Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2, 12 January 1905, Page 9

Irish News

CORK— Death of an ex-Mayor Mr. Dajiiel Ryan, former Mayor of Cork, dieid suddenly from heart failure at MaUney railway stM'i'ota on November 19. He was aged 76. Sale of an Estate The Hiaiadider estate, Dromnbeig, Kilcoorney, OoWnty Cork, has been spid at 20 years' purchase and 19^ years' in exceptional cases of first term rents. A Gift for the Pope Messrs. Morr.ogh Bros, and Co., Limited, have been adlvisdd from tjie Vatican that his ILolkiess Pope Pius X. has bee(n graciously pleased to accept a cassock made fr,om a fiine white cloth wihich was specially manufactured for Hhis purpose at their mills., Douglas, Oonunty Cork. The Holy Fattier expressed himself pleased with the g,ift r ajmd promised to make use of it. DUBLlN— Reduced in Price The ' Urislh Independent ' is about to be published at a halfpenny,, it being the first Irish morning paiper to make t/his departure. An Aid to Thrift Tiie directors of the National Bank are considarimg a scheme iin the nature of a savings bank under whibh tihe balnk will a,cce(pt deposits of small sums of one shilling .awd upwards. It is believed that this scheme may jp'ostsibly be brought frito operation immediately. If it succeeds it sihould prove a mwt imp or taint step towards) the eniqour,agemejit of thrifty small deposi't|oirs'. Lecture on New Zealand A lecture b|oMi interesitvng and instructive on New Zealand was delivered recently at the Fatlher Matihew Hall by Uhe Vary Rev. Dr. WaUers, S.M. He traced tiho (history of the islands, their condition .of life, and tlheir transit liom fr,om pre-Emropean days up to tine presftat miometnt. He pai)d a touahihg tribute to tihe Irteh colonists,, 'to tftieia: fealty to the olid land, and tlo tlheir adhesion to the religion of their fathers. He spoke, he tfaijd, from experience, because he had been among them a?rtl Unew their worth. The re-v. lecturer was listened to witjh aibsjorbing attention all through, and at the close was made the recipient of a hearty vote of thanks. A Reminiscence His Grace Archbishop Walsh, in a letter containing reminiscences of Cardinal Newman's residence and work in Dublin, referred to a visit he paid to Maynootn College, and says : ' I ha\e ever since had before my mind a very vivid picture of him as he stood that day in our college cemetery beside our President, of whom, years afterwards, he was to write the memorable words : "my dear friend, Dr. Russell, the present President of Maynooth," who " had, perhap.s, more to do witn my conversion than anyone else." ' Gallery of Modern Art Active preparations are being made at the Royal Hibernian Academy, in Lower Abbqy street, Dublin, for the reception of the pictures and statuary which have been presented to form the nucleus of a Gallery of Modern Art for Dublin. The collection will be strengthened by a loan section of works trom the famous collection formed by the late Mr. J. Stack Forbes, which have been kindly lent by his executors. The ' Forbes Collections ' number nearly 4000 pictures and drawings. These ha.ye been gone through by Mr. Hugh Lane, who, with the assistance of several well-known artists and critics, has picked out} about 180 representative pictures. A Faithful Friend The action of the Dublin Cemeteries Committee (writes a correspondent) is worthy of all commendation in having recently erected a new and beautiful mionument over the remains of Anne Devlin, the faithful friend of Robert Emmet. When Anne Devlin (Campbell) died, on September 18, 1851, she was buried in a pauper's grave in Glasnevin, but ere the close of that same month the late Dr. R. M. Madden, who had then just returned from the Continent, was enabled, with the assistance of four friends, to have the remains re-interred in the O'Connell circle. It ought not to be forgotten that when the circumstances were made known to the Cemeteries Committee, permission was at once granted for the remioval of the body, and, moreover, as Dr. Madden writes, the usual fees' paid for such removals were remitted. To the credit of Father C. P. Meehan is also due the fact of having, out of his own scanty income, occasionally .befriended poor Anne Devlin, when she was forgotten by all else in this world.

