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Vol. XII, No. 2.]
June, 1918.
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L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Half-Yearly General Meeting.
THE Half-yearly General Meeting of the
Society was held on Wednesday, I5th May,
in the Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts,
Dublin. Mr. William V. Seddall, President,
occupied the chair. The following members
were present:
Henry Shannon (Vice-President), Basil
Thompson (Vice-President), Sir A. F. Baker,
-James Henry, W. J. Shannon, A. E. Bradley,
C. St. G. Orpen, H. Synnott, J. W. Richards,
P. J. Brady, M.P. ;
E. H. Burne, J. H.
.Callan, E. N. Edwards, W. H. Fry, C. G.
Gamble, M. L. Hearn, M.P. ;
J. E.
MacDermott, J. B. McCutcheon (Belfast),
James Moore, T. G. Quirke, Patrick Rooney,
Peter Seales, W. T. Sheridan, J. H.-Walsh,
R. G. Warren, R. B. White, H. D. Draper,
John O'Sullivan, E. S. Lowe, W. J. Brett,
H. C. Neilson, W. J. Ryan, J. T. Hamerton,
Wm. Hunter, G. H. Lyster, F. V. Gordon,
C. Friery, E. J. Kenny, M. J. O'Neill, H. G.
Morris, S. G. Rutherford, B. M. O'Grady,
S. M. Bell, Chas. Corcoran, D. Ampleford,
James Brady, R. A. Howe, E. Condell, N. L.
Moran, G. A. Byrne, H. M. P. Hare, E. J.
O'Farrell, C. J. Law, R. C. Joy, A. D. Orr,
R. W. MacNeice, John Foley (Bagenalstown),
C. W. Russell, D. O'Grady, H. D. Vaughan,
J. G. Lidwell, J. W. Davis, Henry Rooke,
H. R. Maunsell, T. L. Rooke, M. Dawson,
T. C. Perrott, W. T. Phibbs, F. C. D. Joynt,
C. L. Smith, T. A. Ireland, J. R. Peart,
R. N. Keller, G. A. Howe, Fras. Kennedy
(Wicklow),W. H. Geoghegan, B. R. W. Doran,
F. D. Darley, G. H. Parkes, H. P. Mayne,
R. Powell, L. F. Kenny, C. J. Rutherfoord,
F. E. Bermingham, M. A. Smyth, Q. W.
Kennedy, J. Pride, G. M. Collins, E. J.
French.
The Secretary (Mr. W. G. Wakely) read
the notice convening the meeting, and also
the minutes of the Half-yearly General
Meeting held in November last, which latter
were confirmed and signed.
The President nominated the following
members to act as Scrutineers of the ballot
for election of Council, to be held next
November: Mr. E. F. Collins, Mr. M.
Dawson, Mr. J. W. Dyas, Mr. W. Geoghegan,
and Mr. H. P. Mayne.
Mr. H. Shannon, V.P., moved, and Mr.
Basil Thompson, V.P., seconded, and it was
resolved that the following be appointed
Auditors of the Accounts of the Society for
the year ending 3oth April, 1918 : Mr. W.
W. Carruthers, Mr. David B. Dunne, and
Mr. T. A. Ireland.
President's Address.
THE PRESIDENT addressing the meet–
ing, said :
Gentlemen, six months have elapsed since
our last meeting, and still the war, which
has drenched Europe in blood and has
impoverished the nations of the world,
instigated by the Prussian greed for territory
and aggrandisement, rages. At this moment
the British and their gallant Allies are
engaged- in a desperate struggle in the