The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-05-11
MUNSTER.

MUNSTER.
The death has taken place of Mrs.
Barry, wife OF j. A. F. Barry, for many
years manager of the National Bank,
Kanturk; and Mr.. T. r. Lester, Sum-
MERRILL, Cork, one of the Oldest phar-
maceutical chemists in Ireland.
A high distinction has come to Sis
ter Ste. Emile, nurse Of the compile
mentary and auxiliary Hospital No. 25
in France, being awarded a bronze
medal by the Government for her no.
BILE work for the sick soldiers. Sister
Ste. Emile was known in the world as
Miss Elizabeth Mcnamara, and is a
member of the Order Of Bon Secours
She comes from Ballyanihan, Cork
County. Since the beginning of the
war she has been nurse in Hospital
No. Is, and to her the military chiefs
entrusted the care of patients with
contagious diseases. She is one of
four sisters who became nuns, the
others being Sister Angelique and Sis
ter Perpetua, Of Baltimore, Maryland
and Sister Mary Berclimane, of St.
Mary's Academy, Australia.
Mr.. Cornelius j. Kelleher, Red Alb
hey Street, Cork, has secured first
place in the U. K, winning the silver
medal, at the chronological typo
graphic final trade examination of the
City and Guilds of London Institute.
Four Cork bakery houses have made
concessions to their vanmen, who
have accordingly resumed work, but
the majority of the firms have entered
into no agreement, and picketing was
general at the premises affected. The
men arranged to supply boys to bak-
ers sending bread to hospitals and in
stitutions for the care of the sick.
The l.. G. B. refused to sanction the
Kerry County Council scheme of d.
rect labor on the ground that there
was not sufficient supervision, and
called for the appointment of three
additional deputy surveyors and sew
eral CANCERS. The Council decided to
adhere to the scheme and to insist
on it's being carried out under the SUI
pervision of the County Surveyors
present staff.
Much regret is felt in Killaloe at the
transfer of the station master, Mr..
Butler, to County Kerry. Mr.. Butler
was very popular in the town and dis
trict. ..
In lieu of war bonus, the Listowel
Urban Council has agreed to give the
Town Clerk, Mrs. A. Gleason, an in
crease of EGO year.
1t has been decided to rebuild the
Duagh Bridge, which had been swept
away by flood. The cost is estimated
at 94,5OO. The old bridge crossed the
river at the. spot immortalized by
Moore's poem, "By Feale's Wave Be-
nighted."
Recently at Killarney, before Messrs.
P. S. Brady and E. M. P. Wynne, Resi-
dent Magistrates, Patrick Riordan,
Longfield, and John Brosnan, Dromore
were sentenced to one month in prison
for having, on February "a, at Killa-
hane, taken part in an unlawful as
sembly by drilling. Cornelius Morley,
Rathberg, and John Sharry, Baltimore,
were charged with similar offense at
Baltimore, on March Is. The accused
were sentenced to one months impris-
onment. While the proceedings, were
going on large number of Volunteers
were drilled outside the courthouse.
Limerick Estimates Committee has
recommended rate of 14s. Cd. in the
pound, or Is. Cd. higher than that of
last year. At meeting of influential
ratepayers in Limerick, it was decided
to establish a Ratepayers' Protective
Association.
At the meeting of the Limerick
Board of Guardians a resolution to re-
Sclnd the granting OF increases In sal
aries to medical officers was defeated
by 40 votes to 13.
$500 Awarded.-At the Limerick
Quarter Sessions Michael Ryan, Drom-
barna, applied for e620 for the mali
cious burning of Is tons of hay, hay
barn, three tons of straw and other
property. and was awarded $500.
The death has occurred at his resi-
dence, Willmount, Roxboro, Limerick,
Of Mr.. Philip R.. Toppin, who for close
on thirty years was managing director
of the Limerick drapery establishment
of Cannock & Company.
Carrick-on-Suir Urban Council has
raised the wages Of their laborers
from 23s. to 26s. a week. Before the
war the laborers were paid 15s. a