Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, 27 December 1906, Page 27

Irish News

Regarding the increase in -Great Britain in the price of salt, Mr. Altman, a Dublin salt manufacturer, said •!to a newspaper " representative :— To a certain extent . the- Irish market is guided by the prices of the -Cheshire market, which practically ' commands the ■ saljt^" trade of the world at present. Though there' afe.~< many salt deposits in-_ Ireland, unfortunately the Irish manufacturers, are' compelled u> import 'a quantity of. rock- salt. Is Irish rocic salt of an inferior quality, theu ? Quite the contrary. There is , enough salt, "in Ireland to ' supply the \v ho le_. nation for two centuries to come, and N il commands a higher price*- than any other salt on ' thj market because of its well-tenown purity, due to the brine which it cont-ains. It contains nearly 98 per cent, of . sodium, wlfich is the highest percentage of any kind of salt. . If properly developed, it is an industry that could oust all competitors from the . field. What are the forces working against this ? The English monopolists, with a large capital at their back. Carric"kfergus, which is the principal works in Ireland for the supply of roclr salt, is under the thumb of the English trust, and is guided by their prices. Everybody loses by it. We lose,- /."the Dublin merchants lose, and 1 have been losing considerably for the last five years, and as the price rises the consumer will feel it. . ' CARLOW— Primary Education

The Most Rev. Dr. Foley, Bishop of Kildarc and Leighlin, and a member of the , National Board, delivered an address in Carlow Cathedral on. Sunday, October 27, on the- question of primary education. He said the agitation which had been carried on during the past few months in order to secure something like justice for primary education at the hands of the Imperial Treasury had his heartiest support, and ho hoped that every public board in the country would demand ' that justice should be done to the Irish cLUd. He could not. well conceive anything more discredit- - able to the Lords of his Majesty's Imperial Treasury than the shocking condition in which they had- forced - managers and commissioners to leave "the "schools dur- ' ing the past year and a half. He (the Bishop) knewof certain schools in his own diocese where the children were" crammed together like sardines in a box." The managers had everything ready for building more than a year ago, when suddenly a ukase issued from the Treasury, ' No more building grants ' until the commissioners accept our conditions. He said deliberately that nothing could be more- absurd than these conditions, some of which were- absolutely impossible as far as the commissioners were "concerned. l CAV AN— Charitable Bequests The late Most Rev. Dr. M'Gennis, Bishop of Kilmore, who died on the 15th of May, 19(|3, left, personal estate valued at £6163. Probate of his- will has been granted to the Very Rev." Patrick O'Connell, of Cootehill, and the Rev. James Judge, of St. Patrick's College, Cullies, Cavan. The . testator bequeathed £250 -to be held -- in trust for -~ Edward M'Canley, and he left £900 for -a burse in St. Patrick's College, Kilmore, £50 -for Masses, &W\ for distribution among the five convents at KiJmore, £20 to ■the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, £20 to the parish of Kill for the poor, £20 for distribution amon£ the poor ol Castlereghan ; and he left his pectoral cross and the relic of the true Cross, and . his chain, » to his successor as Bishop of Kilmore; and his vestments to St. Patrick's College. CORK— A Priest Passes Away The- death has taken place of the Rev. Timothy Canon Murray, for twenty years parish priest of Douglas, near Cork. He' was born «in 1830 in Murragh, near . Bandon. He entered Maynooth in 1848, -where he was ordained in 1556., His first mission was in . .Dun-^ man way, and he held curacies in various parts of the diocese until his appointment .as pastor of Douglas •subsequent to the "demise of the Very Rev. Canon Scannell. About this time also he was made a' member af the Chapter of Cork. During his long period in the pastoral charge of this extensive parish the; needs of his people, spiritual and temporal, enlisted his warm and practical sympathy. DERRY-— An Inventor , The invention of the ReV. Aubrey Foster, Waterside, Deny, of a new aeroplane machine is at present caus-"

ANTRlM— Carrickfergus Salt

ing a good deal of discussion and speculation in the north-west. - The rev. gentleman is now ? busily engaged building .the machine himself- at the rectory, Newtowncunningham, . County Donegal,', and he rhas-' the various _ parts "practically' -"ready.* for fitting " together.- - He,Jias taken- the precaution .of patenting prdvisidnally his invention, but lie is naturally ' diffident about giving -much information about, it until he sees " what success* attends the preliminary 'experiment*. " ' ■ " DUBLIN— New Zealand Visitors

