October 1916

MEETING.- 4th OCTOBER 1916.

A Meeting of tre County Council was held in the County Council Chamber,

Courthouse, Wexford, on 4th October 1916.

Present:- Mr John Bolger, (Chairman) presiding.

A1so:- Lord Courtown, Messrs James Codd, N. J. Cowman, M. C1oney, L. Barry,

Micbael Doyle, R. Scallan, A. Kinsella, Patrick O'Neill, J. S. Hearn, C. H.

Peacocke, J. J. Kehoe, J. J. O'Byrne, J. T. MayleI', Joseph Redmond, T. As~l~, P. Keating.

The Secretary, County Surveyor, and County Solicit»r, were also in attendo.nce.

I _.9onfirmfttion of inutes,

The Minutes of last Meeting were read and confirmed.

Suspension of Standing Orders.

The Ch&irm!:.m moved the suspe!lsion of the Stall in Orders to move some resolutions not on the Agenda. P per, and not directly connected with the

business of t~e Counci1o , Pa.ssed.

Vote of Condolence.

The Ch&irm n moved, Mr Hearn seconded, the following reso1ution::-

ttrrh&t we offer our esteemed colleague, lv"r J. A. Doyle, OUD heartfelt syrl1pa.th in the loss sustained by hio in the de th of his brother-Mr Jehn Doyleo"

"Passed unanimously"o

The Irish Parliamentary party.

The Chairman moved the following:-

tlrrhAt we the Members of the Wexford County Council desire to renew our

confidence in Mr John Redmond, and the Irish Parliamentary Party, in the faco of the many scurrilous and unscrupulous ttacks which a.re made on them for the

last five months.

Considering all the great reforms that hav~ been granted to Ireland for th last thirty years by Constitutional agitation through the arduous and untiring

efforts of the Irish Party, We are confident when the Home Rule Bill will come

into operation that Mr Redmond ahd his followers will insist on a full © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES 2

measure for all ~reland, and not allow any ~artition. We also calIon the Irish Party to use all their influence with the

Government for the immediate release of the Irishmen and Women who are now in

British Prisonso"

Mr Kinsella seconded. Passed.

The Chairman proposed that the ordinary business of the Council be

renewed. Passedo Motor Car Licence Duties.

Under de.te 25th August 1916, the Local ",Government Board wrote (letter No. 34222-1916, Misoellaneous) calling the attention to the provisions of sections

13 and 1~ of the Finance Act 1916, ~ffecting the collection of Motor Duties.

Ordered,~ Referred to Solicitor to the Co Counci1o

Loan from Road Board.

Under date 26th September 1916, the Road Board wrote that they had now received the sanction of the Treasury to the loan of S5l0 (free of Interest)

for the purcha.se of Road Machineryo , Under date 26th September 1916, the Local Government Board wrote, (letter No. 43366: 1916, Wexford County) expressing their sanction to the loan of £510

for the purpose of purchasing road making machinery, repayment t~ be spread ver

, a period of five yearso

On the motion of Mr Hearn, seconded by Mr Kehoe, the following resolution was adopted:-

"That the seal of the County Council be attached to undertaking required

by Road Board in connection with repayment of loan for purchase of road planto"

Auditor's Reportso

Under date 7th August 1916, the Local Government Board wrote, (letter Noo 37060: 1916, Gorey Union) forwarding copy of Report of their AudttDr on his audit of the accounts of the Gorey Union for the half-year ended 31st March 1916, with attested Abstracts of the Accountso

Under date 7th August 1916, the Looal Government Board wrote (letter Noo 37061: 1916 Gorey R. D. CouncIl) forwarding copy of the report of the ir Auditor

on his audit of the accounts 0:' the Gorey Rura.l Dtstri ct Council for balf-ye8.r ended 31st 1arch 1916, with attested Abstracts of the Accountso © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES Marked Read • 3

Sale of Food & Drugs Actso

Under date 4th September 1916, the Department of Agriculture & Technical Instruction wrote that four s mples of butter taken by one of their Inspectors

t. on 1st August at Gorey, were found on analyses to be pureo r Marked ttReadflo

Tuberculosis Prevention (Ireland) Act 1908.

