The Irish standard., 1917-08-11
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nectlOn With land dispute.
Patrick Marion, Mill Street, Cavan,
an Urban Councillor for some years,
has died.
Miss Carleton has offered to the
local Child Welfare Committee the
mansion in Church street, Portadown,
which she erected at a cost of
100000. T. H. Spence, J. p, gave
&100 towards the project.
While T. j. S. Harbinson, Cooks
town Zone of the Convention dele.
gates), was motoring at Dungannon,
some children threw a portion of a
broken lemonade bottle at the car, and
the Jagged missile struck him on the
left eye, severely cutting his brow and
eye-lid. Surgeon Marmion found that
the eye itself was, fortunately, unin-
jured.
Degrees were conferred on some 81
students at Queens University, Bel
fast. The Vice-C hancellor, Rev. DR..
Hamilton, mentioned that the number
of students attending the commercial
classes last year was the largest since
the Chair was founded. Women stu
dents had gained a remarkable pro-
portion of the honors in the late
exams.
After an all-day hearing Enniskillen
magistrates, Messrs. Kelly, McGovern
and Dickson dissenting, fired PIX. Nc
Cluskey and Thos. Parke G5 each,
and PIX. Parke and MI. McGlinchey
4Os each Gall of Derry on charge of
assaulting the police.
At Monaghan Assizes, Justice Dodd
reversed the decision of the lower
Court on w. F. Mccoy, solr., Clones,
appealing against a decision awarding
&36 les Id, the full amount claimed,
in an action for breach of contract in
which Peter Carron, Clones, was the
plaintiff and respondent.
Thos. Murphy, cattle dealer, Long
field, was at Forkhill, Petty Sessions,
bound to the peace for threatening f..
Nugent, J. P, auctioneer, who, it was
stated, had bought a farm which for
merly belonged to defendants broth
ers, and had since been subjected to
annoyances.
At a newly formed Sim Fein branch
at Urney, the M. P. for East Donegal
was called on to resign. Resolutions
were passed condemning the coming
Convention as unrepresentative, and
recording appreciation of the efforts of
the Most Rev. DR.. McHugh to prevent
the partition of the country.
The deaths have occurred of, re-
spectively, ]. Werner, Enfield Dairy Co.,
Belfast, son of the late Mr.. G. Werner,
Dyan, Co. Tyrone, and of Mrs. Wal
ton, widow of the late Col. G. Walton
G. B., and daughter of the late Mr..
w. Humphreys, D. L., Ballyhaise
House, Cavan, who succumbed to in
juries received in a burning accident
at Droitwich.
An attempt was made to carry out
a big cockfghting main, over 500 peo-
pie assembling at Castleshane, Co.
Monaghan. AS they were about to
begin the police appeared. Later in
the morning they reached Derrynoise
on the Armagh border, and there they
succeeded in bringing off two fights
They were again chased by the police,
and assembled again at Tully Corbett,
near Ballybay. Here the police re-
appeared, and one party of 80 or 80
got to Archer, near Corraghan, and
attempted to finish the fights, but
were again disturbed and chased to
Threemilehase, when they dispersed.
The funeral took place to Leek Old
Cemetery of Mrs. Diver, niece of the
late Most Rev. DR.. McGettigan, Arch
bishop of Armagh, and sister of the
late Very Rev. Norbert McGettigan, C.
p, Mount Argus, and of the late Rev.
Daniel McGettigan, Newtowncunning-
ham.
J. G. Edwards, principal of Porta-
down Technical School, has been ap-
pointed principal Of the Engineering
School at Walthamstow, and supervis-
or of the Evening Technical Schools
under the Essex County Council.