned regret. His pupils are to be found on e^erv land on earth, many of them occupying mipoiiant, lucrative positions owing to the gre-ai ability and -/cal winch he brought to the discharge of his arduous duly lie was devoted to his profession, ajid rei'iuscU higher preferment in the services of the National Board, Even m his retirement he conducted a pnvalc sohool at Templcmore, County Tipperary, where he had gone to reside. One of his sons holds a higjh position in New York, and another a well-known solicitor in Thtules His two daughters entered the Loreto Order of nuns One is Rev Mother of the convent ai Dalkey, County Dublin, and the other has charge of a branch house at Cambiidge. WESTMEATH.— A Venerable Prelate Archbishop Colgan, of Madras, India, who recently celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of his arrival in India is the sole survivor of fourteen young ecclesiastics who arrived in India in 1854. He was born in Donore, County Westmeath. Ireland, on April ], 1821 WEXFORD.— An Old Industry Revived Apropos of the acceptance by the King of a Trilby hat made by the Wexford Hat Company, it is mieiesting to recall that the manufacture of hats is not a new Irish industry, but an old Irish industry revived. m hc hat trade in Ireland in the eighteenth century was a thriving industry till it was suppressed by the lsgislation of the English Parliament, which suppressed the

woollen trade, the glass trade and manufacture, ana a hundred other Irish industries, in pursuance of a Jon v which Mr. John Morley has not hesitated I to denote as an atrocious fiscal policy, amd which Ettmund Pi ke characterised as an artificial deprivation by the sli people of the bounty of Providence to Ireland * WiCKLOW.-A ' 989 8 Alemorial At Baltinglass on Sunday, May 8, t,he memorial erected to the memory of Michael Dwyer ' and ins un daunted men,' and m particular to his comrade, Sam Ji^rVi 7' Tl° p , cr !r hcd ln hiS u^ clfi^ cmidui v, save the hie of his leader, was unveiled. The monumenr stands in the Maike-t Square of UalUngUss amlTe m" seiats a wounded insurgent grasping a racket. The pedestal contains tablets bearing inscriptions one in Irish and one in English, setting forth the puffnosc of the memorial which is to commemorate the 2,"m o Dwyer and Mac blister, and also 'to perpetulti the memory of those who participated in the insurrection movements of 1789, 1806. 1818. and 1867 ' Tflie rerc njany of unveiling was performed by Father Kavanagh, 0.5.1<., the famous Wexford Franciscan, who was accompanied by Mr. Cogan, M.P , Mr O'Kellv ex-M P cjhairman of the County Council, and by a large reniesemtation of local Naiio,nal.sts. A great number P of bands attended, and the Irish National Foresters made a brilliant display. Father Kavanagh delivered a stirrinaddress, the other speakers inclu/ding the veteran Mr l r D. Sullivan, whose commemoration of Dwyer 's exploits nfl^nf^ m ' m P erishab ' e versc > will immortalise t,he nTentfrbr^e 6 *"** as mUCh * b «* — GENERAL Bogus Clubs The Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Bill, winch has been read a second time m the House of Commons n^ ts J wit ' h the warm a PP rov al of all parties except the Ifmtfividuals who have a pecuniary interest in thecc dens of misery and shame. The Bill is the re&ult of an understanding arrived at between representatives of the temperance party and the publicans The latter no less than the former are strongly in favor of it Indeed there is every reason why they should be, as no smali share of the odium rightly attaching to the boisus clubs falls upon Uiem. The Bill is based on the Scotch Aet\ and under its provisions no ' bona fide ' club will suffer Among the grounds for refusing to renew a certificate to a club is that it has been kept mainly for tfhc Miptolyme of ifctoxteatimfe liquor. This provision wtfV weed out many pest-houses. The Army and the Constabulary fit appears that whilst recruiting for Uhe RI C is suspended and candidates are bemg tempted into the army reservists- from the Inmh Guards are benndraflted into the RI C. at the raite of 100 per year 'iV is plainly the policy of the Government t/o utilise the whole oi the services to feed the army and to act as a dumping ground for its refuse One after another a Department is absorbed into the scheme It is a senous outlook for all who take Government service in any form Place-hunters in Ireland (says the ' Freeman's Journal ') \ull stand aghast if they find that they must pass through the army to qualify. Most of the Resident Magistrates gained enough legal Baiowledaie to satisfy the Lord Lieutenant in the army, and we may yet see the Bench filled with retired Generals Ridiculous as that looks, It is as sensible as puttimg on army reservists as town postmen and as Irish constables