Under date 15th September 1916, the Clerk Wexford Urban CounCil, wrote

Askin for the ratification of the Wexford County CounCil to the action of the Urban Council in adopting par~ of the Tuberculosis Prevention (Ireland) Act, 1906, classifying Pulmonary Comsumption as a notifiable disease within the

Urban District of Wexford.

On the ~otion of ir Kehoe, seconded by Mr Reara, the following resolution was adopted:-

"That we approve of the action of the Wexford Urban Council in adopting Part 1 of the Tuberculosis Prevention (Ireland) Act 1908 in respect of Wexford Urban District."

Poisons & Pharmacy Act Licences.

On the motion of Mr Asple, seconded by Mr Peacocke, the following resolution

w&s adopted::-

"That licences under Poisons & Pharmacy Act be issued to Denis W. Dunne,

Hotel, Ferns, Jame3 Codd, 0 ": Enniscorthy Co-operative Agricultural SOCiety,

Abbey Quay, Ennisoorthy, and, that renewal of licence under t~i3 Act be

issued to Mr J. N. Greene, George Street, E lniscorthy, and 11' J&mes Cullen, l'aghmono"

University Sc~ol~r:hips.

The following M.im-tes of Finance & Roads Committee in respect of Meeting of

6t September 1916, in connection with award o~ University Scholarships were

tt . .. SUbmitted for confirmation:-

"The Secretary reported that V.le following were the m&rks ob ined under the conditions of the Scheme for a.ward of University Scholarships by the

applicants for ScholArshllps:-

1.- Anna C. Kehoe, Mulrankin. 1060 Ma.rkso

.. 20- Mary I. Kehoe, Do. , 1057 .. 30- Annie J. Bookey, Ferns. 829 ~ " 4.- Joha.~n~ Fortu'l", Vereight, Kyle. 775 .. 50- Ja.mes© WEXFORD0 Connor, Commor COUNTY Qu y St.,COUNCIL 7vexfordo ARCHIVES 757 .1 4

6Q- Mabel L. Lyne, Dubross, Quay, Wexfordo 623 m rks. 7.- erbert Hall, Castletown, I "lch. 414 " 6.- Wm Leo Doyle, Broil. vay. 315 " ~\ r The Secretary r ~ ad letter of explanation froM Mr T om s Bookey,Ferns, s to I why he hB,d not included in the particuls.rs of his valuation, farm at Knockanure, valued at £24. Mr Bookey sta.ted that he took no .ct tve p&rt in the

working of the farm, nd his son, Edward A. Bookey, who really o~med it, was

going to work it next y~ar.

The following recommendation was adopted:-

"That the explanation of Mr Thomas Bookey, Ferns, as to his omission to • (' include the valuation of his holding at Knockanure in application for University

Sohol~rship for his daughter-Miss Annie J. Bookey- be acoeptedo"

Mr l{et\tillg moved, and Mr Cowman seoonded the following:-

"That we recommend the Co. Council to award UniverSity Scholarships to the

following:-

Mary I Kehoe, Annie J. Bookey, Johanna FortuBe, and James O'Corulor.

As an amendment Mr Peacocke moved, .and Mr Clooney seconded:-

"That we recommend the County Council to award University Scholarships to

the following, as they have obtain~d highest marks in the list of those

corrpetin f er 8c~ol~ r ships:-

nna C. Kehoe, Mary Ita Kehoe, Annie J. Bookey, and Johanna Fortuneo

A poll w~s taken with the following result:- For the amendment:- Messrs Peacocke, Kehoe, and CloneYo-3.

Against:- Messrs Co~&n, St&~ford, Keating, Asple, and the Chairman.-5.

The Ch8.irman deolarsd the amendment losto The Resolution W&S then

put &nd adopted~m con.

