The Irish standard., 1919-04-26

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laid down.
Judge Lnehan was presented with
white gloves at Dungannon.
Munster
At Miltown Malbay, Rev. L. r. I'm.
right, G. G., presided at Q public meet.
Ing coudemning the treatment BY the
Government Of the Political Prisoners.
and proposed the resolution, which
was seconded by Mr.. James d. Ken.
ny. B. L., and passed unanimously.
At Glare Spring Assizes at Ennis,
Lord Justice O'Connor, addressing the
Grand Jury, said their business was
not heavy. There were in all eight
cases to go before them. None of
these was Of much magnitude. From
the returns he was happy to inform
them that they showed a marked
diminution Of crime in their county.
There was not half the amount of
indtctable crime; the number of cases
Of injury to property decreased from
rs to 8, and robbery Of arms from 10
to 1.
Bodymakers, coachsmiths and coach.
painters employed by various Cork
firms have struck work on the refusal
a the employers to concede 47.hour
week at Is. s per hour. The present
rate Is Is. for working week Of "a
hours. One hundred men are affected.
Youghal Board of Guardians and Ur.
ban Council passed votes of sympathy
with the Christian Brothers on the
death Of the late Rev. Brother Har.
old, for many years Superior of tho
Youghal House.
Cork Farmers Union delegates re-
ported to their body the proceedings
Of the recent farmers congress in
Dublin. It was decided that the union
should not be represented at meet
ing Of the National Executive of the
Irish Farmers Union to be held in
Dublin. It was also decided to take
no action on the request Of the Dub.
lin Employers Federation that Cork
Farmers Union should affiliate with
that body.
A largely attended meeting Of pro.
test against the treatment meted out
to the political prisoners was held
at Bandon after last Mass. Very Rev.
Canon Colohan, p. p, v. f., who pre-
sided, said IL those prisoners were
Turks or blacks we would grind ou1
teeth with Indignation, but being oul
own neighbors and fellow.countrymen,
some Of US seemed to take it very
tamely. We could do nothing today
but protest, and as the usual channels
through which we could communicate
with the world are closed, owing to
the strict censorship, we could only
send our protest to the American Con
sui at Queenstown, as America wat
the only free country we could now
appeal to. Eventually all the ma
tions of the world would hear Of It
and could Judge the defender of small
nationalities. The resolution Of pro
test was adopted on the motion Of Mr.
J. Buckley, T. c.
Michael O'Brien, steward to Mrs
Browne. Ratoo. Ballyduff, N. Kerry
was fred at from behind gate pilla,
and wounded in the leg. He pursued
his assaflant and saw him hide . gu1
In fence. where It was found by thu
police. -
A mass meeting In the chapel yard
st. Johns Church, Tralee, was presid
cd over by Very Rev. Dean OLeary
Amongst those present were three
Australian soldiers. The reveren9
chairman in . lengthy address sait
they knew the prisoners to be amongs
the most intelligent and most respect
able and most religious II tho who'll
community. Their own representative
Austin Stack, WAS amongst those sub
5ected to such treatment and yet b.
received pledges from tho Govern
ment in Mountjoy and in Belfast tha,
he and the rest Of the political pris
oners would receive special, and wha
was called ameliorative treatment.
A meeting Of the Industrial Commit
tee Of the Priyy Council was held re
Gently in Dublin to consider q peti
tion from the people Of Killorgliu
County Kerry, signed by Mr.. Thos. T
Foley, tenant, on behalf Of the peopla
praying that the holding Of pig fail.
be changed from Saturday to Friday
as the present arrangement WAS mos
unsuitable, and entailed great fnan
cial loss on the part Of the traders an,
farmers of the town and district, du,
primarily to the fact that pigs pun
chased at . fair held on Saturday
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