DISMISSES

The Court of Criminal Appeal refused an application by Francis J. Foley, former secretary. Irish Muncipal Employes' Trade Union, Dublin, for leave to appeal against his convrction and sentence of three years penal servitude for the theft of £9OO from the funds of the union.

Mr. Lehan e (C. na P.) asked the Minister for Lands whether he was aware that a British Army Colonel was the owner of nine separate farms, comprising about 1,000 acres, in Counties Dublin, Meath and Westmeath; that on this land employment was given to eight men, and that the Col

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mucH has been said about the interest taken by Bretons in Ireland's struggle for independence, both political and linguistic As I write these words. I immediately think, for instance. of the whole life and works of that son of Brittany, Louis Le Roux, whose " Life of Pearse " ha

THEY hold in Ballyhaunis that when it, comes to a hard and complex job of organisation the town is able to go one better than any other place of its size in the country. Well, that is fighting talk, but. Ballyhaunis can back the word with the deed. The Town Improvements' Committ

MORE RAIN WEAKENS DYKES More rain yesterday weakened the sandbag dykes in Winnipeg, nearly a fifth of which is already under water, and officials called on workers for renewed efforts to stop the flood spreading. Engineers believe, however, that the river has reached its crest a

The following 332 cases of infectious diseases were notified in Dublin last week:— Enteric fever, 1: diarrhoea and enteritis, 8; streptococcal sore throat. 97: rubella, 9 .; scarlet fever, 35: scabies. 8: erysipelas, 7: measles. 102: whooping cough, 58; tuberculosis, 14.

The folloNNing awards were made at Feis Muirtheimhne , Dundalk:— Verse•speaking (under 10)-1. Angela McQuaid. Castleblaynev; 2. Sineacf Grey. Under 11-1. P. Mac Cuarta. Under 12 - 1. T. 0 hAdhmaill; 2. D. Mac Ardghail. Under 14-1, Patricia Begley; 2. Caitlin Bailey. Under 16 — N