The following letter under date 4th October 1916, was read from Messrs M. J. O'Connor & Co., Solicitors, Wexford:-

"Enclosed is a letter which was received from Mr J. Kehoe, National Sohool rrea.cher, Mulrankin; in refereee to the alloca.tion by the Committee of t Wexford.. County Council of the four University Scholarships, each valued £50, tenable for three yearso We shall thank you to read Mr Kehoe's letter and , ours for the Co~ncil at their meeting to-dayo • © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES 5

Needless t o SfiY, the .llocation of these University Schol rships which so

suitably provide the means whereby four students fr om t~e County m y receive

University training through the subsidy of £50 each for three years~ is a very important matter, not only for the students and their parents, but also

for the publico It is equally impo~tllnt that on the part of the C.ounty Council the best of gooe faith should be maintained in the allocation of these Scholarshipso

The County Council designed and promulg~ted an excellent scheme setting

forth very explicitly and very fairly the conditions for the competition fur these Soholarshipso The majn condition is thnt the 'students competin should

be childr~n of ratepayers of the County Wexford who have resided in the County for a period of five years preoeding the 1st January 1916, and then the folloW- ing is the main condition:-

"The marks which shall count for determinin Scholarships sg 11 be:- the exoess o~er 100 marks on the pass papers for all sUb.1ects. No deductions will be made for marks obtained on Honours paperso Scholarships shall ' then be Awarded on the total aggregate of marks thus counted in the five subjeots whioh the stUdent is obliged under this Scheme to present for examination to those candidates who have seoured the highest number of'

marks 0 "

This is very plain and excellent language. On the faith of that Scheme

Mr Kehoe's t 0 daughters, Miss ~.."nie C. Kehoe, and Miss Ma.ry it. Kehoe, competed and s a result of their industry and work, they obtafned the highest marks of all the stude.~. who presented themselves for examinatio • ~he following are the n.rks of the five highest students:-

Miss Annie C. Kehoe 1080 Miss Mary Ita Kehoe 1057 Miss Bookey 629 Miss Fortune 775 Mr O'Connor 757

The Finance Committee allocated the four Scholarships to:- Miss Mary Ita

Kehoe, whose marks were 1057, Miss Bookey" whose marks were 829, Miss Fortune whose rrarks we~. 775, and Mr O'Connor, whose marks were 757, and they left out the cold altogether Miss Annie C. Kehoe, the competitor who obtained the highest marks in the examination, namely 1080. ~he feelings of a girl treated in this fashion, and of her parents can be better imagined than described. We respectJ'ully a.nd str·en1,;.ously submit that if this decision of the Committee be

~ nctioned by the CounCil, and if this good girl, who obtained the highest marks of the ca.ndide.tes in the examination, is not given the Scholarship, no stUdent in future could have a.ny trust in the Sc erne, and neither . could any parent, ©and WEXFORD the result COUNTYwould be disastrous COUNCIL to ARCHIVES the education of the Count yo 6

The very object for which the Scheme was designed, namely, to help the

best students. or rRther the best worki8g students, to go to the University will

not be achieved but put n end to. Instead of students being helped in

their work by the confidence which they would have in the conditions of the

scheme as printed and published and in the good faith of the County Council,

they could put no heart in their work, bec&use they would not know whe.re they

would be. It is not the first time this hils happened and it is nearly

time it should be put an end to. The only apparent eXCuse for the Finance

Committee's action in excluding Miss Annie C. Kehoe, is that she and Miss Mary

It~ Kehoe happen to be sisters. If this be so, it is the most extraordinary ; excuse ever giT-en to prevent a girl from obtaining £150 wh&r.e she has honestly

and fairly earned ito The matter is of great importance, as we have said, not only to this girl and her parents, hut to 11 stUdents nd parents in the

_~ounty Wexford .. We beg the «ouncil to consider this matter fairly 'and

honestly,and to give the palm to her who has arned ito It would be a

monstrous thine jf t }1f'! County Council should decide that Miss" nie C. Kehoe, who obtained the highest marks of c;.ll the students, should be d.ebarred from going to the UniverSity and obtaining £150 tp enable her to do so, merely

because h~r sister happened to be an alffiost equally hard working and excellent

student .. It was for hardworking and excellent stUdents like Miss Annie C. Kehoe that the scheme wa.s deSigned, and the public and ourselves would be

surprised if t he Council did not decide fairly and h'nestly in the matter and

let justice be done ..