KERRY— Departure of a Priest The Key. John H. Casey, 0.P., Holy Cross, one of the most) popular clergymen in the whole Kerry diocese, has been transferred to Trinidad, West Indies. KILKENNY— Terms of Sale The tollowing are the terms >of sale of the Bryan estate, Kilkenny 21 £ years' purchase of first, term and non-judicial (abated) rents ; 21 2-3 years of second term (abated) rents. LIMERICK— The Last of a Noble Line In a letter to the parish priest of .Shanagolden, relative to the death of Sir Stephen de Vere, the Most Key. Dr. O'Dwyer says he and his brother Aubrey and the late Lord Duniaven and Lord Emly were able by the nobility ol their characters and the complete dignity of their lives, to bear a striking testimony in tavor of the Church, in which their intellects and profoundly religious spirits found peace and rest. A Generous Act At the meeting of the Rathkeale Board of Guardians it was reported that Major-General Lloyd and Mrs Lloyd, of Beechmount, had sent through Dr. Hayes a statue of the Madonna in majolica from Florence for the Workhouse Maternity Ward. The Board unanimously thanked the donors, who are Protestants. The Dairying Industry Sir 'Jhomas H. Cleeve was one of the pioneers of the creamery movement in Ireland. The firm of which he is now the principal owns no less man 42 creameries in difierent parts of Munster, and in addition they have condensed milk factories in Limerick, Tipperary, Mallow, Carrick-on-Suir, Kanturk, Clonmel, Bruree, and Manister They employ upwards of 3000 hands altogether, and they deal with the enormous quantity of 600,000 gallons of milk per week, or 32,000,000 gallons per year. The Limerick premises alone occupy between five and six acres ot ground. The butter manufactured by the firm imds its way into every pait of the country, and the business is increasing year after year. Fi\e years ago Messrs. Cleeve Bros, entered on the manufacture of caramels, and two years ago they added the manufacture of chocolate and cocoa. They already employ between 300 and 100 hands in uhese departments, and their enterprise holds promise of very considerable development. Bacon-curing There are four great firms engaged in the baconcuring and kindred industries in Limerick, Messrs. W. J, Shaw and Sons, Messrs. James O'Mara and Sons, Messrs. J. Matterson and Sons, Ltd., and Messrs. Hcfnry Denjny and Sons, Ltd. Each of the firms owns huge premises equipped with modern appliances for the preparation and curing of bacon, for the manufacture of sausages and puddings, and for the carrying on of their other industries. They employ in their Limerick branches alone almost a thousand hands, and their trade penetrates not alone throughout Ireland, but throughout Great Britain, and reaches America, the British Colonies, France, and other Continental countries. Messrs.. Shaw and Sons kill over 100,000 pigs per annum, Messrs. O'Mara and Sons 40,000, Messrs. Denny and Sons 270,000, and Messrs. Matterson and Sons 100,000. MEATH— Purchasing their Holdings The sale of the Rev. Mr. Denny's (Meath) estate has, been agreed to at 2'ti years' purchase of present (second term) rants ; the hanging gale to be added to tine purchase mioney ; all bog banks to tie given in fee to the tenants without any additional purchase ; sporting, shooting, and fishing rig;hts are conveyed to the tenants., ROSCOMMON— An Agreement to Purchase Sir N. R. O'Conor has consented to divide the grass farm on his Roscommon estate amongst his tenants, who have now agreed to buy their foldings at 24 years' purchase of first term rents. TIPPERARY— Death of a Priest The death Is announced of the Roy. Father Patrick Luttrell, who was for a number of years assistant tio Father Lawless at Poplar (London), and was one of the best known figures in that distuct. After a long stay at Bow he returned to Ireland. He passed away at Killcummin, County Tipperary, WESTMEATH— SaIe of an Estate Arrangements have been completed for the sale of Mr. Thomas Kelly Evans' estate at 21 years' purchase of first and 24 years' of second term rents. Sporting and other rights are vested in the tenants. WEXFORD— The Redmond Estate ' Mr. T. Healy, M.P., can no longer taunt Mr. John Redmond with having made a profit out of the sale of his estate in Wexford. When the matter of the estate

