The Irish standard., 1902-06-21

'tIlelf people alM SympatlllZe With their
suifwinys-illto the van Of the move
ment.
DERRY.
At the fourteenth annual congress of
the National Union of Dock Laborers
OF Great Britain and Ireland. in ST.
Columb's hall. Derry, on May .27, Mr.
Michael Connolly, Birkenh,au. presid-
ing, Mr.. j. Sexton, general secretary
of the union, proEos Il: THAT this
congress Of the National Un.on of
Dock Laborers expresses re.rtt that
his maiesty's government could find no
retroslaIe tax I'll corn, which is not
only an unsound fiscal lolicy i'll prin-
clpie. and IL return to protection, but
enables the whole of the huldpll Gre
ated by the chanceilor's budget to b.,
placed on the physical! workers of the
United Kingdom" Nh. Thomas Obi
en- Liverpool. se:cnled til, re resolution,
which. after Il discussion of two hours
and Il half, was passed unanimously
amid loud applause.
DUBLIN.
The municipal elections il Dublin
on May ~ were extremely sat 'ssacto.y
all round, frIm the Nationalist point
OF view. Perhaps the most notable
result was that i'll tie two wards OF
Clontarf. y few weeks ago Alderman
Gibson declared at a Tory corona
ton" meeting, in the R)tunlo, that,
thank goodness, Clontarf would for
many IL day be a thorn in the side OF
the city and the corporation" Well,
Alderman Gibson, Oh the 9th day Of
May. was relegatcd TO Il back seat by
the electors of the East Ward. who
had the audacity to supplant himself
and his Unionist colleague by two Ma
tonalists. Something similar took
place in the West Ward, where two
Nationalsts We're also returned and
only he Unionist. There is. accord
ingly, great CONSERVATION in Lord Ar
dilaun's township. In 4Arran quay
the United Irish League candidates
swept the field; while in Inns quay the
candidates put forward by the United
The result of this latest election iii
Dublin shows that the National cause
is progressing steadily in the city, and
that the people are becoming IN re and
more convinced of the necessity OF
standing shoulder to shoulder as in the
old days.
GALWAY.
The bazaar in aid of the new Lougll-
rea cathedral opened Gil May %, and
continued until the 2Sth, and brought
to Il close by a grand concert in the
town hall. At the opening ceremony,
there was brilliant assemblage of
ladies and gentlemen, including many
of the gentry of the county. Rev. Fa-
ther Bowes, Adm. lin the absence OF
his Lordship DR.. Healy, who was
away at the royal commission in Lon
dom opened the proceedings by short
speech, in which he thanked the
priests and people for com ing in such
large numbers to assist the good work
The bazaar was held at the Temper
ance buildings, the rooms and grounds
of which had been converted into Il
veritable fairy palace.
KILKENNY.
The grand bazaar, which was opened
Oh May % ut the Presentation Con
vent Schools, Castlecomcr, in aid of
the Presentation Convent, closed OH
the evening Of the 2Glll. The bnzar
was opened by the Very Rev. Canon
Cody, z. p, in the unavoidable alb.
sence of Most Rev. DR.. Brownrigg
the bishop Of Ossory. Can Il Cody, ON
appearing OH the stage, w;ls received
with prolonged cheers and was pre-.
sented with an address by the parish.
toner's, welcoming him among them
after his heightened illness of three
months. A large number of clergymen
were present. The prizes at the bazal
were numerous and COSTLY
LIMERICK.
a Limerick dispatch Of May 9th
stated that it was understood there
that the crown would not proceed at
tile quarter sessions with the ease
against Joseph Ryan, borough csuncil
Tor; Joseph Fitzgerald and John Igan
who had been returned for trial cllary
ed with the larceny of the royal arms
from the town hall, last month. On
the opening of the sessions, ON the
9th, Judge Adams Informed the grand
jury that the attorney general, in tho
exercise of his discretion, had decided
not to proceed With the case, which
was regarded as the outcome of prac
teal joke. So the affair closed frr the
present.
LOUTII.
In Drogheda, on May 2G, the obse
ques took place Of Sister Bernard
Morgan, Il member of the Sisters of
Charity, in the town. The deceased
lady. who was member Of an old
and respected Meath family. was for
some eighteen years member of tho
Order Of Charity, and was for the list
fifteen years of her religious lie zeal.