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but the justified complaint of the learned President

refers to an abuse of long standing.

I hope that

the Bar Associations will take this matter into con

sideration. Everything which tends to keep, or

perhaps 1 should say, to make our equal rights of

audience in the Circuit Court a reality ought to be

studied by all our professional organisations with

jealous care.

May I take the opportunity to follow the example

of my distinguished predecessors in office by com

mending to your active support

the Solicitors'

Benevolent Association ?

Finally, let me say that it would be wearisome

were I to endeavour to deal with all the subjects

which have occupied your Council during the half-

year. Suffice it to say that no meeting passes without

many questions that vitally affect your interests

being discussed and action promptly taken where

possible. I would like, before closing, to pay tribute

to the exemplary attendance of country members,

and to the efficiency of our Secretary and the staff

generally which have gone far to lighten the burden

of an office which, much as I appreciate the con

fidence shown by my colleagues in electing me, I

took up with much apprehension and a lively sense

of my inadequacy to discharge it, as the members

deserve to have it discharged.

Mr. Desmond Moran addressed the meeting on

the inconvenience of the present arrangement of

the Law Sittings. The President stated that the

matter would receive the attention of the Council.

On the motion of Mr. Hayes, the Chairman

vacated the chair which was taken by Mr. Quirke,

Vice-President.

Mr. Hayes then proposed a vote of thanks to the

Chairman for his address and for his conduct at the

meeting which was carried with acclamation. The

President replied and the proceedings terminated.

COUNCIL DINNER

ON Thursday,

2 znd April,

the President and

members of the Council gave a Dinner in the

Members' Hall.

The following were present:—

An Taoiseach, Mr. John A. Costello, S.C.;

Lt.-Gen. Scan MacEoin, Minister for Justice; Mr.

Daniel Morrissey, Minister for Industry and Com

merce ;

the Hon. Conor A. Maguire, Chief Justice ;

the Hon. George Gavan Duffy, President of the

High Court;

the Hon. Mr. Justice Kingsmill

Moore;

the Hon. Mr. Justice Murnaghan;

the

Hon. Mr. Justice O'Byrne;

the Hon. Mr. Justice

Martin Maguire;

the Hon. Mr. Justice Kevin

Dixon;

the Hon. Mr. Justice Haugh ;

the Hon.

Mr. Justice Shannon ; His Hon. Judge McCarthy;

Mr. Cecil Lavery, S.C., Attorney General;

the

President, Mr. Scan 0 hUadhaigh; Mr. J. R.

Quirke, Vice-President; Mr. Patrick F. O'Reilly;

Mr. L. E. O'Dea ; Mr. J. Travers Wolfe ; Mr. H. P.

Mayne ; Mr. G. A. Overend ; Mr. Charles Laverty ;

Mr. Gill, President Royal College of Surgeons ; Mr.

W. S. Huggard; Mr. W. P. Stevens ; Mr. P. J.

Murphy, Finance Solicitor; Mr. J. P. Tyrrell;

Mr.

Scanlon, Examiner, High Court;

Mr.

McCracken, Dublin County Sheriff; District Justice

O'Sullivan; Prof. Tierney, President University

College, Dublin; Mr. Charles MacLaughlin; Mr.

MacCormac, President, Association of Certified and

Corporate Accountants ;

Mr. R. J. Nolan; Mr.

Davy, B.L.; Mr. Scan A. 6 hUadhaigh; Mr.

Doyle, Official Assignee; Mr. Bell, President,

Society of Incorporated Accountants ;

Mr. Basil

Thompson ; Dr. Solomons, President, Royal College

of Physicians ; Mr. J.

S.

O'Connor; Mr. Joyce,

President, Insurance Institution ; Mr. T. A. O'Reilly;

Mr. O'Byrne, Registrar of Titles ; District Justice

Mangan; Mr. Peter O'Connor; Mr. Collins,

Secretary, Department of Local Government; Mr.

George Murnaghan; Mr. Lysaght, Solicitor, Dept.

of Posts and Telegraphs; Dr. Webb, Registrar,

Wards of Court; Mr. F. J. Gearty; Mr. H. St.

J. Blake; Master Kennedy; Mr. J. P. Carrigan;

Mr. Casey, Head, Estate Duty Office; Mr. King-

French, Chairman, Dublin Stock Exchange; Mr.

E. J. Murphy, Registrar, High Court; Mr. Daniel

O'Connell; Mr. J. C. Taylor; Mr. Kirkpatrick,

Chairman, Dublin Chamber of Commerce; Mr.

Niall Gaffney; Mr. Murtagh, Examiner, High

Court; Mr. Jameson, President, Dublin Solicitors'

Bar Association; Master O'Hanlon; Mr. P. R.

Boyd; Mr. Rice, Chairman, Revenue Commis

sioners ;

Mr. Curran, Registrar of the Supreme

Court; Mr. J. J. Bolger ; Mr. McNulty, President,

Irish Auctioneers' and Estate Agents' Association;

Mr.

Joseph Barrett; Mr.

Samuel Cumming,

President, Incorporated Law Society of Northern

Ireland; Mr. O'Donoghue, S.C. ;

Mr. Purtill,

Vice-President, Institute of Chartered Accountants ;

Mr. Dwyer, County Registrar ; Mr. S. O'Connor,

Dublin City Sheriff; Mr. Forbes, S.C.; Mr. Coyle,

President, Institute of Bankers ; Mr. W. J. Norman ;

Mr. Roger Greene; Mr. Geary, Solicitor, Irish

Land Commission; Mr. R. B. Mayne, Secretary,

Incorporated Law Society, Northern Ireland; Mr.

S. McDonnell; Mr. J. Flood; Dr. Quirke; Mr.

Commissioner O'Sheil; Mr. J. J. Dunne; Mr.

O'Cleirigh, County Registrar; Mr. W. L. Duggan ;

Mr. D. P. Shaw; the Secretary; Mr. S. Mooney.

The toast of " Ireland" was given by

the

President and honoured. The toast of " the Bench

and Bar" was proposed by Mr. Henry St. J.

Blake. The Chief Justice replied on behalf of the

Bench and the Attorney-General on behalf of the Bar.

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