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Vol. XXXIV, No. 1]
MAY, 1940
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FOR CIRCULATION
L AMONGST MEMBERS
HALF-YEARLY GENERAL
MEETING.
A Half-yearly General Meeting of
the
Society was held on Thursday, 9th May,
at the Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts,
Dublin, the President, Mr. Henry P. Mayne,
in the chair.
The following members were also present :
Messrs. James F. D'Arcy (Vice-President),
C. G. Stapleton (Vice-President), P. R. Boyd,
E. H. Burne, W. S. Hayes, W. S. Huggard,
M. E. Knight, E. J. Mallins, W. McA.
McCracken, W. J. Norman, Peter O'Connor,
L. E. O'Dea, S. 0 hUadhaigh, T. G. Ouirke,
A. G. Joyce,
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R. McC. Blakeney, J. J.Walsh,
J. J. Horgan, H. E. M. W. Flahagan, D.
Fitzgerald, E. A. J. Plunkett, L. J. Egan,
D. J. Mayne, V. E. Kirwan, J. D. Hollinger,
M. Horan, D. B. Gilmore, C. J. Rutherfoord,
J. D. Moran, H. H. Hurley, S. Hayes,
P. K. M. Carey, G. Crowley, J- J. O'Connor.
The Secretary read the notice convening
the meeting and the Minutes of the Half-
yearly General Meeting held on the 27th
November, 1939, the latter of which were
signed by the President.
On the motion of Mr. Stapleton, Vice-
President, seconded by Dr. Quirke,
the
following resolution was unanimous^' adop–
ted :
" That Mr. A. E. Prentice, Mr. P. Glynn
and Mr. E. J. O'Brien be appointed Audi–
tors of the Society's accounts for year
ending 30th April, 1940."
The President nominated the following
members to be Scrutineers of Ballot for
election of Council to be held in November
next :
Mr. H. G. Sweetman, Mr. Desmond J.
Collins, Mr. Thomas Jackson, Mr. R. McC.
Blakeney and Mr. C. W. Grove-White.
THE PRESIDENT, addressing the meet–
ing, said :
Since the meeting of the Society held on
the 27th November last we have lost through
death an unusual!}' large number of members
of our profession.
I cannot allow
this
occasion
to pass without making special
reference to the late Mr. John J. Duggan
whose death occurred with startling suddeness
on the 23rd February. He had attended a
meeting of the Council on the 15th February,
and had taken, as he always did, an active
part
in
the proceedings.
At a
further
meeting on the 22nd February we learned
with much concern that Mr. Duggan had
become seriously ill that morning. The next
day the end came.
To many of you Mr. Duggan was known as
a Solicitor of great distinction, occupying the
position
in our profession
to which his
outstanding
ability
and
high
character
entitled him. To those of us who served on
the Council as his colleague, his death caused
a feeling of personal loss hard to express.
The
ability
and
robust
commonsense
which Mr. Duggan brought to bear on every
problem which came before the Council, and
the energy and tact which he displayed, not
only during his year of presidency, but at all
times, in his work for the profession will not