Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, 11 May 1911, Page 871

Irish News

CORK— A Good Record Some time ago a Unionist member of Parliament, in a passing reference to the last election in Cork, described.;it in the House of Commons as the occasion of fierce rioting which produced many cases for policeman and doctor (says the Freeman’s Journal). He was promptly contradicted by two of the opposing candidates who, as they were on the spot, could speak;with an authority which the Unionist could not claim. Additional proof of the recklessness .of the charge is furnished by the address of the Lord Chief Baron in opening the City Commission in Cork. The facts were so remarkable as to extort a special tribute from tile Judge to the good order that must have prevailed when political feeling was running very high. An increase in minor offences might reasonably be feared in a year in which two general elections were held, but as compared with 1909 there were not half the number of convictions for common assault; in larceny a decrease of 25 per cent, took place, and convictions for drunkenness fell from 2071 to 1454. These are the facts, but they will not check the flow of Unionist slander. KERRY—A Priest Honored The priests and people of Kerry learned with feelings of genuine satisfaction of the promotion to the dignity of Canon, of the Rev. Arthur Murphy, - P.P., Brosna. • The name of Father Arthur Murphy is a household word throughhout his native county, where as a patriotic priest °I the advanced type his work for faith and fatherland is well known* and appreciated. LIMERICK— Cultivation of Tobacco ... On March 21 in the House of Lords the Earl of Denbigh, in asking whether his Majesty’s Government would now reconsider their refusal to encourage the production of home-grown sugar on the same lines as they had encouraged Irish tobacco—namely, by remitting one-third of the Excise Duty down to the close of 1909, called attention to.the fact that the receipts of duty on Irish-grown.tobacco had increased from £736 in 1905 to £11,785 in 1910. Tho Earl of Dunraven said it was impossible to draw any comparison between tobacco-growing in Ireland and sugar beet-growing in England. The former industry had been deliberately destroyed by the action of the State and, .therefore, there was a moral claim on the State to assist in its revival. Moreover, the import duty on sugar was so : low that it would be impossible to charge a lower Excise Duty on the home-grown article. Continuing, he spoke of the experiments he had conducted himself in tobacco-growing in e ' and- In his opinion, the 3d per lb allowed as rebate by the Excise authorities to growers and re-handlers was Adequate,, having regard to the considerable expense winch the work involved. The Treasury were making a good deal of profit out of these tobacco-growing transactions at present. He had been growing from 25 to 30 acres of tobacco per annum. for the last lew years, and in respect to the yield for the years 1907, 1908, and 1909 he paid to the Treasury the sum of £6300, whilst the amount he received in assistance from the Treasury was only £1387 Ihe Treasury, therefore, made practically £SOOO out of him .on the transaction.; - . From the 30,0001bs of tobacco resulting from- last year’s crop the amount he would receive „ be about , £750, whilst ' the Treasury would receive iQUUU. ihe tobacco-growing experiments in Ireland had demonstrated that an article either of American or. Turkish tobacco could be produced at a fair price, and that the crop was of immense value as a means of giving employment In allowed ntl ' y ' He str6ngly urged the increase of the rebate MONAGHAN—The Welfare of the Country . The Most Rev. Dr. McKenna, in putting as chairman of a meeting at Monaghan a vote of thanks to the Rev. : rn C T a i rey i f + r u a l U l re on , f Grattan’s Parliament; said that though they could not hope at present to obtain the degree of independence enjoyed by Grattan’s Parliament, they should insist strongly on independence on those things that affected the welfare of the country, and especially should their representatives be instructed to see that the finances were all right. ; r ; „ - TIPPERARY— Pledges Rev. Father McNamara, C.SS.R;, who during March gave a retreat m Nenagh, at the close of an eloquent sermon on the vice of, intemperance, administered the total abstinence pledge to, over 1000 men of the parish and district A Beautiful Gift nt The women’s Sacred Heart Confraternity of the parish of Tipperary has presented to the clergy of the parish a exceedingly beautiful set of High Mass vestment P in cloth of gold;’ The cost of the vestments was £IOO. The present was accepted by Very Rev. Canon Arthur Ryan PP V G who returned his sincere thanks for the handsome gift. ’ ’* Death of an Oblate Father _|^S the regret of a wide circle of friends in Tipperary and other parts of the, country, and'particularly? amongst 1 ' the priests and laity of Inchicore, Dublin, the death occurred V on March 16 of Father Roger Hennessy, 0.M.1, The de-

