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THE GAZETTE
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Vol. XXVII, No. 2]
JUNE, 1933.
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FOR CIRCULATION
AMONGST MEMBERS
HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING.
A Half-yearly General Meeting of
the
Society was held on Tuesday, 16th May, at
the
Solicitors' Buildings,
Four Courts,
Dublin,
the President
(Mr. W. Gordon
Bradley) in the Chair.
The
following
Members
were
also
present : Messrs. T. H. R. Craig, W. S.
Hayes, D. J. Reilly, P. M. Scales, Vincent
Kennedy, E. R. McC. Dix, J. R. Stritch,
Kevin Walsh, D. D. MacDonald, R. J.
Nolan, T. H. Hayes, T. F. McKeever, R. H.
Morris, T. D. McLoughlin, F. G. Sharpe,
R. G. Warren, E. J. Kenny, B. J. Scales,
S. M. McAuliffe, G. F. Robinson, C. J.
Rutherford, D. B. Gilmore, J. P. J. Smyth,
G. E. Grove-White, M. A. Smyth, and
J. J. Hickey.
The Secretary read the notice convening
the meeting and the minutes of the Half-
yearly General Meeting held on 26th Novem–
ber, 1932, the latter of which were signed
by the President.
On
the motion of Mr. W. S. Hayes,
seconded by Mr. F. G. Sharpe, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted :
" That Mr. T. A. Ireland, Mr. P. Glynn
and Mr. A. E. Prentice be appointed Auditors
of the Society's Accounts for year ending
30th April, 1933."
The President nominated the following
members to be Scrutineers of Ballot for
election of Council, to be held on 21st Novem–
ber next: Mr. R. French, Mr. F. G. Sharpe,
Mr. N. Taylor, Mr. Vincent Kennedy and
Mr. H. G. Sweetman.
THE PRESIDENT, addressing the meet–
ing, said :
Gentlemen,
At the Half-yearly Meeting of the Society
it is customary for the President to give a
summary of the work of the Council during
the past six months.
Before doing so,
however, I have to refer with very great
regret to the great loss which the Council
has sustained by the deaths of three of its
members Mr. W. T. Sheridan, Mr. Patrick
J. Tallan and Mr. W. Martin.
The late
Mr. Sheridan was a member of the Council
for nearly twenty years, and filled the office
of President during the year 1926-27. He
took a very keen interest in the Society, and in
all matters affecting
the welfare of our
profession, and particularly the education
of our apprentices. His sudden death came
as a great shock to us all. Mr. Patrick
Tallan, who also died so suddenly, was a
member of the Council since the year 1924,
filling the office of Vice-President in the
year 1926-27.
His genial personality
is
greatly missed by us all. The late Mr. Martin
was elected an ordinary member of
the
Council in the year 1924, and at the time
of his death was Provincial Delegate for
Ulster. By the deaths of these gentlemen
the Council and the whole profession have
been deprived of representatives whom we
can ill afford to lose.
I should also like to refer to the loss
which we have sustained by the deaths of
two of our past Presidents Mr. James
Henry and Mr. W. V. Seddall. Both these
gentlemen rendered services, to our pro–
fession which cannot be over-estimated.
Another well-known member of our pro–
fession has passed away since our
last
meeting I refer to
the late Mr. James
Brady. Until prevented by failing health,
he invariably attended the Meetings of this
Society, and
took
the greatest possible
interest in its work. At our Half-yearly
Meetings we
always
looked
forward
to