Rev. Fathers -iiibiuan, _S.M.", and-Marnane, S.M.,' jvvere recently the guests of the Very Rev. Dr.-- Watters, S.M.; at Loesjou. slrcct, Dub' An. . Dr. ' Watters,^- it may be. , added, still throws' his en&vgies into-tlic congenial channel vof educalion, and presides over .a large school in Dublin. ' ~ • -

Clerical Appointments' -„-. -'- Tyvti appointments have just been fiiade by the "Archbishop of Dublin "to the Diocesan. Chapter— the Very Key. D.' Downing, P.P., to the- Prebend vo£ "Tippeuke.*xn, second portion; the Very :Rev. J.- Draiuian, P.P., to -the Prebend of Donafiliihorc, first portion. The Degree of Philosophy ... - -

The degree of Doctor of Philosophy has ■ just ' been conferred by the Royal University for the lirst time. The successful candidate was Mr. Murphy, M.-A. _Mr. Murphy is secretary of the Catholic Graduates' Association and. a prominent Gaelic" -Leaguer. • . - Visit of Bishop Grimes

• 'His Lordship ' Bishop o rimes (writes an esteemed Dublin correspondent) was the honored guest •of the Marisitt fathers, Dublin, towards -the middle of September.- v The RGctor, Very —Rey. Dr. Waiters, -S.M., gave .him' a hearty welcome. His Lordship paid the school a visit and received an , address of welcome from -masters and pupils. In reply, Dr. Grimes dwelt on the great work done in New Zealand by the Marist .Fathers, -some of whom were educated in the Catholic School- 'By kind permission of. Dr. Wat'ters, and amid the .ringing "cheers of the hoys, a whole holiday was proclaimed. -Dr. Walters entertained t'lie Bishop to dinner at" the college. Amongst those who came to meet Dr. , Grimes were the Most Rev. Dr. Donnell/, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, the - Riglit Rev. Mgr. FitzpatricJi, -YX4., the Right Rev. Mgr. MacIVlanus, V-.G., Right Ilev.-Slgr. O'Donncll, V.Ci^ ; Canons Flicker and Murphy, the \ cry Rev. ' W. Delaney, S.J., _,I,L.D. (President University College), and all- the local ' clergy". .His .J&iace the Archbishop was unfortunately on the Ltonti^eiit at the lime. -Encouraging the People His Grace Archbishop Walsh (says the..' Freeman's Journal ') gave away on Sunday, October 27,'^the secret of his success as a Chancellor of our Catholic - Exchequer. He gives the whole .-credit of it to Dx. Croke. 'Never make a , poor mouth,' was the characteristic advice- of the . big-hearted Churchman. 'There ,is nothing that will emourage - the- people that have money to entrust you with for the work of . the diocese as seeing you spend what you have, seeing you " spend it freely and well.'- The Archbishop has followed that advice, and has never- found himself, short of the means to help on any- good work that his priests and people were engaged in. But- his Grace's openhaii'dodness is not more conspicuous than his care that the works he assists are both -necessary,- and meas- . urcd to... the , need. If he ' never makes .a poor mouth,' he neve|^encourages_ a useless- work. Death of a Distinguished Literary Man The death is announced of Mr. Richard J. O'Mulrci*!n, M.A., which" occurred at his residence,- South . Circular Road, Dublin. 'His demise has' removed a very notable figure in Irish life. Few outside t«he political arena have played a important, though unobtrusive, part »In influencing- National progress, in' the country. His instincts were always National, and his pur"pose always patriotic. He was a man of many attainments,. He began- his student career as an agriculturist in the Model Farm, Glasneviu, under Professor Baldwin, and afterwards proceeded to the Continent, where he established himself as a professor of Eng-' lish. In the College of Louvaiu he found a congenial field, where he pursued . his linguistic studies, and it was his great boast that he Itnew no^ less*. than eight languages thoroughly, aivd could, read many' more. Returning from Belgium. in 1876, he, on the recommendation- of Professor Baldwin,' was appointed agricultural editor of the ' Weekly Freeman ' by the late Mr. E. D. Gray, which post he held, with credit to himself and with the greatest satisfaction to Irish agriculturists, to the' very last.

