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Show NOMINATIONS IN; IRELAND S H Q VJ WIANYRUNNING Thre Cavndidates for Each Seat in Free SUte House of Parliament Qualify With Deposits V PCBIJ?r. Aug. II 'By A. P.) Tha nominations for tha FVea State parliamentary elections furnteh no aurprlses. On the average there ara less thsn three tannldatee for each or tha 111 eeata, grouped Into thirty conatituenclea, . The republlcana carried wit their decision to Increase their list of candidates and tbesa number more than eighty. Each candidate waa required to deposit 100 -pounds, but the republlcana did thla aeamlngly without difficulty. The only constituency uncontested Is that of Trinity college, where tha threa preeent members, Blr Jamee Craig and Profeaeora Alton and Thrift, ara returned unoppoaed. There are only two Instancea of double candidatures. Professor Joha McNeill, minister of education, atandlng for Clalra aa well aa tha National university, and Dr. Michael Mich-ael Hayes, speaker of the Pall, for both Dublin City Booth and tha National Na-tional anlverslty. Tha republlcana put forward two candidates for tha three National unlveralty aeata In Profeaaor 8 lock -ley. ana of tha present membera. and Profeaaor Hugh Ryan. Michael Collins- slater, Mrs. O'Driscoll. Is a candidate for Dublin City North. Phe la an ardent aupporter of tha Free States. Joseph McOrath. minister of labor, la-bor, had announced hie intention of retiring from public Ufa, bur ander atrong pieaaure from President Cos-gravem Cos-gravem coneented tq nomination for North Mavor In opposition to Patrick Ruttledge, deputy of Eamon da Valera. and now "acting president presi-dent of tha republic." In Walerford Mrs. Cathal Brugha. wWlcw of tha Sinn Fein minieter of defrnee. killed after the Four Courts fighting In Ia tha only rep resentation candidate eemeldered to have a good change of euccees. Major Ma-jor Redmond, aon of tha Irish Con-etltuttonal Con-etltuttonal leader, la alto expected to eecure -aa electoral . quota In Waterford. ... |