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MAY, 1942

Vol. XXXVI, No. 1]

FOR CIRCULATION AMONGST MEMBERS

Committee and appointed Mr. Eric A. J. Plunkett, B.A., to be the new Secretary. Mr. Plunkett was educated at Belvedere and Clongowes Wood Colleges and served his apprenticeship with the late Mr. John J. McDonald and was admitted a Solicitor in Easter Sittings 1932. He continued to practise with Mr. McDonald's firm at 116 Grafton Street after he was qualified. He is a first-class Honoursman and Ex hibitioner of the National University of Ireland and obtained second place in the Legal and Political Science Group at the B.A. Examination held in the Autumn of 1930. He obtained First Place in the Society's Intermediate Examination for Sol icitors' Apprentices in 1929 and Second Place with Silver Medal in the Final Exam ination in October 1931. He was Auditor of the Solicitors' Apprentices' Debating Society in 1930-31 and was awarded a Gold Medal for Impromptu Speaking, Silver Medal for Legal Debate and Special Certificate for Oratory in the 1929-30 Session. Mr. Plunkett will take up his new duties as Secretary on 1st June. He received a hearty welcome at the Half-Yearly General Meeting of the Society held on the 15th May.

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.

16th April, 1942. Twenty-seven members present. The late Mr. W. G. Wakely.

A letter from the family of the late Mr. V7. G. Wakely, acknowledging sympathy and floral tribute from the Council, was read. A letter from the Right Hon. Sir Thomas F. Molony, Bart., late Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, expressing sympathy and apprecia tion of our late Secretary was also read. The appointment of a Secretary to the Society was considered and it was referred to a Special Committee to advertise the vacancy and deal with applications and report to the next meeting of the Council. SECRETARYSHIP. An advertisement appeared in various newspapers in Dublin, Belfast and Cork, asking for applications for the vacant.post of Secretary to the Society, replies to be received by the 30th April, 1942.

NEW SECRETARY. At its meeting on the 14th May the Council had before it the report of the Special