Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 36, 8 September 1904, Page 9

Irish News

ANTRIM.— A Breach of Promise At County Antrim Assizes Mary M'Kenna, widow, was awarded £250 damages for breach of promise of marriage against James M' Donnell, widower, the owner of considerable house property in Clones. Boycotting: Catholic? in Belfast When tjhe Belfast Tramways Bill was before the House of Commons Mr. T. Healy said the measure put very large patronage in the hands of the Belfast Corporation, and it was of interest to know how that patronage would be exercised. One fourth cj; the population of Belfast was Catholic. One fourth of the population of Ireland was Protestant. Protestants should not Jiave all the jobs, although they had enjoyad them for centuries. No person could controvert the figures he put forward, as to what had been the action of the Corporation of the city, one fourth o£ the population of which was Catholic. In the town clerk's department salaries /were paid to 149 officers, of whom three alone were Catholics ; 149 officers were paid £29,981 a year, of which Catholics received only £293. It was those gentlemen who acted on that scale whd talked so loudly if a single Catholic doctor was promoted in Ballinasloe over a Protestant colleague. In the rate-collector's department, of £19,300 a year (paid, £19,267 went to Protestants, and only £40 to Catholics. Was that to be perpetuated in the tramways system ? He turned to the Board of Guardians and found that of 211 officers 205 ,were Protestants. He was told by a gentleman who had put down a motion to oppose the Bill that a solution ihad been arrived at on -this very question, and surely he was entitled t/o know i?he nature of the arrangement. In the case of a transfer of patronage they were entitled to know whether the patronage would be exercised in the interests of the whole community. ARMAGH.— Cardinal Logue His Eminence Cardinal Logue received a number of addresses at Armagh on July 20, on the occasion of his silver jubilee, anid in the'eautse of his replies referred, amongst other matters, to the necessity/ lor a Catholic University, and declared his conviction that the work of the local Councils in Ireland ihad proved the fitness of the people for a 'larger measure of selfgovernment. He believed that Ireland would never really.be prosperous until the business and interests of the country were committed to the management of the Irislh people themselves. A Work of Art The Nuns of the Good Shepherd Convent, Ballynafcigh, ,have completed what probably is the handsomest and moist artistic cope ever made in Ireland,, and which was to have been used tyr the first time at the Armagh ceremonial. Every scrap of material necessary was made in Ireland, and the whole of the work was done solely by hand within the convent walls. CARLOW.— Memorial to Father Murphy The laying of the foundation stone of a memorial in Tallow to Father John Murphy, the martyr-priest of '98, was made the occasion of a large and enthusiastic demonstration on Sunday, July 17. Speeches were delivered by Mr. Hammond, M.P., the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr. T. D. Sullivan, and others. CLARE.— A Change of Front Major Jameston, M.P., has formally taken his seat on the Ministerial side of the House of Commons, into which he entered as Nationalist member for West Clare. He has, however, omitted to iulfil the condition precedent t)o Such a move, which is regarded as essential according to the rules, not merely of Parliamentary etiquette, but of honor— to give the constituency for which he was elected by resigning his seat an opportunity of pronouncing its decision as to whether he should still continue to represent it. This course has Ibeen universally followed in recent times ny gentlemen of all shades of "plolitical opinion, as in the cases of Mr. W. S- Came, Sir William Marriott, Sir G. Doughty, Mr. Buchanan, and Major Seeley. Mr. Winston Churchill did not, befoce moving from the Unionist to the Radical Benches, resign his scat for Oldham, but as he explained to the Housie of Commons, he placed his resignation in the hands of liis constituency at Oldham, and told them he would immediately accept the Chiltor'n Hundreds a ( t the moment most convenient to them. The Oldham Conservatives desirdd his retention of fhe seat till the General Election, as a Parliamentary contest just then was inopportune. Major Jameson, has made no similar offer to the electors of West Clare, whose answer to such an offer may toei readily surmised.

