COUNTY NEWS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 20, 21 May 1908, Page 27

COUNTY NEWS

ANTRIM — The Diocese of Down and Connor The Parish priests of Down and Connor met on March 31 in St. Malachy's College, Belfast, for the purpose ofselecting three names to be forwarded to the- Holy- See in connection with the vacant See. His Eminence Cardinal Logue presided. The three names before the Conference were — Very Eev. Dr. Laverty, P.P., St. Matthew's,- VicarCapitular ; Very Eev. Patrick Murray, Irish Provincial, Re- \ demptorist Order, Limerick ; and the Very Rev; "John "Tojiill,. P.P., V.F., Cushendall. The voting resulted in -Dr. Eaverty and Father Murray each receiving 25 votes, while .Pather Tohill received four. " -". ■ s CARLOW— Champion Life-saver . According to a local contemporary, Michael Webster, the Lock, -Carlo w, has just saved the' thirty-first life from the deep waters of the Barrow. His address indicates Ms oppor-"

tunities, but he is evidently equal to them. He holds the vellum of the Royal Humane Society already ; but some of his most difficult rescues have never been blazoned. The Carlo w Town Council is about to draw the attention of the Royal Humane Society to the whole record. DUBLIN— The New University

It is rumoured that the president of the new Dublin College to be created under Mr. Birrell's University Bill will be Dr. Denis J. Coffey, F.R.U.1., M.A., M.8., although the name of Dr. Windle is mentioned too. Dr. Coffey is a distinguished professor in the .Catholic University School of Medicine, and was one of the two Catholic members of the recent Royal Commission on Trinity College and the University of Dublin. Almost Crimeless

In the course of his address to the Grand Jury at the City Criminal Sessions, Dublin, on March 27, the Recorder said : Having regard to the extent of our city, it is in a great degree creditable to it that it should retain its almost crimeless character. Of course, in large communities absolute freedom from crime is an' impossibility ; but it is a source of great congratulation to find that from the more serious and graver classes of crime this city is absolutely free, and compares favourably with the other large cities of the Empire. LIMERICK— White Gloves for the Judge

Mr. P. Law Smith, K.C., acting County Court Judge, opened the Easter Quarter Sessions for County Limerick on March 27. The Sub-sheriff, Mr. H. B. Lucas, presented his Honor "with a pair of white gloves, as there was no criminal business at the Sessions. His Honor said it afforded him much pleasure to receive white gloves on his first visit to Limerick. TIPPERARY— Very Little Crime

A Clonmel correspondent, writing on March 31, says :—: — The business of Quarter Sessions, now on circuit in Tipperary County, is about the smallest on record, "both on the Civil and Crown side. Nenagh and Thurles again showed virgin calendars ; while there is only one case for Clonmel, in which an Englishman is charged with forgery. The sittings of the Court are very brief. There were only five cases at last assizes for the whole county, and the criminal business at the last Quarter Sessions was very small. WATERFORD— The Glenaheiry Outrage

County-Inspector Jenning's reports on the Glenahairy explosion have been published as a Parliamentary Paper. In the first report lie says :—: — It is inconceivable how any man would approach the house, as in this instance, and run risks of detection, with practically four armed experts in the use of firearms on the premises. Ido not believe any of the natives would countenance or conceive such an outrage. Lord Ashtown as a landlord has always been well disposed towards and appreciated by his tenants. The friction which some months ago existed in regard to rabbits was entirely owing to the gamekeepers, and for some months past there has not been the slightest renewal. The appointment, too, of one of his large tenants — a Mr. Nugent — quite close to the scene to the Magistracy, was generally calculated to make for peace and concord in the locality. WESTMEATH— Very Satisfactory

In addressing the Grand Jury at the opening of Mullingar Quarter Sessions, County Court Judge Adye Curran, K.C., said the number of cases to go before them was small — four cases in all. The state of the County Westmeath, in so far as ordinary crime was concerned, was very satisfactory. The number of reported cases for the quarter now under consideration showed an improvement on that of reported cases the last time he had sat there. There were eleven such cases now, as compared with eighteen in the previous quarter. It was also satisfactory to know that cattle-driving had somewhat decreased, and there was very little of it now in Westmeath.