Ap ••t from anytbina else we have said, in our opinion the Council are bound in point of law bJ their contract to give this Scholarship to Miss Kehoe, and if they do not give it to her, we shall have to take legal proceedings to see that she does get ito This course will we hope be rendered unnecessary by

the Council's kind attention to the matter to-day~

The following is the letter referred to in Messrs O'Connor & Co's letter, from Mr John Kehoe:-

fIr ha.ve two girls Annie and Mary Kehoe, who are c d1dates for the County

Council Scholarships this year. I consider one of them, Annl , has been very badly treated.. by the Finance Committee of the CounCil at their l ast meeting, (only eight members being presant) in not being awarded a schoi~rship. She Is the hig'l.est candidate on the list accord5ng to "Aggregate ma.rks" in the subjects required by the Scholarship Scheme or Regulations drawn up by the County Council

For the fo~lowing reasons I consider she hac been trea.ted very lmJustly:- © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES 7

10- There is no oondition in the Soholarship Scbeme debarring more than one mem

ber of the same family from being awarded Scholarships. On the contra!'), there are precedents for two members of the same family getting them, though not for

the sa.me year. However, the prinoiple is the same. Even at the .ery meeting at which my girl was cut out, the Committee recommend d that a

Schelarship be given to Miss Bookey, Ferns, whose brother is at present the

holder of a County Council Schol~rship. Of course it is purely acoidenta1 that my two girls are qu&lified the same year and a similar case may not turn

up fer years 0

2.- It is expressly laid do in the Scheme that otkBr conditions being k fulfjl ed "Scholarships shall be a arded to those Candidates securin the high

number of marks". Annie and Mary have seoured first and seoond plaoes resp

ectiv~ly; on the ljst of Candidates, yet the Committee has cut out Annie and

will not recommend her for a. Scholars ip at the meeting of the Council called

for next Wednesday a~t ough she has secured upwards of 300 marks mere than the

fifth oandidate whom they have re corr.mendedo • f 3.- The provisions of the Scheme go/erning the awards in any year cannot be

changed except on "Notice of Motion to be conSidered at a Meetin of the Co.

Council M." So far as I am aware, no Notice of Motion for suot a purpose was

brought forward during the year, and I believe the time for suoh has now

ex~ired'" as the Scheme for next year has been drawn up and circu1atedo It is also expressly sta.ted in the Scheme that in case of "disputes or

differ~nce arising in 90nnection with the scholarships the decision of the

Council shall be final". This saving condition surely does not justify the Counoi1 in cancelling or annulling other important conditions which the Scheme saa.tes must be done by the

Council only after notice of Motiono One would think the Scheme, having "

been drawn up for the guida~ce of the Council as well as the public, should be

, , equally bindjng on both. ~he Council is not justified in goin outside their own Scheme, and within the four corners of that Scheme my girl is entitled to

her Scholarshipo In outting out the Candidate at the head of the list the Committee, or- ra.ther the ma.jority, have cancelled the prinCipal condition in the soheme which governs the awards, viz:- that giving the Scholarships in

order of merito From an educational point of view, tre action of the ma.jority of the Committee is not only indefensible but almost soandalous. It is simply rewarding and encouragin mediocity a.nd the expense of real merit,-under the circumstances I may be pardoned for sayin sOo The rejected Candidate has © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES 8

won exhibitions in the Modern Literary Course in Junior, Middle, and Senior Grades of the Intermediate. This year she has not only got an exhibition

but she has won a first olass prize for e~mposition in the Irish Language.

Yet one of her oponents on the Committee found fault with her ma~ks in one

subjeot which was one of her ~asS sUbjects • Everybody aoquainted with . . , Intermediate Exa:ms knows that in Pas8 sutjects, the Student oing for Honours

only aim at a were Pass in suoh subjeotso~

In reply to the Chairman, Mr Elgee stated that in his opinion, the County

Counoil, aooording to the terms of the Soheme, were quite within their rights

in oonfirming the aotion o ~ the Finanoe & Roads Committee.

Mr Kinsella proposed: ~That the reoommendation of the Finance & Roads Committee be adopted." Mr Keating seoondedo

Mr Peaoooke moved:- "That University Soholars ips be awarded to the

Candidates in the order of meri! as per the terms of the Co Counoil's SCGolarship Sohemeo" Mr M. Doyle seoondedo

For 'Ur Peaoooke's' s,mendment :-trhere voted:- Messrs J. Ccdd, Babrr, Cloney? Miohael

Doyle, Hearn, Peaoooke, Kehoe, OVByrne, and Mayler.-9.