ceased priest had labored in the sacred ministry in Inchicore for about seven years, but he had been ailing for sortie months, and died at the,residence of his brother, Dr; Thom Hennessy, Clogheen, County Tipperary. WATERFORD—A Priest’s Heroism ' v. Thrilling scenes were witnessed recently near Ardmore, i bounty \V aterford, in connection with the wreck of the schooner Teaser, which was driven by a fierce gale on the Black Rocks. Three of the crewT. Hughes, master; Connahs.Quay; the mate, Fox, of Flint; and an A.B. Walsh, of Tlint—have died of,exposure, while the cook is missing. V hen the rocket .apparatus failed to- be taken advantage of by the exhausted crew T of the schooner, theKev. J O Shea wanted to launch a small boat to go to the rescue, but at the instance of one of the coastguard officers a more seaworthy boat was procured at some distance, and lather O Shea was the first volunteer, others following his example, and the boat being manned, reached the schooner after a severe struggle. . Two men were taken alive from the wreck, but both died shortly afterwards, one of them succumbing before the shore was reached, WESTMEATHThe Woollen Industry \ .... • , , he Irish Industrial. Journal says that the Irish ; woollen industry is at present enjoying unexampled prosperity. A huge budding is. being added to the Athlone Woollen Mills * which will increase the output by one-fourth or one-fifth' 5 Ir-n n t new works . are completed, the Athlone;.Woollen, 1^n l p S ,-pn| I T i C^ m P ar6 with, if .they ,do not. pass, any mill? in Great Britain or Ireland for efficiency. • A similar story' of progress has to be told concerning .D ri ps e y Woollen Mills It used to be the motto of Dnpsey some years ago that there were no unemployed in the district and no emigration from it. The; trouble now is not to find employment for unemployed, but to find employees for the mills The company is looking for families of woollen workers, andwill be only too glad to get them. ' ■ ' GENERAL The Finance of Home Rule ■ rvn ? he Min . is *®? on March 20 assured Mr. Ml O Br , ien that . financial experts ail'd other well-qualified p&H sons were being taken into consultation by the Government m regard to the finance of Home Rule, and that they inelude lepresentatives of different sections of Irish opinion ' The Progress of Temperance -i T ; The marvellous success of the temperance crusade in Ireland (writes a Dublin correspondent) is clearly proved by the almost complete absence of drunkenness on St. Patrick's T9Lj the _ Dublin Metropolitan Police Courts on March 18 theie were just eight charges, and it must be remembered aU f S ng ,s i f Clty . of the Same population probably not half of these defendants would have been deemed de^ ha 7 tlf °f, arrest. In Dublin the unfortunate constable' has to discover cases or pay the penalty by being hauled ran?- his superiors and fined or perhaps deprived of his v„ n + - . ®p 61n ,.S that the public-houses were open on the - National festival, the smallness of the, number of cases - She We T h r J self-relia " ce a pd self-respect of the people. , The temperance pledge given to the young at Confirmation has, in the opinion of many, been the most powerful factor m promoting sobriety, for when the drink habit is not acquired in youth, it seldom is contracted In matmer years. + Then the crusade carried on by the Capuchin lathers at the request of the Irish Bishops has had remarkable effects. The Anti-Treating League! St.' Pat- ’ • I Le^« e °F the West, and numerous lay agencies have all helped to stamp out intemperance., The fudges In many places, addressing the grand juries, have noted with pleasure the marked decrease in drunkenness to which in country At U ?t± ey attnbute .peaceable state. rival Tr J. w a temperance ceremonial in Mullingar Cat^e ie ti“ OSt te Dr Gou s\ran dwelt on the temperance question. they were now, he said, on the eve of getting Home Rule. Soon, he hoped, they would again see their people in plenty on the fair hills and in the valleys of Irecame wii t h n if ed an , c l Prosperous. But when Home Ruhr* ? a , n l G ’ '• lb would come increased -duties and responsi- ■ work aid with the ruling The administrative vvork, and the building up generally of the country To uhom would these tasks fall? Would it be to a temperate or an intemperate people? The voung nennle nf Fo ri were those who would be called upon to discharge'these*in*/* portant duties towards Ireland under self-government and F n e f e as , sured that the performance of these tasks would fall to a temperate people they might