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June, 1915.

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Half-yearly General Meeting. THE Half-yearly General Meeting of the Society was held in the Hall of the Society, Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts, on Monday, 17th May. The chair was occupied by Mr. Arthur E. Bradley (President), and there were also present : James Moore (Vice-President), James Murphy (Vice-President), Sir A. F. Baker, H. J. Synnott, R. A. Macnamara, W. J. Shannon, P. J. Brady, M.P. ; J. H. Callan, G. Collins, W. H. Fry, C. G. Gamble, M. L. Hearn, J. E. MacDermott, G. M. Meares, A. H. S. Orpen, C. St. G. Open, T. G. Quirke, P. Roonev, H. Shannon, W. T. Sheridan, R. G. Warren, R. Blair White, Joseph Alien, Sir J. R. O'Connell, T. Montgomery, F. G. Sharpe, P. K. White, D. Dunne, H. J. M'Cormick, H. D. Draper, J. O'Sullivan, F. A. Greene, E. S. Lowe, E. S. Lowe (Jun.), W. J. Brett, D. A. Ouaid, H. C. Neilson, H. C. Neilson (Jun.),~T. J. Greene, J. Hawthorne, W. D. Sainsbury, A. G. Joyce, W. J. Ryan, P. Seales, W. J. M. Coulter, W. P. Triston, J. T. Doyle, M. A. Smyth, 0. P. Beater, J. Brady, B. Thompson, A. R. O'Connor, W. H. Sutton, H. D. Vaughan, H. R. Maunsell, A. C. J. Cox, E. N. Edwards, G. M. Collins, J. W. Davis, G. T. Roe, J. J. Beatty, J. G. Lidwell, P. C. Furlong, E. F. M'Hugh, J. Gore, N. L. Moran, J. T. Hamerton, E. J. O'Farrell, G. A. G. Byrne, W. S. S. Boxwell, R. T. F. Greene, T. C. Perrott, J. Tierney, and D. Ampleford. The Secretary (Mr. W. G. Wakely) read the notice convening the meeting.

The minutes of the Half-yearly General Meeting of 26th November, 1914, and of the Special General Meeting held on the 12th February, 1915, were also read, and were signed by the Chairman. On the motion of Mr. James Moore, seconded by Mr. W. J. Shannon, it was resolved that Messrs. W. W. Carruthers, F. Gifford and D. B. Dunne be appointed Auditors of the Accounts of the Society for the year ending April 30th. The President nominated Messrs. E. N. Edwards, W. Geoghegan, P. K. White, E. F. Collins, and M. Dawson to act as Scrutineers of the ballotTfor the Council in November next. President's Address. THE PRESIDENT, addressing the meet– ing, said that since their last Half-yearly meeting in November the war had continued to dominate the affairs of the Empire both at home and abroad. Our sailors and soldiers were engaged in the greatest war the world had ever known. They were fighting for the integrity and honour of the Empire, and for a cause that they believed must ultimately be victorious (hear, hear). They joined with their fellow-countrymen in condemning the atrocities which had been committed from time to time by the enemy since the com– mencement of the war, culminating in the sinking of the Lusitania, when over 1,000 innocent lives were lost, including many women and children. There were now 55 Irish Solicitors and 46 apprentices to Irish Solicitors serving with His Majesty's forces (hear, hear), and he regretted to say that two