The Gazette 1918-19

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

[DECEMBER, 1918

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A letter was read from the Southern Law Association submitting the names of the following members of that Association to be Extra-ordinary Members of the Council :— Mr. Walter Thornhill (President), Mr. W. H. Corker, Mr. B. C. Galvin, Mr. C. Jermyn, and Mr. A. Julian. The ten members nominated were declared duly elected. Apprentices' Debating Society. The list of subjects for debates during the 1918-19 Session submitted by the Debating Society was approved. The Council' permit ted the meetings to be held on Wednesday evenings in the Solicitors' Buildings. Apportionment of Land Purchase Annuities. The attention of the Council was directed by a Provincial Delegate to the inconvenience caused amongst country practitioners by de lays in the issue of Land Commission appor tionment orders, and it was resolved that a letter be addressed to the Irish Land Com mission on the subject. Applications by Law Clerks. Reports from the Court of Examiners were submitted upon two applications by law clerks for leave to be bound as apprentices to Solicitors, under Section 16. The Council granted one of the applications and refused the other. Council Meetings. Meetings of the Council are fixed to be held upon the following dates :—

and holds the appointment of Crown Solicitor for County Wicklow. He practises under the style of Messrs. Lambert & Warren, at 9 Eustace Street, Dublin. The newly elected President has for many years enjoyed considerable public popularity through the prominent part taken by him in advancing the Rugby game of football in Ireland. He was Captain of the first Irish Team to beat England in 1887, and played for Ireland continuously between the years 1885-1890, and he still acts as Secretary of the International Rugby Union Board for Great Britain and Ireland. Obituary. MR. MARTIN T. BREENE, Solicitor, died upon the 2nd November, 1918, at Dublin. Mr. Breene served his apprenticeship with Mr. Henry D. Keane, Waterford; was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1917, and practised at Waterford. MR. THOMAS A. MCLERNON, Solicitor, died upon the 4th November, 1918, at Belfast. Mr. McLernon served his apprenticeship with Mr. James Brown, Magherafelt; was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1896, and practised at Belfast. MR. JAMES DOWLING, Solicitor, died upon the 5th November, 1918, at his residence, Kildare. Mr. Dowling served his apprenticeship with Mr. Edward F. McHugh, 50 Lower Sackville Street, Dublin ; was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1905, and practised at Kildare. MR. CYRIL CLARE McC. STRONGE, Solicitor, died upon the 9th November, 1918, at Londonderry. Mr. Stronge served his apprenticeship with Mr. John R. Moorhead, Belfast ; was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1906, and practised at Ballyshannon up to 1908, in which year he was appointed Lecturer in Modern Languages at the McCrea Magee College, Londonderry.

January 15th and 29th. February 12th and 26th.

The President. Mr. ROBERT G. WARREN, who was elected President of the Society upon 4th December, was admitted to the profession in the year 1889. He is a Graduate of Dublin University, has been a member of the Council since the year 1908, taking an active part in its work,