AN IRISH WOMAN COUNCILLOR.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1434, 8 May 1912, Page 11

AN IRISH WOMAN COUNCILLOR.

Dublin has just appointed the first woman to its municipal council in the person of Miss J. C. Harrison. Jliss Harrison was elected by the vote of the people, and as she herself says, she voices the needs of tho wcrking people and of those who wish for work, but can isnd none. And she stands for puvitj- of administration in the corporation. "I go, sho said to a/i interviewer, "to its meetings to learn mv business, and in understand its work; also to Ret on to the committed which deals with unemployment, so as to bring to it the point of view of the poorest people in the city, and ui make a beginning for women's work m the council. Seven years' work in managing lalsour yards has given we cxpfcti* eiico . . . What we want, in Dublin is impartial study of social conditions, ap-art' from politics, so as to help to make intelligent laws. Ignorance is what we suifer from; we want more knowledge, more public spirit." Miss Harrison is a strong advocate tor voles for women. "Women," she savs, "need much training lor public w«rlt which men already have, but when tliej become aware of bad conditions they are readier, as a nile, to put -.liem ught. Their work 011 public boards is now recognised by aii parties to be very valuable. There is an immense amount of work fo>- every woman in Ireland to du in learning to'understand the lives of her neighbours, and in seeing that the his already passed for the "roteetion 01 the workers are enforced, The factors Acare too often allowed to become, a dead fetter in the country. I am TrisTi, and T liavo a ?rent admiration for the patient and heroic wav in which our working people meet their difficulties.

Tho Great Central Railway Company have offered to construct, at the C.eethorpes end of Grimsby, a new fish dock of double the capacity of tho cwo existing docks. New floating docks, modern coaling facilities, and au extension b\ half a mile 'of tho existing market) accommodaHcm are also offered. Tho new works are 'It mated to cost ,€500,000, and are conj; ,-, nou the trade agreeing to pay double the present rent of the buildings on tho fish docks and an additional halfpenliv per ton on the gross tonnage of the fishing vessels.

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