.tgainst: :- Mes3rs Cowman, Soallan, Kinsella, O'Neill, Keatin , Redmond~ Asple, , Lord Court own, and the Chairman.-9

The C~~ irman then gave his castin vote against the amendment.

The resolution of Mr i insella to oonfirm th~ recommendation of the

Fins,nce & Roads Committee was t"l:len rut a,nd passed Nem QQn.

Kating Bantrv Commons p

Und~r date 23rd ugust 1916, the Looal Guvernrnent Board wrote (letter o.

40503-1916, Wexford County) agreeing to h~ve 1/4 struck off the Warrant of Co leotor orners" The Board would not approve of the recommendation of t e

County Council to strike off £38. 4. 9d in the Oase of Collector E. J. Murphy. in vielv of tl1e rep ort of Mr Elgee that Mr Murpl).y was "unable or unwilling to

swear who were in occupation~Q The Board pointed out that it was the duty of the Rate Colleotor to make himself familiar with the n& es of persons ocoupying hereditaments in his distrioto

The Se cret.ar.;r sta.ted he had furniShed a copy of the letter of t he Local

Government Board to Mr Murphy, who wrote und~r date 28th August 1916, that he © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES would do anyt _ j ""'~ g lloHsible to collect the rat'!. It might be assumed that persons holding land bordering the COFmons are the most constant users, and

i~ consid",red advisable he would prepare a 1 tst of these persons, with ~vle" to proceedings, or he was willing to pursue any course which L: ~ Local Govern m~nt Board or the County Council may suggest.

In a letter to the Solicitor to the County Council under date 4th September, Mr Murphy pointed out that the suggestion of making 6ut the list referred to in his letter of 26th August, was the only fea sible one he could make.

The matter was considered at the meeting of the Finance & Roads Co~~ittee on 6~~ September, when the following reoommendation as agreed to:-

"That no furt!ler act j. O '1 be taken as regards asking the Local Government

Board to strike out of wa~rant of Collector E. J. Murphy the sum of £36. 4. 9d as we consider Mr Murphy ~hould have been in as good a positio ae Collector

Somers to obtain the naffies of the us~rs of Bantry Commons. In view of the correspondence and of the facts We fail to see why Mr ~urphy cannot take steps to recover the amount of arrears of Rate mentioned above, viz:- £36. 4. 9do M

The following further letter was read from Mr E. J. Murphy, in connection with the matter:-

itI :lm s ~n d ing :; G • my Irrecoverable List of Rates and you will observe that I p~ve put on the present half-year's rates and arrears of the Bantry

Commons in one item of £45 odd, and in reference to this matter I had no ~ther C011rse open to me, as the Judge at the Assizee ruled out my oase as the parties rated were not in my collectin distriot.

With r~ferenoe to the copy letter received from Valuation Office, the fact remains that t .!1ere are no occupiers of Bantry Commons and never Vlere any only trespassers or graziers. On the 15th or 16th September last, I wrote you of a plan whereby it might be possible to make some of th~ graziers or trespassers responsible for the rates, and you replied stating you sent a copy of my~letter to Mr Elgee, and so far I have got no reply from himo Since writing you I have visited this Commons on three occasions and saw stock on it, having received no reply from Co Solicitor, I was afraid to act as my letter suggested, and the only informa.tion I ca.n give the Valuation Office~ or the County Counctl, would be a list of the ratepayers who reside by the side of Bantry Commons, who would likely be trespassers or grazers on the Commons, and if the County Council grant me permission to adopt the Oourse suggested in

my letter to you I shall gladly carry out their instructionsa © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES 10

The list I could supply as above stated, I could not swear that they are

the occnplers of tbe COP:T; ons, hut if the suggestion of mine was carried out,

t and their stock got by me, I could then swear that they were trespassers and graziers of the Commons, and as such might be made liable for the rates, or

I • the means of getting a definite rate made on this Commons"

I ~T01) ld h~ gra.teful to you if you would bring my suggestion before the Co. Council, also the subject of this letter for their instructions"M

"On the motion of Mr Hearn, seconded by Mr Cowman, the recommendation of the Finance & Roads Committee, was adopted."

Purchase of Hay by War Office Authorities.