CORK — White Gloves for the Judge At the Cork City Summer Assizes, there being no criminal cases for tirial, Judge Gibson < was presented with white gloves. A Peculiar Custom There is a strange old custom! observed in the city of Cork. Every third year the Mayor goes in great gtate to the mouth of Cork harbor, and taking in his hand a 'dart, which has a head of gold and a shaft? of mahogany, he throws it into the sea and says : ' I cast this 1 javelin into the sea, and declare that so far lseaward as il falls exteird,. the right and dominion of the corporation of Cork to and over the harbor as well as the rivers, creeks, and bays within the same.' This is calleld ' throwing the dart,' and ijs 'so ancient an observance 'that no one knows its origin. The Value of Domestic Training At the distribution of diplomas to the pupils of the Scihool of Domestic Economy, conducted by the Sisters of Charity, Dunmanway, the Most ,Rev. Dr. Brown, who presided, said that school was the only residential school of domestic training in Ireland. He did not mean to oohvey ,that intermediate schools fox girls throughout the country had altogether excluded domestic training from the curriculum ol their studies, but owing to the number of subjects they had to teach it was relegated to an hour or two in the week, whereas in that institution the teaching of domestic training was the tfne o,bje|ot in view. The distinct occupation of the pupils of ths f t school would in the ordinary course of tjhings he t o look after the home. They should look to the grown young girl, and still more by and hy to' tke mother that presided over the home, for the comfort of tihat home and the general tone of the household, as well as for all that majde the other members happy anti. that secured economy in the management of domestic affairs. The education given in the home was calculated to have permanent results. The pupils would not only reduce it to practice themselves, but their example would influence others in their neighborhood to do as they did, DERRY.— A Light Calendar There was only one case to go before the Grand Jury of the County Derry at the Summer Assizes. DONEGAL.— Opening of a Carpet Factory The other day the new carpet factory\ eJrectdd by Messrs. Alexander Morton and Co., the enterprising Scotch firm, wais opened for workers. Mr. Alexander Morton, with his two daughters, travelled from Darvel to be present on the occasion. Monsignxm Walter and some others met the party at Crolly Station on the arrival of the morning train from Derry. All procqede/d to the factory, which is beautifully situated by the Crolly river, at tihe junction of the (BurtonportCtolly and Dun^loe-Crolly roads. There is space for forty looms. These, when .fitted out, will keep some 1180 hands at work. DUBLlN.— Clongowes Wood College The Rev. Vincent Byrne, S.J., of St. Franci9 Xavier's Church, Gardiner street, has been appointed Rector of Clongowes Wood College. GALWAY.— Examination in Irish The Most Rev. Dr. M'Cormack, Bishop of Galway, administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to a large number of persons in the Spiddal (County Galway) parish church on Sunday, July 17. The children were catechised in Irish in their knowledge of the Christian doctrine, the course of instruction in which included historical' catechism. His Lordship spoke most highly of their proficiency. During his thirty-two years as Bishop he had never met .better. lie might, he said, go further and say that he never had as good answering. If the example set by the excellent teachers and by their excellent priest, Father Conroy, were generously and generally followed,, their grand old language would soon flolurish once again. KILKENNY.— A Good Beginning At a meeting in Kilkenny it was decided to start a woollen factory, with a capital *of £10,000. Nearly, £4000 has been already subscribed. LIMERICK.— A Glasgow Contract Mr. John Ferguson, of Glasgow, in a letter to the press, in which he states that the contract for the clothes of the Glasgow police, amounting to £400/0, has just been secured by a Limerick firm in fair and open competition against contractors from London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Glasgow itself, says that during the last twenty years there has b©,en a. great growth of kind feeling in Scotland" towards Ireland. The Town Council, he adds, ' has done some kind things to Ireland, and many to the Irishmen of Glasgow. Consequently, an excellent feeling, exists in the minds of the 100,00.0 Irish, who form about an eighth of our city population, tow&rds their Scottish fellow-citizens.' .