be certain that prosperity and contentment would follow. The wonderful 3 growth of temperance certainly goes to show that the self government of Ireland will be in the hands of a sober people' The Crimeless State of the Country | , The congratulations extended by , his Majesty's judges to the grand juries up and down the country at the Snrfna Assizes (says a Dublin correspondent) are assuredly plete answer to Orange" calumniators' of. their native S and also to their abettors in Great Britain A+ iv and » Judge Wright said he had it on ; very good authority 0 frn &l pr the County Inspector of Constabulary that Dm lavv-alnding and peaceable, and he’ ‘believed such 2 Yu* case. _ Judge Cherry said the - County Down was in a «tn+f of profound peace. The Lord Chief Justice o? Ireland J? Kilkenny said be was glad to find tho county L the " am*

satisfactory condition in which Vhe had found it for \ many ; years past. The immunity from crime which it enjoyed was a credit to the people, and it was satisfactory that such excellent relations prevailed between all classes. Judge Gibson said that, considering the very large area of. County Mayo and the great number of persons in it, it was on the, / whole peaceable. Lord Chief Baron Palles, at Tralee, * congratulated the grand jury the peaceable state of T , County Kerry . ‘at a time of great political agitation.’ The - County Cavan was described by Judge Holmes as not only . peaceable,'but : prosperous. 7 Judge Kenny was presented with white gloves in Waterford, and in acknowledging the gift said it seemed to him that . there was an unbroken ' record of peace and good order in the city. % There were only tw'o cases at Queen’s County Assizes, and Judge Kenny said there w r as a complete absence of serious crime At Cork Judge Dodd said the county w as in a state of great quietude, and there was an absence of serious crime. At Omagh, County Tyrone, Judge Holmes said there were no cases of a serious character to go before the grand jury. At Roscommon Judge Madden said none of the five cases to go before the grand jury ere suggestive of anything exceptional in the state of the county. Lord Chief Baron Palles said that nothing could be better than the state of the city .of Limerick. Judge Dodd said, all things considered, the condition of Limerick County was satisfactory. The Lord Chief Justice congratulated the grand jury of Wicklow on the state of the county. Judge Holmes said County Derry was peaceable and prosperous, and congratulated the grand jury. The Recorder of Dublin, addressing the grand jury, said he felt they were justified in looking, with pride upon the condition of the county. It was large, and extended some twenty-eight miles along the seaboard, and in it were a number of towns and townships. From Little Bray to Balbriggan there was a very varied and very wide population. It was a matter of the greatest possible gratification that this large district was absolutely free from serious crime. It was a matter of which they had a just right to be proud. He was sure he only expressed the washes of the grand jury in saying that he ardently hoped the present condition of the county might long continue. When the Irish and English Unite The address of Mayor Fitzgerald on ‘The Irish Spirit’ in Boston College Hall (says the Sacred Heart He.view) sounded a note that is somewhat new in addresses on the English-Irish question, particularly at this season of the year. Mr. Fitzgerald, instead of declaring how implacably the Irish hated and would continue to hate England; instead of dwelling upon the fundamental and never-to-be ' adjusted differences between England and Ireland, dwelt upon the ■ things the two countries have-in common, and declared: ‘ The Irishman will not cease to be what he is by conceding the sturdy virtues to the English people, and the Saxon might well crave a dash of Irish fervor and brilliancy to leaven his own heavier composition.’ Mr. Fitzgerald expressed the opinion that the granting of Home Rule would tend to foster a better spirit between England and America. More than once in the past, he said, overtures of alliance and arbitration treaties have been overthrown by the opposition of the inveterate foes of England in this country, but the reasons of hostility are soon to ■ be removed, and the numerous and influential body of IrishAmericans may well consider all such propositions on their intrinsic merits rather than with a view to their effect upon s the destinies of Ireland. ‘Now,’ he continued, that 90 '• per cent, of the people of Ireland and 75 ner cent, of the people of England are fighting together for the abolition of the House of Lords and for a broader democracy for the colonies, with Home Rule for Ireland, a condition is created that will bring the whole English-speaking world together.’