On the motion of Mr COllman, seconded by Mr Sca.llan, the following recommendation of the' Fina.nce -& Roads Committee, was adopted:- "Owing to the number of complaints received by individual members of the

Council as to purchase of hay by the Military Authorities, we cal~ upon the War O:;:""f1ce to hold strictly to the terms upon which they purchased hay from a

large n~~ber of farmers in the County of Wexfordo

We consider that if a steamer were provided ~y the War OffiCe at Wexford,

or Rosslare Harbour, ~ O"'" t_t~ convenience of hay it would be a great saving of

freight and .a grea.t convenience to the farming community.

The.t a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Chairmen, with a

request that the matter be brought before the Advisory Committee,,"

Recommendations Finance & Roads Co~~ittee o

Roads in Charge of Co. Surveyor1- "That th~ County Surveyor be given full

discretion as to the arra~gements to be ~~de for the maintenance of roa.ds ::'n b.is charge and in respect of which he has been unable to proct:re any proposa.l

for rr~intenance fn m sub-contractorso~

"Confirmed. '* on the motion of Mr Peacocke, seconded by the Chairman,,"

Ill' ess of Mr T. Treanor:- "That in accordance with the ter~s of Medical Certificate, Mr T. Treanor, Senior ssistant Surveyor, be granted three weekS'

l~ave of absenceo"

"Confirmed on the motion of Mr PeR-cocke, seconded by th~ Chairman,,"

. Works- Kilmore Pier:+ Applications for t~e position of Clerk of Works in

connection with repai~s at Kilmore Pier, at 30/- per week, were received from the folloW'ing:- © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES 11

John Doyle, Ten~cre, Tomhaggard.

Wm Po Furlong, The Beak, Ki~Eoreo

Thomas H~ssett, B. E., Fairy Hill, Castlebridgeo

A Poll was taken with the follo"ving result :- For Furlong:- Messrs Barry, Scallan, Cloney, Keating, Peacocke, ayler, and

O' Byrne.- - 70 For Hassett:- Messrs J.amesfodd, J. J. Kehoe, and the Chairman .. - 3 0

Doyle received no vote. The Clj.airma.n de clar ed '{r Furlong electedo

"Confirmed on tbe mot1on of Mr Pea.cocke, seconded by tl") e Chairman .. 14

Boyce's Bay Contract:-. ttThat acting on the recommendation of our Solicitor Mr Elgee- no Order be made on the resolution received from New Ross Rural

District Council, as to relieving Mr Henry Po Gaba , and his sureties, of any

.' liability for pa.yment of e~{cess on contract for r epair at Boyce ' s B8V o lt

"Confirmed on the motion of Mr Of Neill, seconded by Mr Scall an."

Road No. 240W:- · "That the Finance & Roads Com~ittee oannot consent to recorrMlend the County Council to cancel the contract for Road Noo 240W. ( e.-ford

Rural District) .

~ Confirmed on the motion of Mr Hearn, seconded by Mr Scallan .. "

Irrecoverable Rates-Ex-Collector Sullivan-- "That we agree to refurld of

Irrecoverable Rates to ll.r J. F. Sullivan, Ex-Rate Collector, in respect of

half- year ended 30th September 1915, as per the report of our Secreta.ry, and t J

recorr~endations of Enn scort1y Rur&l Distriot Council, and that the C airman

s1 n same on hehalf of t e Councilo "

"Confirmed on th~ motion of Mr Hearn, seconded by the Chairman. "

Changes in Telephone Cbarges:- "That the Secretary arra.n e for telephone

s~rvice s . per tarf rf rate B- 700 calls for £60 15/ -, with 2d per ca.ll for each additional call beyond 7000 "

"Confirmed on the motion of Mr Hearn, seconded by Mr Keating."

