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FEBRUARY, 1920]
The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
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Registration of Deeds.
A letter
in
reply was
read from the
Registrar of Deeds stating that the recent
increase of sales of lands and houses had
thrown a large amount of additional work
on his department, and that some delay of
registration must at times occur, although
!
additional officers,
transferred from other
-duties, are employed in the comparison of
deeds and memorials.
Obituary.
MR. GEORGE MC!LDOWIE, Solicitor, died
upon the 24th July, 1919, at Belfast.
Mr. Mclldowie served his apprenticeship
with the late Mr. John G. Shaw, Belfast, was
admitted
in Easter Sittings,
1883,
and
practised in partnership with his brother,
Mr. William Mclldowie, under the style of
Messrs. George Mclldowie and Sons, at 26
Cornmarket, Belfast.
MR. R. FREDERIC RINGWOOD, Solicitor,
died upon the 16th January, 1920, at 4
Hargrave Terrace, Terenure Road, Dublin.
Mr. Ringwood served his apprenticeship
with Mr. R. E. McLean, 23 Chichester Street,
Belfast, was admitted in Easter Sittings, 1894,
and practised at Belfast up to 1905, when
he retired.
MR. PATRICK J. GRANT, Solicitor, died
upon the 27th January, 1920, at London.
Mr. Grant served his apprenticeship with
the late Mr. James Goff, 1 Lower Ormond
Quay, Dublin, was admitted
in Hilary
Sittings, 1895, and practised formerly at
14 Dame Street, Dublin, and subsequently
at Carrickmacross, up tc 1910, when he
retired.
MR. BARTON G. BARTON, Solicitor, died
upon the 31st January, 1920, at his residence
Supermare, Killiney, County Dublin.
Mr. Barton served his apprenticeship with
Mr. Alexander C. Cameron, 6 Dawson Street,
Dublin, was admitted in Trinity Sittings,
1904, and practised as a member of the firm
of Messrs. Orpen and Sweeny, at 33 Anglesea
Street, Dublin.
Legal Appointments.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Mr.
James Robinson, 119 Stephen's Green, W.,
to be the General Solicitor for Lunatics in
Ireland ; and Mr. Frank V. Gordon, 5 Clare
Street, to be the General Solicitor for Minors
in Ireland, in room of Sir Augustine F. Baker,
who has resigned the office, General Solicitor
for Minors and Lunatics in Ireland.
New Members.
The following joined the Society during
January :—
Percival H. Browne, 46 Kildare Street,
Dublin.
Maurice J. Woulfe, Abbeyfeale.
Commissioners to Administer Oaths.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed the
following Solicitors to be Commissioners to
administer Oaths:—
Robert H. Commins, 79 Dame Street,
Dublin.
v
Albert E. Davis, 21 St. Andrew Street,
Dublin.
War Memorial.
The work in connection with- the Bronze
Tablet
to be erected
in
the Solicitors'
Buildings to the memory of those Irish
Solicitors and Apprentices who gave their
lives in the war is being proceeded with by
Mr. Oliver Sheppard, R.H.A.
The following subscriptions received since
the publication of the list in the Society's
GAZETTE of last August are acknowledged :—
Half a guinea
from J. G. Reid.
One pound
each from F. C. D. Joynt and
W. H. Spence.
One guinea
each from :—J. S. Atkinson,
W. S. Barrett, W. J. Byrne, H. J. Concanon,
W. H. Corker, R. B. Falkiner, C. Friery,
H. M. P. Hare, A. S. Merrick, John McKee,
Arthur Julian, C. M. Porter, C. J. Reddy,
S. J. Seeds, L. C. P. Smith, W. B. Stanley,
J. J. Staunton, M. H. Turnbull, and E. D.
Wiley.