Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 37, 12 September 1907, Page 27

Irish News

CORK— lnflux of Visitors - , , A despatch from dork under date July 20 states : To-day marks another record in tEe landing of 'American tourists at ..Queeiistp-wn. Indeed,, the influx so, far this ' year has exceeded all N expectations, and an aspect that is most satisfactory is that it is likely to continue, - not alone this year, but in future years, and that it will even grow still greater, The ' Baltic,' of the White ' Star Line, arrived • here this morning, and landed at Queenstown as many as 750 tourists, made up of first, second, and. third-class, passengers. \ Absence of Crime v Mr. Justice Johnson opened the Cork City Commission on July 23. His Lordship, addressing the .Grand Jury, said that there were only two cases to go before them. In one case the accused, an official of the Post Oilice, was charged with stealing postal orders, and the other was a case of perjury. Continuing, he said : This judicial record of crime of the city, to which I have now referred, would be, were it not for the exceptional cases I have mentioned, a,n absolute blank —is almost a marvel. Your city teems with a population of rich and poor and middle class, and necessarily, in classes of that kind, you must expect to find - some evasion of the criminal laws. Here, with ( the two exceptions, there is nothing of the kind. I cannot think what has led to this extraordinary immunity from crime. I believe myself it is entirely owing to the hard work and honesty' and self-denial of those ladies and men who, with a higher idea of, the Christian life, devote their lives, by precept and example, to' instruct those whom they teach, and amongst whom they live. All credit be to them.. They hope for nothing in this world, but I believe they impress upon the persons whom they teach, and upon the conscience of' those amongst whom' they live, an example that has led to the stainless leaves of the Crown book. The Fishing Industry There was some very valuable evidence given at the meeting of the Commission on Congestion" the other day at Skibb'ereen by. Mi 1 . T. Sheehy, M.C.U., the County Councillor for the district, with regard to the fishing of the district, which is an extremely large and irrportant industry. This will tye seen from the fact that in the port of Skibbereen 86 mackerel boats are registered and 825 yawls, representing a capital of £45,000. The chief fish caught are mackerel, and they are nearly all cured and sent to America. Last year Ireland exported 70,000 barrels, on which the ' United States Government levied a tariff of 8s a barrel, making a sura of £28,000 which went from Ireland into the American Treasury. Mr. Sheehy things this a convenient time to draw attention to the question of this heavy charge, as Canada and Newfoundland are pressing their claims to have their fish allowed into the Republic free. If the British Government succeed in gaining this pointy for these two colonies, he does not see why it should* not endeavor to gain the same advantage for Ireland. DERRY—Just Missed White Gloves Lord 'Justice Fitzgib'bon, addressing the Grand Jury at the City of Derry Assizes, said • their duties at the present Assizes would be confined to the exercise of their power to elect four visiting Justices of the local prison. There was no bill to be sent before them' by the Crown Solicitor. In other words, the Maiden City would have what was called a maiden Assize, if it were not for the fact that one case adjourned from the late Assizes remained to be tried. it was an extremely gratifying state of affairs, particularly * having regard to the extent of the city. Last year there were five specially reported cases. This year the number was the same. He . noticed that in every single case some person had been made amenable. DUBLIN— An Appointment The Very Rev. E. A." Crehan, D.D., C.S.Sp., late President' of, Blackrock College,' has been appointed Provincial of the Society of the Holy Ghost in Ire-» land, and resides at Charleville, Blackrock, Dublin. Very Rev. T. J. .Fogarty, C.S.Sp., late of the Mission .btaff, and 'first' President of St. Mary's College, Rathmanes, replaces Dr. Crehan as President of Blackrock College, Dublin.

Probable Retirement As it is expected tliat Colonel Piunkett will soon have to retire from the Directorship of the Dublin Museum under the age rule, a,, number -of the' officials of the .Museum, National Library, Botanic Gardens, and. School of Art have joined in presenting him - with -^a testimonial of their .esteem. The gitt ' consists of', a Beautiful silver cup of the harp-handled ' pattern^ made " on th"c model of an old Irish cup in the Museum, and bearing a suitable inscription. . .- ? • - LOUTH— The Martyred Primate , The Right Rev. Dr. Hedley,' 0.5.8., Bishop of. Newport, paid ■& visit' recently to the Siena Convent, Drogheda, where the head of Oliver Piunkett, the venerable Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland, who wasv executed at Tyburn in 1681, is preserved in a rich shrine and venerated by pilgrims from many lands who visit, the institution, which is in charge of • the nuns of the Dominican Order. , : ' QUEEN'S COUNTY— An Example for the North Mr. W. J. Flynn, writing in the 'Freeman's "Jotfl.'-, nal,"* contrasts the treatment of the Protestant minbr- f - Jty in the' South and West of Ireland by public .frodies with that meted out to Catholics in the North, where"; the Orange faction are in the ascendant. Queen's' County (he points out) has a population of 57,417-, of which 50,599 are Catholics, and 6818 are Protestants of all denominations. The County Council is exclusively Catholic and Nationalist, and* /the Committees appointed by the Council "are in the proportion 70 Catholics to 17 Protestants. The statistics so far show the excellent opportunities for the exercise, by a domi- . neering and tyrannical Catholic majority of their over- / bearing spirit. If they followed the example set therm not so many years ago by the Ascendancy Party the Protestants would not be in the possession* of' many positions, lucrative or otherwise, under the Queen's • County County Council. Do the Nationalists imitate such unworthy example? Have they .grabbed for themselves and their friends all the fat jobs going under the Local Government Act •? The figures speak 'for themselves. The population is 88, per .cent. Catholic, be "it remembered. The officers employed by the County Council, which is exclusively Catholic, and by its Committees, number. 25 Catholics and 11 Protestants.' So that the Protestants have nearly 30 per cent, of the positions, including., some of the best, in a community where they are not more than 12 per cent, of the population. ROSCOMMON— A Presentation Very Rev. R. Gearty, P.P., Stokestown, "'County Roscommon, was the recipient the other day of an - address from the National Teachers of the united parishes of Killeroran and Killyan, on the occasion of . the rev. gentleman's departure from the latter district on promotion to the more important mission of Stokes-, town. The address, which was read by Miss K. Crehan James O'Orady being in the "chair), referred to Father Gearty's imceasing efforts durinfg eleven,yearsl to promote the spiritual and temporal welfare of his former parishioners. Father Gearty replied in touching terms to the compliment paid him. SLIGO— A Bad Outlook The Sligo Board of Guardians, in reply. ti> Mr. P. M'Hugh, M.P., report that the potato crop. is very seriously injured, and will probably be an almost to- - tal failure ; there is no prospect of ' getting turf saved, and they called on the Government to provide useful works, suoh as improving the hartoor and assisting in carrying out the proposed railway from Arigna to Collooney, and from Sligo to Bundoran. Death of a County Councillor The death of Mr. Henry Brennan, Cliffoney, vice-, chairman of the Sligo County Council, and a memlber of the Central Council of Oounty Councils, following ' so • quickly (says the ' Freeman's Journal ') oh that of Alderman Collery, ex-M.P., has created a gap- which it will be difficult to fill. Mr. Brennan was one of the ' sturdiest veterans of the Land War, and, .as a' member of the old Poor Law Board, he was always found advocating the tenants' interests and strenuously fighting against tne landlord element which then dominated the Sligo Union. TIPPERARY— Death of a Nenagh ' On July 14 the death occurred at. Toomevara North Tipperary, of Mr. James O'Meara, who for 35 years has been a member of the Nenagh Board of Guardifciis. He was father of' Rev. J. O'Meara'

