The Irish standard., 1917-11-03
ULSTER.

At a crowded meeting OF Belfast
Sim Feiners, Rev. r. Fullerton, G. c.,
presiding, said men like Ashe would
go down, but his spirit would survive.
They were there to protest against
the treatment melted out. Mr.. j. H.
McEntee described the procedure of
the police at meetings in taking notes,
which secured the conviction of such
men as Ashe. Rev. P. Convery, P. p,
said he was thoroughly in accord with
the other speakers. At no period of
Ireland's history was courage so much
required.
Belfast's death rate for the past
year is reported as being the lowest
ever recorded for the city. The num-
Der of deaths registered was 6,496,
and the rate 1877 per 1000 of the
population.
Damage amounting to about 100000
was done by fire at the works of
Messrs. H. and j. Mcbride and Com
pany, Glengormley.
Mr.. E. Donnelly, Armagh, has been
elected president of Co. Armagh Sim
Fein Executives; Mr.. Thos. Hughes,
Camlough, vice president; Mr.. Aiken,
Camlough, treasurer, and Mr.. f. Short,
Armagh secretary.
A successful exhibition of pictures
was shown in the Natural History and
Philosophical Society's Room, Ar
magh, by Miss Reid, art teacher.
There was large display of pictures
of a high order of merit, dealing prin-
cipally with landscapes in Counties
Armagh and Down.
Michael McCabe and Thomas Con-
atty OF Ballinagh, for carrying weapons
capable of being used as weapons OF
offense, have been found guilty and
sentenced each to tifty-six days i'm
prisonment, without hard labor.
The following resolution was I'assed
at meeting of Cavan Sim Fem Joint
Executive: "Ihat the Joint Executive
of East and West Cavan Sim Fein
Clubs hereby formulate Board OF Ar
bitration whose function shall be to
amicably settle all disputes between
members in all matters of either
finance, property or persons; to put
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proposed to appoint in each parish
three reliable and trusted arhitrators
Zone of whom may be the parish priest
or curate the other two members or
officers OF the club to whom all dis
putes shall be REFERRED; that the sew
eral executives shall appoint three
members each as appeal courts to
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peal and that the findings OF the Par
ish Board or Executive Appeal Court
Shall have the entire force of the Sim
Fein movement, financially and other
wise, to reinforce the awards; that the
executives of each county in Ireland
be furnished with a copy of this reso-
luton in order to do likewise, and
thereby deny law costs to the Crown
or any traffic at all avoidable in Eng
lish courts"
Rev. j. Boyle, P. p, Termon, sue
ceeds the late Canon Gavigan at Carr-
CART, and Rev. j. Dunleavy, G. c.,
Drunml1een, succeeds Father Boyle.
Died-Canon Slevin, p. p, st. John
ston, one of the senior priests of Rap
hoe Diocese. Mr.. Harry Press, local
manager, Bank House, Neville.
Mr. w. S. Mills, NJ A., D. &c., B. e.,
son of the late DR.. S. Mills, Donagh-
more, Newry, who has been on the
research staff of Messrs. Levenstein,
Ltd, dye manufacturers, Manchester,
for about two years, has been appoint
ed chemist at their new works at Files
mere Port, Cheshire.
A fine was imposed at Lisnakea
Petty Sessions on William j. Arm
strong, Commercial Hotel, Lisnaskea,
for having, contrary to the Defense
of the Realm Act, sold petrol to a mo-
torist without endorsing the sale on
his license.
Under the Defense of the Realm
Act Joseph Monaghan, Drumgoon, Ma
guiresbridge, was fined IS. and costs
for failure to save one-eighth of his
flax crop, according to the regulations
issued by the Department of Agricul-
ture.
At conference Of creamery man
ayers in Enniskillen it was decided to
demand 240s. per cwt. for Irish but
ter.
From two stones of potatoes planted
by Mr.. William Ruske, Annamakiffe,
the yield has been thirty stones.
In the Abbey Church, Mt. St. JOS
eph, on the Feast of the Nativity of
the Blessed Virgin, Most Rev. DR.. Fo-
garty raised to the priesthood Rev.
George Clune, Killaloe; Rev. Austin
Sweeney and Rev. Plasid Laffan, dea-
cons; Rev. Camillus Claffey, sub-dea-
A settlement has been arrived at
between Mr.. Michael Walsh, eX-N. T.,
Killaloe, and the Board of Education,
as a result of which he is to receive
his full salary from the date of his sus-
pension over year ago, and pension
based on his thirty-Old years service