The Gazette 1915-16

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November, 1915.

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and had ascertained that they were in nearly all Counties in excess of those mentioned in the scale issued by the County Court Judges. The Committee had drafted a new scale, and forwarded it to the County Court Judges with a request that it be adopted in substitu tion of the scale issued in July. A letter received in reply stated that the Judges considered in view of the temporary character of these costs the scale should not be allowed on any more liberal basis, that they recognised the costs as agreed upon by them are at a low figure ; that the scale was intentionally adopted in view of the circumstances under which the legislation was passed, but that in exceptional circumstances any Judge could, of course, give a larger fee if in his discretion he thinks it just to do so. This matter will be further dealt with in the Annual Report of the Council, and the Judges' Scale of Fees and the Scale prepared by the Committee will be given in detail. Apprentice Application. • A letter was read from an intending apprentice asking the Council not to offer opposition to an application by him under Section 25 for liberty during his apprentice ship to engage in journalistic work out of office hours. It was decided not to oppose the application. October 20th. • Resolutions of Sympathy. Letters were read from Mr. Richards, Mr. Dunn, Mrs. Langley, and Mr. Geoghegan (the master of the late Lieut. Tolerton) thanking the Council for resolutions of sympathy.

October 6th. Solicitors and Apprentices Killed in Action. A resolution was passed expressing the sympathy of the members of the Council with their colleague, Mr. John W. Richards, in his bereavement owing to his son, Captain (Adjutant) W. R. Richards, Solicitor, having been killed in action in the Dardanelles. Resolutions were also passed expressing the sympathy of the members of the Council with the relatives of Captain J. V. Dunn, Private W. P. Bridge, and Corporal Persse, Solicitors ; and Captain M. Fitzgibbon, Lieut. Hartley Schute, and Lieut. Lee Tolerton, Apprentices, all of whom were killed in action in the Dardanelles. Debt Collecting Circulars. A letter was read from a country Solicitor enclosing printed circular letter issued by a shopkeeper to debtors demanding payment of debts, and signed in a local Solicitor's name, but without the word " Solicitor." It was ordered that if satisfactory evidence be forthcoming, proceedings under the Solicitors (Ireland) Act, 1898, be instituted against the shopkeeper. Courts (Emergency Powers) Act, 1914.— County Court Costs. A report was submitted from the County Courts Committee, to whom the Scale of County Court Fees under the Courts (Emergency Powers) Act, 1914, issued by the County Court Judges in July last was referred by the Council. The Committee reported that they had inquired as to the fees at present allowed throughout Ireland,