CarrigmannoD Burning- "That Mr Elgee be authorised to pay fees a.mounting to £5. 5/- to Mr Wo Fo Barry, for profeSSional services in preparin plans, etc.

in connection with burning of Carrigmannon house oM

"Confirmed on the motion of Mr Kehoe , seconded by Mr Maylero *

Court own Harbour:- "That the Courtown Harbour Commi ttee be informed unless the Life Boat Institution are prepared to take over and maintain the © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES 12

flagstaff at Court own, this Committee will recommend that instructions be

given to the County Surveyor to ha.ve the flagstaff removedo"

"Tha.t the Fina.nce &: Roads Committee will recommend tha.t permission be given to the Life Boat Institution to widen the road between tte bridges at CouI'town, but cannot undertake to recommend the expenditure of any publi I I money on t he projectQH

"That as recommended by the Courtown Harbour ComMittee, the Harbour

Mast~r, Courtovm, be empowered to puronase a hauling off rope for the use of fishermen at the harbour, at a cost not exceeding £20"

"Confirmed on the motion of Mr Hearn, seconded by Mr Kehoeo M

Analyst's Reporto

City La.boratory, Chatham Ro , Dub11no 6th September 1916. Report of Sir Charles Ca.meron, C. Bo, M. D., Public Analyst, for the Count Wexford on articles submitted to him for Analysis during tbe quarter ended 30th

June 1916.

148 articles were received from the Food Inspectors Ro I. C0 9 as

follows:- Artioleo Number.

Milk 31

Butter 23 Whiskey 15 Buttermilk 11

Cheese 8 Dru s 7 • Brea.d 6

Rice 4

Cocoa 4

Fleur 4

Port Wine 4

Su yar 3 Pepper 3 Brandy 3 Margarine 3 Maize 2

Art1ele. Nurnbero

Oatm~al 2 Cor flour :3 Indian meal 2 Rum 2 Linseed oake meal 1 , Sweets 1 Coffee 1

Ginger Wine 1

Gin 1

LaI'd 1

'. Total 148

One certificate was sent to Sergeant Tuohy, Gorey, for specimen of milk adulterated with at least 6025 per cent of added water.

One certificate was sent to Sergeant Doyle, Enniscorthy, for specimen of

hiskey which was 27 degrees under proof, a~d was therefore adulterated itr

2067 per cent of watero There were eighteen speoimens of butter analysed by directions from the

Department of A rioulturej Upper Merrion St., Dublin, whioh were taken up in

the County Wexfordo Six contained excess of water, namely 1706, 2103, 2203,

24, 27.6, and 3003 per oent respeotivelyo

One specimen of water analysed for the Rural District Council, New RCSS9 had the following composition.

One imperial g~llon contained in grainso

Total solid matters 58.600 Including Albuminoid Ammoni& 000065 Sa.line Ammonia 00001 Nitric Aoid 40120 Chlorine 9·790 Colour almost colourless. A good watero For the Guardians of Enniscorthy Union twelve drugs were analysed and were correoto For the Guardians of Gorey Union six drugs were analysed. One was

inoorreot. For Shillelagh Union, whioh is partly situated in the County Wexford,

In the original reports on the water above referred to, full details, che~ical and microscopical, were gi.e , but in the foregoing, only the more important points are giveno

Total ana.lyses ••••••.••••.•••.••••• · ...••.•••••... 168

Adulterated and defective artioles •. . •••••• •··••••• 9.

C. A. Camerono

Marked "Read"

Resolutionso

Under date 14th September 1916, the Co Dubll-n Farmers Q Ass ocia.tion

forwarded resolution stating that they considered the late Order of the Department of Agriculture & Teccnical Instructioa requirin two dipping of sheep within fourteen days in AutuL"n to be highly dangerous to the anima.ls,

and had caused much loss to flockownerso They tcerefore called on the

De partment and the County Councils to revert to the old Order for t '0 dippi

in ea.ch year, one in Summer, and one in Autumno

"Adopted on the motion of Mr Scallan, seconded by Mr Doyleo*

War Office Purohase of Hay-

The following resolution was received from the Dublin Co Council:-

"That this Council protests against any variation in the conditions under

whioh thf" War Office undertook to ba.le h y and straw for army p1..rposes for

the season 1916, and we ca.1l on the purchasin uthorities to revert to the

conditions w1'l ich prevailed in 1915 as rega.rds the balin, and that we .. demand the markets to be left open for the sale of surplus hayo"

