... WORKHOUSE CLOSED Inmates Transferred To Taylor Homes — REDUCTION OF CASUALS At the County Council meeting held at Newcastle last week, the Public Assistance Committee reported that since the last meeting of the County Council the committee had considered ...

... Nursery. Sir Robert Adair’s proposal for a site for the Workhouse, consisting of six acres of ground, was accepted £6OO on August 3, 1840, and Mr. John Murphy’s tender for the erection of the Workhouse at £6,600 was also accepted, the work to be completed ...

... : QNYHOW, Donaghmore Work“house ~is no longer a workhouse. within the ‘meaning of the Poor 'Law Acts, but has been leased to the Donaghmore Cooperative Creamery, Ltd., and is now a hive of industry, and, therefore, a workhouse in every important sense ...

... WORKHOUSE FUTURE DISCUSSED Ministry’s Advice Asked Ballymena Board of Guardians on Saturday accepted the resignation of the workhouse master (Mr. F. A. Dougan), and discussed a suggestion that the time was opportune for closing the workhouse and boarding ...

... WORKHOUSE INMATE’S LAPSE. Betty M’Calmont, an inmate of the workhouse, was charged with the larceny of pair of shoes and a jumper, the property of another inmate named Mary M’Kay. The case had been heard at the previous court and adjourned and District ...

... WORKHOUSE MASTER GRANTED INCREASE. Mr. A. J. Irwin, 8.A., D.L. (chairman), presided at Saturday’s meeting of Londonderry Board of Guardians. There were also present—Mrs. Haire, Mrs. Boyd, Mrs. Elliott, Miss Leinster, Mrs. Towers, Miss B. O’Neill, Messrs ...

... ARMAGH WORKHOUSE GRIEVANCE The Clerk read a letter from a former inmate of Armagh Workhouse. This person was about 80 years of age, and had been an inmate of the Workhouse for three vears. About a fortnight ago his nose was allowed to bleed all night ...

... WORKHOUSE MASTER FINED Inadequate Black-out at Newry At Newry petty sessions yesterday. District-Inspector Murphy summoned Frank Brooks, master of Newry Workhouse, for non-observance of the lighting restrictions at the Workhouse. The District-Inspector ...

... BOSTON'S OLD WORKHOUSE A FEW WEEKS AGO wel ventured to express the fervent hope that the Holland Public Assistance administrative authority would be able to find a suitable use for the now vacant premises on , the Skirbeck-road. once the workhouse. It was ...

... RENT FOR OMAGH WORKHOUSE. At Omagh Guardians on Saturday the Clerk said that the authorities had offered to pay £5OO per annum for the use of the workhouse—that was £250 for the upkeep of inmates at Dungannon Union, and £250 for rent of Dergmoney House ...

... BRIGHTER WORKHOUSES Welfare Committees in Northern llreland have been asked by the I Ministry of Health and Local Gov-1 ernment to co-operate with Boards of Guardians in an effort to effect immemate improvement in the conditions of inmatos of workhouses in ...

... DUtiSHAUGHLiN WORKHOUSE BUILDINGS At the meeting of the Meath Vocational Committee, the question of the proposed taking over of Dunshaughlin Workhouse buildings by the Committee from the Board of Health, letter was read from the Board detailing expenditure ...