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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland
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Legal Practitioners (Qualification) Act, 1929.
A " First " Examination in Irish and a
" Second " Examination in Irish will be
held on Friday and Saturday, the 9th and
10th days of February, 1940. Notices of
intention
to attend either of
the above
mentioned examinations should be lodged
in the Secretary's Office before the 19th day
of January.
Hilary Sittings Lectures, 1940.
Senior class lectures will begin on Friday,
the 12th January. Junior class lectures will
begin on Thursday, llth January.
Vocational Organisation.
On Thursday,
the 9th November,
the
President of
the Society, Mr. Daniel J.
Reilly, accompanied by Mr. T. G. Quirke,
LL.D., and Mr. H. P. Mayne, members of the
Council, and
the Secretary, attended
a
meeting of the Commission on Vocational
Organisation at 2 Merrion Square, and gave
evidence in reference to the Society and its
work, a memorandum in respect of which
had been previously furnished by the Council
to the Commission.
The following members of the Commission
were present :—The Most Revd. Dr. Browne,
Bishop of Galway, Chairman ;
The Right
Revd. Thomas A. Harvey, D.D., Bishop of
Cashel, Emly,
\Vaterford and Lismore;
Mr. H. B. Boland ;
Revd. E. J. Coyne, s.j. ;
Mr. G. H. C. Crampton, B.A.I.,; Mr. L. J.
Duffy ;
Revd. J. M. Hayes, c.c. ;
Revd. J.
A. H. Irwin, M.A., ;
Mr. F. A. I. owe ;
Miss
M. MacGeehin ;
Mr. S. O'Mara ;
Professor
M. Tierney, M.A.; Professor A. O'Rahilly, M.A.;
Mr. J. J. Walsh and Mr. R. Wilson.
HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING.
A Half-yearly General Meeting of
the
Society was held in the Hall of the Society,
Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin,
on Monday, the 27th November. The Chair
was occupied by the President (Mr. Daniel J.
Reilly), and the following members were
present -.—Messrs. P. R. Boyd (Vice-Presi-
dent), J. R. Brennan, (Vice-President) W.
Gordon Bradley, Basil Thompson, E. H.
Burne, E. F. Collins, J. J. Duggan, J. B.
Hamill, W. S. Hayes, W. S. Huggard, A. H. S.
Orpen, R. A. Macaulay, E. J. Mallins, H. P.
Mayne, T. D. McLoughlin, W. J. Norman,
Daniel O'Connell, L. F. O'Dea, S. 0 hUad-
haigh, P. F. O'Reilly, T. G. Quirke, C. G.
Stapleton, L. J. Jameson, B. d'Arcy, C. J.
Gore-Grimes, C. M. Gore-Grimes, C. M.
Russell, J.' E. Hamerton, H. H. Hurley,
S. Hayes, P. Glynn, J. J. O'Connor, A. Wood
cock, M. A. Smyth, D. D. McDonald, Miss S.
M. B. VVebb, D. B. Gilmore, C. J. Ruther-
foord, E. R. Banim, C. T. Blair- White, C. W.
Grove-White, G. E. Grove-vV'hite, H. R.
Maunsell, Kevin Burke, V. Kennedy, H. E.
W. Flanagan, E. J. Kenny, R. G. Kenny,
A. E. R. MacCabe, J. W. Gentleman, V. E.
Kirwan, J. D. Hollinger, John Carrigg, J. J.
Walsh, R. P. Humphries, A. G. Joyce, L. G.
C. Lett, J. G. O'Connor, D. Moran, J. J.
Hickey, J. P. L. Murphy, George Crowley,
Leonard Webb, G. A. G. Byrne, D. McGilly-
cuddy,
\V. J. M. Coulter, J. H. Gorman,
F. A. Gibney.
The Secretary read the notice convening
the meeting, also the Minutes of the General
Meeting of 16th May, 1939, which were
signed by the Chairman.
The Chairman, with the consent of the
Meeting, signed the audited accounts of the
Society for the year ending 30th April, 1939.
The Secretary read
the report of
the
Scrutineers of the ballot for Council, which
stated that the following had been returned
unopposed as Provincial Delegates :—
Ulster :
John Gillespie ;
Munster :
Arthur
Blood-Smyth; Leinster:
John J. \Valsh;
Connaught; Christopher E. Callan. That
for the thirty-one Ordinary members of the
Council the following had been elected, and
received the number of votes placed after
their respective names :—J. J. Duggan, 395 ;
D. J. Reilly, 373; H. St. J. Blake, 349
James J. Lynch, 349; E. F. Collins, 347
W. S. Hayes, 345;
J. T. Wolfe, 345
M. E. Knight, 344 :
T. G. Quirke, 333
P. R. Boyd, 321 ;
Peter O'Connor, 319
P. F. O'Reilly, 317 ;
H. P. Mayne, 312
G. A. Overend, 311 ;
J. R. Brennan, 310
S. O hUadhaigh, 308; J. F. D'Arcy, 305
W. J. Norman, 303; L. E. O'Dea, 301
W. Gordon Bradley, 297 ;
John S. O'Connor,