Doona, County Clare ; Rev. M. O'Meara, -Chicago ; and Mr. Denis O'Meara, Nenagh, and Mr. Win; O'Meara, merchant, Toomeyara. \ Glenough Copper Mines I have learned (writes a local Cashel correspondent) that the G-lenough Copper Mines have been taken over by an Irish company and will be worked. Ti.e company will allow the present owner a- substantial ' percentage on the gross receipts. -The mines, which were not worked for some years past, are, 1 am informed, very rich. A • good rent will be also paid to the owner. The mines have been taken for a period of sixty years. TYRONE— As Young as ever Mr. Thomas Kelly, o£ Lurganboy, County Tyrone, celebrated his 106 th biirthday on July 12. During last winter he thatched several houses, and in the spring was to b,e seen, ploughing. He says he feels as young as ever. The centenarian enjoys a smoke, and can read and write without the aid of glasses. Against Emigration ■ Rev. Father Doogan, Philadelphia,, addressing the congregation in St. Mary's Church, Stewartstown, County Tyrone, on, a recent Sunday, said American cities were overcrowded, and he advised the youths) who contemplated going out to the States to. remain at home, unless they had some friends there who would guarantee employment. WICKLOW — Parliamentary Vacancy On July 16 a Divisional Convention was held in Wicklow in order to select a candidate in succession to Mr. D. J. Cogan, who recently resigned owing to pressure of private business. Mr. William Redmond, M.P., represented the National Directory. Two local candidates, Messrs. E: C. Walsh and J. J. O'Reilly, 'who were proposed, withdrew at the Convention. Mr. John Muldoon, 8.L., who formerly represented North Donegal and who is a member of the National Directory, was selected. ltr GENERAL Divorce Repugnant to the People Earl Russell asked recently in the House of Lords for a return of private Bills for divorce in Ireland presented during the last five years. A promise made in 1857 to extend the divorce law to Ireland had not, he said, been kept. The Lord -Chancellor saw no objection to granting the return, but he dissociated himself from the noble lord's object. Lord Ashbourne had never heard it suggested by any section of opinion in .Ireland that the extension of the divorce law to that country was desired. He b,elieved it would be repugnant to them. .A.Tory Threat As we were informed by cable at the time, a profound sensation was caused in the House of Commons on- July 23 in the debate on the Evicted Tenants Bill. - Mr. Williami Moore (writes the London correspondent of the 'Irish Weekly ') "had been indulging in a characteristic tirade, accusing the Estates Commissioners of being in collusion with the Irish Party, and the Irish Party of intimidating the Government, whereupon Mr. Redmond repudiated the allegation, and said the boot was on the other leg. ' It 'is you,' he said, ' who have been intimidating. I charge you now with sending an intimidatory letter to Mr. Commissioner Bailey. The document is in the possession of a member of the Government, and I challenge him to produce it.' The retort was dramatic and sensational, and the v Tories, who were 'quick to recognise that a damaging disclosure was at, hand, were quick to raise a clamor of protest. Mr. Craig tried to save his heroic comrade ; Mr. Moore tried to save himself ; and soon all was pandemonium. Mr. Russell, however, insisted on reading- Ijhe letter, and eventually, amidst breathless excitement, he succeeded. It was an exciting moment, and the rage of ' the Tories at the wholly unexpected blow was unbounded. The letter was in the following terms :—: — .' Ulster Club, Belfast, 19th March, 1907.— Dear Bailey,— You were appointed by a Unionist Government to see fair play between Wrench and Finuca'ne, and you have sold the pass on every occasion. The first thing my collefegties and I' will, do when we come back (which will not be far off)" will be to press for an inquiry into the working; of your Department. You can destroy your evidence now and show this to whom you please.—William Moore.' Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails. Is 6d and 2s 6d. *"