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Show CITY OF DUBLIN. ) (Dublin Weekly Freeman, Sept. 30.) A movement is on foot to establish a new Irish Ladies Choral society in Dublin. ' ' f The Irish language week collection in Dublin city and south and west county amounted this year to 803 Is UL - i On Friday the election of an alderman alder-man for the Glasnevin ward took place.' The result was as follows: Mr. Keegan (N). 503; Mr. Dinnage (U), 465. Addressing the grand jury at the opening of Kilmainham quarter eep-flons eep-flons on Tuesday, the recorder congratulated con-gratulated them on the comparative immunity of the county Dublin from crime. f On Frldajv in the Southern police court. :. before Mr. Swifte, a fine of 2 was imposed on Johnston Robirmon, of 18 Charlotte street, for exposing margarine mar-garine for sale without having a proper label attached. On Friday, in the Southern police court, before Mr. Swifte, an old woman wo-man named Mrs. Elien Keegan, who did not appear, was fined 10 for refusing refus-ing to sell a sample of milk to Miss Hayes,, food Inspector under the Rathmlnes district council. . At a special meeting of the Dublin Trades council on Monday, a resolution resolu-tion was adopted calling the attention of the corporation to the dearth of employment em-ployment which might be expected In the city durlug the winter, and calling on that body to put In force the provisions pro-visions of the Unemployed Workmen's Act. An inquest was held on Wednesday, on the body of a child named Tornlin-son Tornlin-son sent to nurse with a woman named Tennant by the Kingstown Cottage Cot-tage Home. The coroner said the verdict ver-dict in the case was tantamount to manslaughter. On Thursday before Mr, Swifte, m the Southern police court, a Ringsend fisherman was fined 5 in a summons brought by the Conservators of Fisheries Fish-eries for - having Illegally used a net for the purpose of capturing salmon In the Liffcy during the weekly close season. On Thursday a Eeizure was made on Alderman Cole's goods In his store in Little Green street, in respect of a fine of 10s imposed on him for having Irish1 characters instead of English painted on a cart. When the fine was inflicted the alderman ' declared that force alone would compel him to pay it. ' On Monday Mr. Hartford, solicitor, Kenllworth square, when passing across Dame, street was knocked down by a motor car, the property of the Earl of Portarlington, and driven by two of his employes. Mr. Hartford was conveyed to Mercer's hospital, and was found to be suffering from bruises. On Monday at Baggot . street hospital, hos-pital, an inquest was held on the body of a woman named Margaret Dixon, who resided at 20 Pembroke road, that met her death by being accidentally burned on Friday. The".1ury returned a verdict of death from shock, duo to injuries received. . On Monday at a largely attended general meeting of the Dublin .branch of the Drapers' Assistants' association, associa-tion, resolutions were passed condemning con-demning what is known as the 'Llv-ing-in" system, and in favor f earlier closing of shops. It was mentioned men-tioned that the association had increased in-creased in membership during the past year. A resolution was also passed In ! favor of pushing the sale of Irish j goods. On Tuesday, Mr. Whitaker, revising barrister, gave his decision on the objection ob-jection raised by the Unionists to the I name of Mr. John E. Redmond, M.P.. ! appearing upon the freeholders' Hat in respect of property in South Great ' George's street. He held that the objection ob-jection was informal and irregular, and retained Mr. Redmond's name upon the list. 1 Mr. Justice Keanj delivered judgment judg-ment on Thursday on applications for committal for contempt of court brought by one of the petitioners in the Boyle election petition against five, persons charged with interfering with the fair trial of the petition. . He sentenced sen-tenced Messrs. McGrath and Coleman to a month's Imprisonment each, he fined Mr. Higginp .50, and he dismissed, dis-missed, the application against -' Mrs. McHugh, proprietor of the' "Sligo , Champion," and 'Mr. J. M. Hayden, - proprietor of the "Roscommon Messenger' Mes-senger' . ... An application was made on Wednesday Wednes-day before Mr. Justice Kenny by the Ancient Order of Hibernians Benefit society to restrain the board of Erin Order f . Hibernians Friendly society from using the ;name "Ancient Order of Hibernians." His lordship said he would not grant the injunction as' asked for, but the defendant society agreeing, pending the trial, not to interfere in-terfere with or induce members of the plaintiff society to become members of the defendant society, the motion was allowed to stand for the trial of the action. ac-tion. On Thursday a public meeting was held at the Round Room of the Ro-i Ro-i tunda under the auspices of the Gaelic league to protest againEt the action of the treasury in withdrawing the grant for the teaching of Irish in the national na-tional schools. Dr. Douglas Hyde, president of the Gaelic league, presided, and the Round Room was thronged. So large was the attendance that an overflow meeting was held in an adjoining ad-joining hall. The chairman proposed a series of resolutions, which were seconded by Mr. John Dillon, M.P., and supported by Mr. John MacNeill, Captain Cap-tain Otway Cuffe, Rev. Father Mac-Enemey, Mac-Enemey, Lord Castletown of Upper Ossory, and Rev. 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