... [ TAjIDUJSTlRIESI I Jii1A T ON. I st XI, ULSTER HALL. a r ?? 5Y CoU NTESS CLDOGA1N. -- ':IS1!'D GATHERING. r a Otil) OF A DECADE. a . ion and sate of Irish 1 * .. hi i-iuler diszinguished t: -.1 i-- th the Irish Industries b ?? ill the els-er trali - o £ 'ocli hy her Excellency 1 e ?? at int prcence of a large and a ?? n S th. foundation of the ! ?? to ie present none of the 1 i. ItcLh du ...

... I - . I DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL Yesterday the fortnightly meeting o ?? Council was held in K3jlm'nlhiam Courthouse, at,1 three o'clock. Lv The Chairman (Mr P J O'UNei. J p} presided, and the other members of the Couincil present A ?? Wim CuzmtsLey, Joseph Moonev. i i.1 P; James Joseph Food, Robert KeatinuI Clar, J P; Colonel Henry Gore Lindsay, D L;t James M-Kenna, Andrew C 'Tynan, ,,uines Ala- ...

... ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN DUBLIN- DBan, TESsnAY.-To-day the conference of Co-operative Societies, under the auspices of the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society, was re- sumed in the Antient Coneert Rooms. The Right Honourable Horace Plunkett, M.P., presided. Rev. T. A. Finlay, S.J., vice-president of the society, delivered an address on the Co-operative Movement. He said they all had perfect ...

... M& JOHN DILLON, M.P., IN BELFAST. The new United Nitional Clab, in connection with the Belfast branches of the United Irish League, which is situated in Berry Street, was formally opened last evening by Mr. John Dillon, M.P. The chair was; occupied by Mr. Joseph Devlin, and there wasna large attendance. The chairman, in the rotirse of an introductory speech, said it was a subject for ...

... PROlVI.NCIAL INEWS THE EX'lVi'T; 'rIlNAN7TA MEETING IN lLLINASLOE. A mceting for the purpose of raising a fund &Pr the relief of the evictc d tenants was held .uo the Working Men's Club, Baltinasloe, Mr tho- Byrre, J P. and subsequently Rev Father IBowes, Adan, presiding. ?? Rev Chairma;n said the evc-ted teanots Were in a very w retched state, and somrething should be doue to relheve thEm. He ...

... YSMITH. DETERMINED BOER ATTACK. FURIOUS BOMBARDMENT AND HARD FIGHTING. THE ENEMY REPULSED. SITUATION AT KIMBERLEY. 'BOER STRENGTH INCREAS- ING. REPORTED REINFORCEME.NTS FROM MAFEKINGG LORD METHUEN'S TROOPS. A FURTHER STAY AT MODDER RIVER A telegram dated Durban, December 5, says- News brought in by runners to Frere ramp states that the enemy made what is thought to have been their last great ...

... SEC0N'D CITY SPECiAL EDITION. I ?? F (BY serrin~~r w~ltn.) i FREEMAN OpiCe. FRIDAY MORNING. h 6.30 OCLOCx. 'THE WAR. ?? - I ft CR ITICAL STATE; OF AFFAI RSI; AT LADX SMITH 1D (Frm in tte spec al corres.pondent of the Siandor. W ' atjakn ft Lal;'-itlii, Dee ?? enemy aye tklng b K tenti.,us etticrts to iedliue 1us to submlissitlb *fute the ,ritival of the !.r'ievilng columni. Their tire I's be ...

... BY THE WAY9 The new' Ministry formed last w-eek re place the Kingston Ministry, wciicai tia lben j i in office since 1893, includes aii Irishmraii Patrick M'IMahon Glynn, B L, LL B, ax t- I torney-Generd. Mr Geyan is a native of Gort, T Co Galwav. and was educated at Bla'ick:rjck CcC' I lege and Trinity College, where he :c4 his Si LL B degree. He was called to the Insih Bar iif in 1879, and ...

... LIFEBOAT DISASTER ON SUFFOLKJ COAST. I SEVERAL LIVES LOST. The Press Association Aldeburgh correspondent telegraphs that a disastrous lifeboat accident oc- curred here yesterday, involv~ing, it is feared, the loss of six lives. The celebrated lifeboat Aldeburgh was launched yesterday morning in response to signals of distress, and while crossing the shoals in a heavy sea the life-saving craft ...

... DISTRICT COUNl) 0CILS. HIOLYWOOD. The usual ?? of this urban corncii ws !lhelId in the caurcioier's roorn, Towvn Bai,1. Holy- wood, on the 6th inst. The ch intisan. ?? Richard iPatterson. JiPl) presdodu, and the following metn- bers of the cloarI were pres-cot -Messrs. Jume-s 'Lennoxi, John Smuvit, Jona R. llan, Edwani Gallagher, Robert Bvoi, and Anthonr V. Erooirne. Tlhe town celicit Jr. ...

... |LICENSED GROCERS AND -s Yi PE S' I | vPr.TCT1O\ ASSOCIATION.- THE NEW COMAITTEEa Yesterday the scrutiny and counting of votes,, or.the election of committee of the ILicensed Grocers and Vintners' Protection Association for: 1900 took place in the Commercial Buildings. K The number-roll of the association is'tihc largest,! on record, and the pcll was correspondingly I exhaustive. A large ...

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