ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

New Zealand Tablet, 23 September 1920, Page 17

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Mr. MgO.—(l)* The Irish for O'Rea (or O'Raw) is O Riabhaigli. (2) The following statistics have been compiled from reports by Lord Wimborne and Macphersoh :- ' Irish in the British Army, Aug. 2, 1914... 51,046 Irish enlistments to Jan. 8, 1916 86,277 Irish in Navy, Aug. 2, 1914 5,100 Irish enlistments to Jan. 8, '96 3,446 Army enlistments in 1916 19,057 ~ 1917 14,023 „ „ „ 1918 ... 7,000 Navy enlistments for 'l6, 'l7, 'lB 10,000 Irishmen enlisted in England 35,000 Total ... ... ... 230,949 According to Macpherson's report there were recruited in tJlster between 'l4 and 'l7 (inclusive) 58,585. Mr. Devlin was unchallenged when he told the House that half of these men were Nationalists. Mrs. J. R. Green points out that "Unionist Antrim and Down only had 1.36 per cent, recruits to the population. Inquirer.—The term stock-watering covers a variety of operations that widely differ in their moral bearings. To deal with the matter here is impossible. Later we will devote a long article to the question. It will be sufficient to say for the present that one can neither condemn nor approve, without qualification and generically, what is so complex in its nature and so varied in relation to law. _ The Century Dictionary defines stock watering as "increasing the nominal capital of a corporation or company by the issue of" new shares without a corresponding increase of actual capital." What the moralist objects to is over-capitalisation such as, among other evil effects, obscures the real value of a concern and does away with proper security for the creditor or for the shareholder. Dominie.—Many thanks for your letter. There is no dedication in the second edition of the novel. Self-Determination Fund.—Up to date we have been notified of the following Christchurch resultsChristchurch, £250; Waimate, £250; Timaru £260 ; Temuka, £97 10s ; Greymouth, .£266 ; Hokiv tika, 79 l Ahaura, £63; Aka ™*> £73 10s Total, £1339. South Island Wellington parishes have notified us as follows: Westport, £lO6- Nelson £100; Blenheim, £77 13s, making well over £3OOO tor the South Island to date. Taking into consideration partial results from the North Island, the total is now about £6OOO for New Zealand Strat-

ford is the only Taranaki " parish that has sent us a return yet. 7 One Irish priest - t is alive up there—and he is an Englishman, ' *' * * J r ' -•