The Gazette 1946-49

APPOINTMENTS MR. DERMOD M. F. WALSH has been appointed Law Agent to Dublin Corporation in place of Mr. Ignatius Rice who recently retired. Mr. Walsh was admitted in Trinity Sittings 1933, and has been acting as Assistant Law Agent since 1942. MR. MATTHEW PURCELL has been appointed Law Agent to Dublin Co. Council. Mr. Purcell was admitted in Michaelmas Sittings 1935, and has been Law Agent to Cork Co. Council since 1945. He was Lecturer in Common Law to the Society from 1938 to 1943. LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS Archbold—Criminal Pleading, $ist edition. Not yet received. Britannica Book of the Year, 1948. Buttenvorth's Workmen's Compensation Cases, Vol. 40, 1947. Butterworth's Workmen's Compen sation Cases Supplement, 1947. Chalmer's Bills of Exchange, nth edition, 1947. Diamond— Master and Servant, 2nd edition, 1946. Dublin University Calendar, 1948-49. Dymond—Death Duties, loth edition, 1946 and Supplement, 1948. Foa—Landlord and Tenant, 7th edition, 1947. Halsbury's Statutes of England, Cumulative Supple ment, No. 17, 1948. Hudson—Building Contracts, 7th edition, 1946. Incorporated Accountants' Year Book, 1943. Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland Year Book, 1947-8. International Law List, 1949. Konstam—Income Tax, loth edition, Second Cumulative Supplement, 1948. Law List, 1948. Lon don Directory, 1949. Mayne—Damages, nth edition, 1946. Megarry—Rent Acts, 4th edition, 1949. Medical Directory. Not yet received. National University of Ireland Calendar, 1947. New South Wales Law Almanac, 1948. Northern Ireland Public General Statutes, 1947. O'Neill—Industrial Directory. Not yet received. Paget—Banking, 5th edition, 1947. Pollock—Contracts, izth edition, 1946. Public General Acts, 1947 (z Vols.). Rubenstein—Contemporary Religious Juris prudence, 1948. Scottish Law List, 1948. Statutory Rules and Orders, 1939-1945 (10 Vols. and Index). University College Dublin Calendar, 1948-49. Whitaker Almanack, 1948. STATUTES OF THE OIREACHTAS PASSED DURING 1948 1. Housing (Amendment). 2. Garda Siochana (Acquisition of Sites and Retention of Premises.)

3. Local Government (Sanitary Services). 4. Local Government (Superannuation). 5. Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions). 6. Central Fund. 7. Imposition of Duties (Confirmation of Order). 8. Local Elections. 9. Connaught Rangers (Pensions). 10. Social Welfare (Reciprocal Arrangements). 11. Trade Union. 12. Finance. 13. Appropriation. 14. Local Government (Remission of Rates). 15. Local Government (Dublin) (Temporary). 16. Road Fund (Advances). 17. Social Welfare. 18. Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946, Continuance Act, 1948. 19. Nurses Registration. 20. Rates on Agricultural Land (Relief). 21. Expiring Laws. 22. The Republic of Ireland. 23. Workmen's Compensation (Amendment). 24. Agriculture (Amendment). OBITUARY MR. JAMES DICKIE, Solicitor, died at his residence Seatown House, Swords, Co. Dublin, on 27th January, 1949. Mr. Dickie served his apprenticeship with the late Mr. Robert Dickie, Dundalk, was admitted in Easter Sittings, 1898, and practised at 25 Bachelor's Walk, Dublin, up to his retirement in 1919. MR. PATRICK ROONEY died at a Dublin Nursing Home on 26th January, 1949. Mr. Rooney was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1893, and practised at 34 Kildare Street, Dublin, as senior partner in the firm of T. F. O'Connell, Rooney & Co. He was a member of the Council of this Society from the year 1914 to 1924 and Vice-President for years 1919—20. REGISTER C. Abraham's Law and Practice of Lunacy in Ireland (Dublin E. Ponsoby, 1886). £i offered for copy in good condition. WHITNEY, MOORE & KELLER, 46 KILDARE STREET, DUBLIN.