came before Mr. Justice Meredith in the Land Commission Court on November 7, on a question of fixing the redemption price of a charge of £500 a year in favor of the widow, of the late General D. Redmond, his Lordship said that he was obliged to declare the estate insolvent. 'Ihe ' bonus ' provided by the new Land Act will not be payable therefore to Mr. Redmond, but must form part of the coipus of Ihe fund available for encumberances. It was stated that even after the 'bonus' had been taken from Mr. Redmond this fund would still be deficient by about £400. The deficiency is said to be the result ol the fall in Consuls. GENERAL The Reason Why The ' Westminster Gazette,' lefemng to the fact that Professor Mahafiy, ' the most brilliant and versatile of the Fellows of Trinity College,' has been staying at Sandringham, and preaching before the King, says : ' In another and a later -world we shall know why Professor Mahafly was not selected to succeed Dr. Salmon as Provost of Trinity College, Dublin.' The reason of the selection of Dr. Traill, a gentleman of no scholastic or literary eminence, for that position in preference to Dr. MahfcfTy is well known. Dr. Mahafly, although a strong Tory, held the \iews .which Mr. Wyndham prolessed on the subject of Catholic University Education. The Land Act In the course of an interview in Sydney Mr. W. Kedmond, M.P., relerring to the Land Act, said : It was wondeitul what a change it made in the people. There was no question of aneais, and there was a feeling that a man now labored for his o\v.n benefit and not that of the landloid. It was not the same place. As far as land puichase had gone in Ireland, it had had the best results, and the people had paid their instalments to the Government with the most wonderful regularity. In the congested districts of tne West of Ireland the present Land Act may not work well, and may need amendment, but in the other paits of Ireland they all hope that the Bill ol last year will be a great success. At any rale, it maiks a great stride in advance. A couple ot years ago no man could have dreamed that so good a Bill wouid have passed into law. The University Question In a letter to the ' Spectator ' Dr. Ilogan s'how.s clearly that he did not advocate the policy of exclusive dealing as suggested by Professor Dowden, and adds that there is in it something absolutely repugnant to the feelings and instincts of Irishmen and Catholics. Dr. Hogan proves that exclusive dealing is largely practised in Ireland by Protestants, and quotes facts which there can be no gainsaying to that etiect. Referring to the gross injustice which Irishmen suffer with regard to higher education, ne says some years ago Mr. Balfour and Mr. Wyndhain went through the farce of appointing a Royal Commission to inquire into the condition ot university education m Ireland. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Cadogan, went thiough the farce of announcing that the lcpoit of that Commission would be followed by legislation. Some Catholics spent weary months, duiHlg which they might have been better employed, studying and preparing Llie case, wlnih Hicy felt to be righteous and just, in such a way as to convince the most hosLilc and prejudiced judges. They made their case, and the decision was practically given in their faivor ; hut then Mr. Balfour and Mr. Wyndhain tell them almost in mockery that nothing can be done. It is a position which Sir Robert Peel, Lord Palmerston, and Mr. Gladstone would have been ashamed to occupy. And yet the Catholics are expected to sit down quietly and submit without a protest to the shelving of a question •which is at the root and origin of all the other injustices from which they suffer. The ' Spectator ' in an editorial note will not aid nut that Protestants arc unfairly preferred to Catholics, but adds : ' As regards the question oi a Roman Catholic University, however, we are in full agreement with Dr Hogan. We think Mr. Balfour's action on _Uns question showed the mofct deplorable weakness, ne subordinated what he knew to be the wise and right course to Cabinet exigencies.'