TIPPERARY.— Proposed Railway At a recent meeting ol the Clonmel Corporation a resolution was received from the Dungarvan Urban Council fav,ormg the proposal to build a railway from that town to Clonmel ouu of tihe £93,000 now lying in the ha»njds of the Treasury in connection with the Fisihguaxd line. The proposal was favorably received and adopted. All the local bodies in Dungarvan have passed resolutions* in favor ot this line, which \would oipon up a long neglected district, and give South Tipperary an alternative and convenient seaport. A line) between these towns wa,s contemplated years ago and was actually staked out. Cnshel and its Pastor The magnificent ornamental fountain, which is being erected at Lowergate Hill, Cashel, is intended to mark the appreciation of the services of the Very Rev. Dean Kinane, P.P., V.G., in connection with the Cashel Extension Railway proiect. It is made of the best Tipnerary limestone taken from the St. Patrick's Rock quarries, situated on the borders of Oasliel. Its total height (including lamp) will be 18ft, while the height of stonework will be 15ft. At the fromt will be the initials of the Very Rev. Dean, ' T.M.K.,' entwined witih shamrocks, and underneath the following inscription, via., ' Eracted by the people of Cashel and some friends to commemorate the services of the Very Rev. Thomas Mary Kinar.e, PP , V.G , Dean of Cashel, in connection witih tihe Cashel Extension Railway Project, 1903.' WATERFORD.- American Visitors The Right Rev. Dr. Kelly, Bishop of Jacksonville, Florida, accompanied by the Rev. James Neale, arrived in Waterford en July 1G from Rome, where i^ had ocen on a visit to tihe Holy See. They purpose visiting different parts of Ireland before their return home. WESTMEATH.— A Generons Act Prior to preaching a sermon on a recent Sunday in Mullingar Cathedral, the Most Rev. Dr. Gaffney read a letter which he had received from Richard Brinsley Marlay, D.L., Belvedere, Mullingar. .Mr. Marlay, who wrote iron* his London address, stated that he had directed the picture which he proposed to present to his Lordshup foir the new Cathedral, Mullingar, to be sent, unless Dr. Gaffney wouM like to retain it in his own residence. It was a Florentine sixteenth century work of art, amdi better fitted for a church than for a private collection Dr. Gaffney said he thought the reading; of the letter to the congregation was the bes-t method of acknowledging it, and it was due both to Mr. Marlay and tihe congregation that it should be read. He felt sure it was known that Mr. Marlay had already sent a handsome .subscription towards the new cathedral, a gift now s<u>ppleanenled by this work of art. He (Dr. Gaffney) knew Mr. Marlay forty years ago, ajid he was just the same high-souled, high-charactered man now that he was t^hen, when he sotight the suffrage of this county. Then as now he had around him a very contented people and gave abundant employment, making no distinction between Protestant and Catholic. GENERAL Mr. John Redmond in America Mr. Cednvond, speaking in New York last week, said that the coming general election in tlhc United Kingdom was of the gieatetst importance to Ireland The next Government would probably only have a small majority in tihe House of Commons. The Irish Party would thus be able ta turn the siealc. Cardinal Vannutelh's Visit The K ings town Urban District Council, the Droe;heda Corporation, and many other public bodies held special meetings at which it was decidod to present addresses of welcome to Cardinal Vannutelli. The Anderson Case The Chief Secretary (Writes the Parliamentary (correspondent of the ' Freeman's Journal ') is not prepared to publish any documents in connection with the case of Constable Anderson. He informed Mr. J. Devlin that he cauld not consent to the suggestion of Mr. Dillton that the report of the evidence taken before the Court of Inquiry should be laid on the table. He said it would be without precedent. But then the use the Orange members are making of this case is also without precedent. They and their newspapers have made it the basis of the "most slanderous charges against a priest of the highest reputation ; but they are discreetly dumb when the Irish Party demands publicity for the official facts or a fresh inquiry. Mr. Wyndham, While ostensibly defending the persons falsely attacked, including Sir Neville -Chamberlain and Sir Antony MacDonnelly is really playing into the hands of their assailants. The only effectual method of putting an end to these attaxiks is to consent to the publication of the facts.