The Gazette 1952-1955

The President moving the adoption ^of the repoft o f the Council said : “ L adies and G entlemen Since our last half yearly meeting we have lost in death a number o f our colleagues. May they rest in peace, and may the Eternal Light shine upon them. Mr. Travers Wolfe was President o f the Society in 1940-41. He was one o f the most striking per­ sonalities o f his time. He will long be remembered not merely for his public and professional work but as an outstanding figure. We are all happy to know that Mr. Roger Greene, our last years President has continued to make good progress towards recovery after a long and painful illness. The Society remains grateful to him for all that he accomplished for us. The outstanding event o f my year o f office was o f course the Centenary Celebration. It will remain a precious memory to all o f us. The memory of the Reception in the Four Courts, the Garden Party in the Phoenix Park, the great Dinner, will always stay with those o f us who were present. Neither will the many ldndnesses we received, from the President o f Ireland and his wife, the Chief Justice and the Judiciary, the Lord Mayor and Corporation, and from so many others, be soon forgotten. It was a particular pleasure to have with us the repre­ sentatives of the Law Societies o f England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. One o f the pleasant con­ sequences has been to establish closer relations with each o f these. Each has reciprocated with invita­ tions to their Dinners. I hope that the Souvenir Book which the Council has prepared will shortly be published. It will be a valuable record, and will contain many photo­ graphs which we would all like to keep. I want once again to offer thanks to all who helped to make these things possible. In particular I want to thank again Mr. Eric Plunkett upon whom the heaviest burden fell, our Vice-Presidents, Mr. Quirke, and indeed all the members o f the Council, and many more outside it, for what they did. I am glad to say that our apprentices did more than their share. Without them the various functions could not have been organized as they were. During the year the Council has not relaxed its efforts to advance the Solicitors Bill. A t my entry into office I ventured to prophesy that it would probably be introduced in the reign o f one o f my successors. It is rather disappointing that not withstanding the expressed approval by the Ministers o f Justice o f both Governments, it should have already taken some twelve years to get even 4 4

Johnston, Sean A . O hUadhaigh, Denis Greene, John A . Dillon, A . E . Ashton, J. J . Masterson, Roger Greene, G . M. Doyle, James Tuohy, James J. Hickey, Miss Stella Webb, J. H. Evans, A. G. Ardagh, Thomas F. O’Reilly, S. Hayes, C. J. Gore- Grimes, Donough O’Donovan, F. J. Dunne, R. J . Tierney, W'. Boyle Fawsitt, Desmond Moran, Vincent Walsh. The notice convening the Meeting was taken as read. The Minutes o f the Ordinary General Meeting held on 15th May, 1952, were read, con­ firmed and signed by the Chairman. The audited Accounts for the year ended 30th April, 1952, were adopted and with the consent o f the Meeting were signed by the Chairman. Messrs. Kevans & Sons were reappointed Auditors for the year to end 30th April, 1953. The Secretary read the report o f the Scrutineers o f the ballot for the election o f the Council and Provincial Delegates for the year to end on the day before the date o f the Ordinary General Meeting in November, 1953. The report stated that for the office o f provincial delegate the following had been returned unopposed :— Ulster, Derrick M. Martin; Munster, John J. Dundon ; Leinster, Reginald J. Nolan ; Connaught, Christopher E . Callan. The foregoing were declared duly elected. The report further stated that the result o f the ballot for 31 ordinary members o f the Council and the supplemental list was as follows : Arthur Cox, 503 ; T. A . O’Reilly, 457 ; John Maher, 456 ; Francis J. Lanigan, 452; Joseph Barrett, 449; H. St. J. Blake, 447 ; L. E. O’Dea, 443 ; J. P. Tyrrell, 437 ; John Carrigan, 434 ; W. J . Norman, 427; D. P. Shaw, 425 ; D. R. Counahan, 424; P. R. Boyd, 422; P. F. O’Reilly, 4 17 ; J. J. O’Connor, 4 17 ; G. J. O’Donnell, 401 ; Sean O hUadhaigh, 385; J. R . Halpin, 379; N. S .• Gaffney, 378 ; J. J . Nash, 376 ; F. J. Gearty, 375 ; C. J. Downing, 373 ; G . G . Overend, 367; John Sheil, 352 ; C. J. Daly, 339 ; J. R. Quirke, 336 ; D. J. Collins, 335 ; Peter E . O’Connell, 321 ; R. J. Walker, 3 2 1 ; Maurice M. Power, 3 19 ; D. J. J . Mayne, 304. Supplemental 'List; Donal O’Hagan, 298; J. B. McCann, 2 7 3 ; Denis Greene, 257. The President declared the foregoing members o f the Society duly elected to the Council and the Supplemental List in accordance with the Scru­ tineers report. The following candidates respectively received the number o f votes placed after their names :— R. McD. Taylor, 255 ; C. J. Furlong, 249; P. J. McEllin, 243 ; William Healy, 177.