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THE GAZETTE
OF THE
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of frelrarfc.
Vol. XIII., No 10.]
April, 1920.
T FOR CIRCULATION
L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
March Wth.
Twenty-seven Members present.
Government of Ireland Bill.
A Special Committee was appointed to
consider this Bill both in relation to its effect
upon the Society and the Solicitors' profes
sion in Ireland generally, with authority to
the Committee to take such steps as they
may deem necessary during the progress of
the Bill in Parliament.
It was resolved that
'the views of the Northern Law Society and
of the Southern Law" Association on the
•judicature
provisions
of
the
Bill
be
ascertained.
Solicitors' Remuneration.
The President informed the Council that
the Lord Chancellor had
received
the
deputation appointed by the Council
to
submit the request of the Council that Orders
should be made increasing all costs by fifty
per cent, more than the costs payable prior
to August, 1914. That the Lord Chancellor
had fully discussed with the deputation the
request in a most sympathetic manner, and
had promised to have the Supreme Court
Rule-making authority summoned for the
earliest possible day after the return of the
•-Circuits to consider the matter.
March 24th.
Twenty-six Members present.
Fire Insurance.
It was resolved that a new fire insurance
policy be effected, increasing considerably
.the-amount of the insurance -on the property
of the Society.
Dublin Postal Arrangements.
A letter was read in reply from the
Secretary, G.P.O.,
in
reference
to
the
applications of the Council for increased
postal facilities to the provinces. The letter
appears in this GAZETTE.
Obituary.
MR. THOMAS C. HOUSTON, Solicitor, died
upon the 23rd March, 1920, at his residence,
43 Sans Souci Park, Belfast.
Mr. Houston served his apprenticeship
with Mr. William V. Davidson, Belfast, was
admitted
in Trinity Sittings, 1893,
and
practised at Belfast up to the year 1900, in
which year he was appointed Registrar to
Belfast Local Bankruptcy Court.
Appointments and Honours.
Major John Dunwoodie Martin McCallum,
D.S.O., Solicitor, has been appointed a
Resident Magistrate, .to be -Stationed at
Ennis. Major McCallum was admitted a
Solicitor in Hilary, 1910, and practised in
Belfast.
Mr. William Johnson, Solicitor, Newry,
has been awarded the honour of Commander
of the Order of the British Empire.
Mr. Arthur W. Winder, M.B.E., Solicitor,
Cork, has been promoted an Officer of the
Order of the British Empire.