The Gazette 1924-27

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Vol. XIX., No. 2]

June, 1925.

FOR CIRCULATION AMONGST MEMBERS

Half-Yearly General Meeting. The Half-yearly General Meeting of the Society was held on Monday, the 18th May, in the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, Mr. Arthur H. S. .Orpen, President, occupied the chair. .-. The following members were present: Mr. W. G. Bradley (Vice-President), Sir John R. O'Connell; Messrs. E. H. Burne, M. J. Byrne, J. J. Lynch, J. Moore, D. O'Connell, T. G. Quirke, "P. M. Scales, W. V. Seddall, R. G. Warren, R. Blair White, C. St. G. Orpen, P. J. Brady, E. N. Edwards, J. W. Dyas, F. D. Barley, A. D. Orr, W. T. Sheridan, C. G. Thompson, W. H. Fry, F. V. Gordon, G. M. Porter, E. CondeU, W. J. Keery, E. R. McC. Dix, C. J. Joyce, C. J. Law, S. M. Bell, P. Kenney, J. D. Hollinger, and D. Gilmore. The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting, and also the Minutes of the Half-yearly General Meeting held in November last, which latter were confirmed and signed.- On the motion of Mr. W. Gordon Bradley, Vice-President, seconded by Mr. Daniel- O'Connell, Messrs. W. W. Carruthers, D. B. Dunne, and T. A. Ireland were appointed Auditors of the Society's accounts for the year ending 30th April, 1925. The President nominated Messrs. E. F. Collins, Michael Dawson, Raymond French, F. G. Sharpe, and Nathaniel Taylor, to be Scrutineers for the Council election ballot, to be held on 23rd November next.

THE

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meeting, said: The for which, under our Bye-laws, this meeting has been summoned, having been disposed of, I desire to address to you a few words in relation to professional matters which have occurred since we met last November. I wish to refer to the losses sustained by the pro– fession by deaths of members during the last six months ; many of those who died were well known to us personally, and we feel that their deaths will leave gaps in our ranks which will be hard to fill. Sir George Fottrell, K.C.B., who was Clerk of the Crown for the County of the City of Dublin for a period of forty years, and who, some years after his appointment to that office, was appointed to the joint office of Clerk of the Crown and Peace, was a perfect master of his art, and always rendered great assistance to members of the Solicitors' profession. Amongst other names are those of Mr. James W. Blake (Galway), Mr. Whiteside Dane, D.L., Clerk of Crown and Peace for County Kildare from 1889 to 1921 ; Mr. James Murray (Lismore), Mr. Alfred Norman, Mr. John D. Coates, Mr. James Rose Byrne, Mr. Michael J. O'Meara (Birr), Mr. Henry A. MacauJay (Coleraine), Mr. Cyril F. McCav (Cavan),"Mr. W. Graham, Mr. J. M. McDowell, Mr. D. S. Doyle, Mr. E. M. F. Boyle, and Mr. John A. Long. With reference to the Solicitors' Buildings, the Government have apparently not made up their minds as to ' whether or not the formal business