The Gazette 1911-12

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December, 1911.

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Half-Yearly General Meeting. THE Half-Yearly Meeting of the members of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland was held 27th November in the Hall of the Society at the Four Courts. The chair was occupied by Mr. Frederick W. Meredith, President of the Society. Amongst those present were :— Messrs. A. E. Bradley, R. G. Warren, R. A. Macnamara, W. S. Hayes, W. J. Shannon, Sir G. Roche, George Collins, Gerald Byrne, F. C. E. Bland, R. S. Reeves, W. V. Seddall, Sir J. P. Lynch, C. St. G. Open, T. W. Richards, J. A. Denning, P. J. Brady, M.P. ; G. H. Lyster, H. J. Synnott, C. A. Stanuell, I. J. Rice, James Henry, R. Blair White, C. G. Gamble, T. C. Franks, A. Lloyd-Blood, P. K. White, James Moore, William J. Byrne, D. A. Quaid, H. C. Neilson (Jun.), D. B. Dunne, J. W. Davis, J. M. Whelan (Ros- common), W. J. Ryan, John Read, William Read, James Brady, F. S. D. Colquhoun, R. A. O'Brien, A. D. Orr, H. R. Maunsell, J. J. Cartan, W. G. Bradley, F. H. Croskerry, W. J. G. White, E. M'Neill, B. M. O'Grady, A. H. Burne, H. H. Bonass, E. H. Burne, T. H. R. Craig, S. Kerr, C. J. Reddy, E. N. Edwards, W. H. Fry, N. L. Moran, E. F. Collins, J. G. Perry, E. S. Lowe (jun.), M. Corrigan, F. E. Bermingham, J. L, Burke, T. R. Stritch, G. M. Collins, J. V. Murphy, ']. G. Lidwell, T. H. Hayes, A. H. S. Orpen, J. W. Dyas, J. E. MacDermott, P. Seales, C. Corcoran, T. W. Fitzgerald, R. W. MacNeice, R. A. Andrews, T. A. Ireland, J. J. Beatty, W. Beatty, E. R. Bate, J. S. Vanston, E. Barron, W. H. Spence. Mr. W. G. Wakely (Secretary) read the notice convening the meeting, also the minutes of the Half-yearly General Meeting,

held upon the 16th May, which latter were signed by the President, who also signed the audited accounts of the Society for the year ending 30th April, 1911. The report of the scrutineers of the ballot for election of Council for the year ending the 26th November, 1912, stated that the follow ing had been returned unopposed as Pro vincial Delegates :— Henry Blackall, for Munster ; Thomas M. Greer, for Ulster ; M. M. Buggy, for Leinster ; William P. Kelly, for Connaught; and that the following, having received the number of votes placed after their names, had been elected as the thirty-one ordinary members of the Council :—W. S. Hayes, 250 ; W. J. Shannon, 243 ; R. A. Macnamara, 242 ; George Collins, 240; Sir G. Roche, 235 ; Sir A. F. Baker, 224; P. J. Brady, 221: W. Fry, 2.16; G. Byrne, 213; J. W. Richards, 213 ; C. St. G. Orpen, 210 ; F. C. Bland, 209 ; J. A. Denning, 208 ; H. J. Synnott, 207 ; F. W. Meredith, 207 ; Sir J. P. Lynch, 205 ; J. E. MacDermott, 197 ; W. V. Seddall, 196 ; R. S. Reeves, 195 ; I. J. Rice, 191 ; James Henry,.190,; G. H. Lyster, 182 ; R. G. Warren, 181 ; C. Gamble, 175 ; A. E. Bradley, 172 ; C. A. Stanuell, 172 ; T. C. Franks, 159 ; R. B. White, 154 ; A. V. Montgomery, 149 ; A. Lloyd-Blood, 147 ; James Moore, 132 ; and the following to form a supplemental list to fill vacancies : J. G. Fottrell, 129 ; T. W. Fitzgerald, 128 ; R. A. Andrews, 98. THE PRESIDENT, in moving the adoption of the Annual Report of the Council, said:—Many matters of interest to the Society were dealt with during the twelve months, and your Council did their best to