/ MEATH— Mullingar Cathedral The Most Rev. Dr. Gaughran, Bishop of Meath, has- received £17,082 from the Most Rev. Dr. Gaffney," his predecessor in the Bishopric, for the erection of a Cathedral in Mullingar. SLlQO— Primary Education Speaking at a meeting held in Sligo Town Hall, the Most Rev. Dr. Clancy said .he had made a study of the Irish Education Question,' and had convinced • himself that the chief defects 'in it were traceable to the financial difficulty. Perhaps the most flagrant viq-« lation of justice that was ever- perpetrated was to 'toe found in the malversation of funds that essentially belougod -to the- department oE -Irish Primary Educa- , titfn. If the rate introduced by M-r.~ Goschon in 1892 had been adhered to Ireland would now be entitled to £460,000, which was being systematically withheld from ' her. By a clever piece of prestidigitation Mr. Wyndham had converted moneys which, in. equity and in honor, should be devoted to Irish edueati-on, to the " buying out of landlords, to the making of railways.^canals, and in relieving the excessive local taxation of the country. .. TIPPERARY— Death of a Priest Rev. Father Hall, formerly rector of St. Patrick's, ' Wolverhampton, has passed away at Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, in his seventy-eighth year. The Temperance Movement At a' conference of laborers in North Tipperary, at Nenagh, a resolution was- passed stating that they were - gladdened by ,the progress of the Temperance move-" ment. They were proud that Most Rev. Dr. Fog--arty's pasioral was ' generally obeyed by the people of that part of the country during the last harvest season, and that in some instances where it was disobeyed members of the Association ' refused ' to take ' part in such disobedience. They viewed with alarm and regret . anti-Catholic and immoral Socialism J preached by Continental Labor leaders, and urged that - Ihe Gaelic League deserved' the support" of the Land and Labor Associations. - , ; TYRONE— Serious Accident . " , ' On October 29 a. very serious accident -occurred while Mr. John Weir was holding an auction of furniture at Bank House, Strabanc, for Miss Smyth. Owing to the excellent quality of the. furniture, and the fact " that it was market day, the sale was very . largely patronised. After the contents of several rooms -had been disposed of, the party proceeded to a large drawing-room on^ the 'second storey, where there were some f.ne lots to be sold. The room quickly, filled - with buyers, and at least sixty persons,- including a . large, nunnber of ladies, were crowded inside when, , without the slightest warning, the floor gave Vay, and^ with a loud crash all fell to the ground floor un<lerreath, a distance of about fifteen feet. Several policemerf and a number of civilians rushed' up and broke the front windows of the room (the door was locked, - and the uninjured, who had struggled to their feet; came out to the street. It was then seen that practically everyone inside had sustained injuries- of a more or- less serious nature. One by one the injured were carried out. A farmer named Patrick M'Gettigan got a leg broken, Mr. Joseph -Cooper, of -Castletown, was' seriously injured, and the two men were conveyed- to the LifTord Infirmary with all * possible haste. Mrs. Fyfic, of Castletown, was so .seriously injured that her life was despaired of. Among^-the others .who were badly hurt were Mr. Eugene O'Doherty, secretary to the Donegal Agricultural Committee ; Mrs. v Kelly, Carriclclee ; Thomas Knowles, Strabane ; and Matthew ■ Gallagher, Strabane, who were taken -to *Reir - homes. The others sustained Drincipally cuts and bruises a"bout the head. > ,;.--_ WATERFORD— Death of a Religious Intelligence has been received with regret in' Dungar van, of the death in a convent at Wibrick, in Belgium, of Miss Kate Kicly, sister of Mr. T. F. Kiely, the Irish athlete and world's champion, and of Sister Camillius, of the Convent of Mercy, D-ungarvan. , MYERS & CO., Dentists, Octagon, corner of George Street. They guarantee the highest class of work at moderate fees. Their arttficiaL. teeth give general "~ satisfaction, and the fact of them supplying a temporary denture while the gums are healing does away with the inconvenience of being months without teeth. They manufacture a single artificial tooth for Ten 'Shillings, and sets equally; moderate. The administration of nitrous oxi-de gas is also a great boon to those needing the er traction of -a t00th.... ■