Irish Cattle Tradeo

Under date 18th September 1916, the Secretary of the Irish Cattle

Tra.ders ssoc ation, wrl)te as folloi'!s:-

"The Committee of the I~ish Cattle Traders' & Stockowners~ Assocje.tion

beg to point out to you that Great financi~l loss is caused to shippers of Irish Cattle through bruising occa.sioned by hornin and goring dUT'i~

transito Complaints of damage and claims for bruised beef are made '" every week by butchers, both wholesale and retail .. Th~ Committee co 9ider that this loss could be easily avoided by the

, I, I fattenin , by cutting off from one to three inche~ of t I~ tops of the horns

at the discretion of the owner. Loss incurred by any branch of the cattle trade must affect to some extent

the whole live stock indu3try, an industry of 31;;.oh ir.}vrtance to Ireland that

the Committee trust yon will use your grea.t influenc! i'1 bringing their

recommendation before your constituents."

ftOrdered that ~he representatives of th", Press be requested to call

public attention to the letter of the Com~ittee of the Irish Cattle Traders ' & Stockowners Associationo M

Th~ follo\ving resolution wa.s rece.ived from the Cork Industrial Development Ass(')cifi.tlon, D.rer date 21st August 1916:-

"Th~t in vl~ of the excessive cutting down of timber in Ireland durin

the past two years, prejudicial alike to the soil, climate, and general healt of the co :rtr/, tr.e COlHlCil of the Cork Industrial Development Asso ciation call upon all Irish County and County Borough Councils to initiate an Arbour Day

Movement in their respeotive districts, a~d we urge upon such bodies to carry out on aa large a scal e as possjble, a tree-planting on Ootober 1st next. Furthermore , we call upon the Department of Agriculture, the Irish Land

Corr~ission, and the Congested Districts Board, to put into immediate operation

the powers and authority they possess to promote the aff orestation of Irelando

IfAdopt~d on t~e mot) on of' the Chairman, seconded by Mr Kehoe o"

Gas Works & Coal Supply~

'l'he folio ~ing resoluti.on f :.''' om the meeting of I rish Association of Gas Managers, held on 15th August 1916, was read:-

"Tnat this meeting, representative o~ the gas industry in Ireland, views

with th~ gra,rest apprehension the present condition of the ooal suppl y to I reland, and is convinced, should this oondition not be speedily relieved, that many of the smaller gasworks and other industries must shut down, with conseqr uent loss and inconvenience to the puhlico We therefolPe ur5e upon the

·Government the extreme and immediate necessity for adopting such measures as

will assure an adequate supply of coal at reasonable prices~ including sea

oarria.ge."

"Adop'ed on the motion of Mr Keatin , seconded by Mr Kinsella,"

Irish Evieted Tenants, Tuwn tenants, andlfback to the ...... L an d Mo vemen..t " ......

Th~ Committee c~ above forwarded statement showing the objects of their

Association a~d asking the help of the Councilo "No. Order".

Assisted Milk Stationso

The follo-fing resolution was received from Me&th County Counc11:-

"That we request the Irish Party to obtain le islation empowering County

Councils, through County Cor~ittees of Agriculture, to establish assisted milk

stations, by giving a bonus to sel~cted farmers undertaking to keep a supply of new milk for sale at fixed rates 1n necessitous districtso We also earnestly r quest farmers and graziers to give increased faciliti

for the grazin of milch cowso~ "No Order".

Congratulating Irish Parliamentarl Pa~tl.

A resolution was received from Nenagh Urban District Council congratulatin

"The 1l'HLders and me ~bers 0:-' the Irish Parliamentary Par; , on the political

sa acity they displayed in dealing with the recent proposals for the settlement

of the Irish question, etc.," "No Order".

,Interned Prisoner~~

The following resolution was received from Enniscorthy Board of Guardians:- "That inasmuch as we desire the release of the Political Prisoners at presen, interned in England and believe that their continued detention i9 merely

calculated to further increase bitter feelin in the countr , we call on the

Governr;:~nt to restore these People to their Homes at onceo"

"Adopt d on t'1.('" ot:io)'l of Mr PeaCOCke, seconded by Mr Kehoeo"

I \ Proposals for Paymentso

On t~e motiml of Mr Hearn, seconded by Mr Peacocke, the followinK rescluti

was adopted:;':

"That the several Proposals for Payment dealin with fixed items of

s~l&ries etc., and transfer to Eublic Bodies, as recommended by the Finance & Roads Committee, be and are hereby approved."