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THE GAZETTE
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OF THE
0riefg 0f Ireland.
Vol. IX, No. 2.]
June, 1915.
r FOR CIRCULATION
L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Half-yearly General Meeting.
THE Half-yearly General Meeting of
the
Society was held in the Hall of the Society,
Solicitors'
Buildings,
Four Courts,
on
Monday, 17th May. The chair was occupied
by Mr. Arthur E. Bradley (President), and
there were also present :
James Moore
(Vice-President),
James
Murphy (Vice-President), Sir A. F. Baker,
H. J. Synnott, R. A. Macnamara, W. J.
Shannon, P. J. Brady, M.P. ; J. H. Callan,
G. Collins, W. H. Fry, C. G. Gamble,
M.
L.
Hearn, J. E. MacDermott, G. M.
Meares, A. H. S. Orpen, C. St. G. Open,
T. G. Quirke, P. Roonev, H. Shannon,
W. T. Sheridan, R. G. Warren, R. Blair
White, Joseph Alien, Sir J. R. O'Connell,
T. Montgomery, F. G. Sharpe, P. K. White,
D. Dunne, H. J. M'Cormick, H. D. Draper,
J. O'Sullivan, F. A. Greene, E. S. Lowe,
E. S. Lowe (Jun.), W. J. Brett, D. A. Ouaid,
H. C. Neilson, H. C. Neilson (Jun.),~T. J.
Greene, J. Hawthorne, W. D. Sainsbury,
A. G. Joyce, W. J. Ryan, P. Seales, W. J.
M. Coulter, W. P. Triston, J. T. Doyle, M. A.
Smyth, 0. P. Beater, J. Brady, B. Thompson,
A. R. O'Connor, W. H. Sutton, H. D.
Vaughan, H. R. Maunsell, A. C. J. Cox,
E. N. Edwards, G. M. Collins, J. W. Davis,
G. T. Roe, J. J. Beatty, J. G. Lidwell, P. C.
Furlong, E. F. M'Hugh, J. Gore, N. L.
Moran, J. T. Hamerton, E. J. O'Farrell,
G. A. G. Byrne, W. S. S. Boxwell, R. T. F.
Greene, T. C. Perrott, J. Tierney, and D.
Ampleford.
The Secretary (Mr. W. G. Wakely) read
the notice convening the meeting.
The minutes of the Half-yearly General
Meeting of 26th November, 1914, and of the
Special General Meeting held on the 12th
February, 1915, were also read, and were
signed by the Chairman.
On the motion of Mr. James Moore, seconded
by Mr. W. J. Shannon, it was resolved that
Messrs. W. W. Carruthers, F. Gifford and
D. B. Dunne be appointed Auditors of the
Accounts of the Society for the year ending
April 30th.
The President nominated Messrs. E. N.
Edwards,
W. Geoghegan, P. K. White,
E. F. Collins, and M. Dawson to act as
Scrutineers of the ballotTfor the Council in
November next.
President's Address.
THE PRESIDENT, addressing the meet–
ing, said that since their last Half-yearly
meeting in November the war had continued
to dominate the affairs of the Empire both
at home and abroad. Our sailors and soldiers
were engaged in the greatest war the world
had ever known. They were fighting for the
integrity and honour of the Empire, and for
a cause that they believed must ultimately
be victorious (hear, hear). They joined with
their fellow-countrymen in condemning the
atrocities which had been committed from
time to time by the enemy since the com–
mencement of the war, culminating in the
sinking of the Lusitania, when over 1,000
innocent lives were lost, including many
women and children. There were now 55
Irish Solicitors and 46 apprentices to Irish
Solicitors serving with His Majesty's forces
(hear, hear), and he regretted to say that two