We all know the numbers of stray curs wandering about the country districts and the harm they occasion to the shepherd as well as to the game preserver. Still, there is always a row if one of these curs is shot or poisoned.

Dublin Chronicle 14 March 1931 LECTURING on Weather and Weather Forecasting at a meeting of the Engineering and Scientific Association of Ireland, in the Architect's Hall, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin, on Monday night, Mr HH Poole, SsD, TCD, said the forecaster in these islands was faced with a difficult task - he had to deal with probably the most unreliable weather in the world. At one time, the wind might be from the west, at another from the south (or the Azores), and at still another from somewhere up in the Arctic.

Weather was to a great extent manufactured locally;

they might have rain in Dublin and it might be fine 100 miles away. Rain to the man in the street was the most important item of weather, and was caused by ascending air. Having explained cyclones, anticyclones, secondaries, and the cold Icelandic blast that has chilled Ireland for the past few days, Mr Poole concluded by showing lantern slides depicting clouds, storms, wind direction, etc.

The Evening Freeman 11 March 1831 AN old Irishwoman, named Mary Lannon, was placed at the bar, with 12 girls of the ages of from 10 to 16 years, whom she was charged with sending out to procure money by stealing and singing ballads. All the girls appeared half-starved; some were afflicted with disease, and others had scarce any clothing. When the officers entered the woman's residence, they found it in a most filthy state. The woman was in bed drinking gin, and two boys, who exhibit slightof-hand tricks in the streets, were lying by her side. The girls were huddled round a fire, eating potatoes, and, not withstanding their tender age, made use of the most obscene language. A cooper said that one of his children, a girl, 12 years of age, who had neither shoes nor stockings on, and no other clothing other than an old frock, was his daughter. She left his house on Monday and was decoyed into the woman's hovel, where her clothing was taken from her.

The girl was given to her father, and others were sent - some to the hospital, and some to the parishes to which they belonged. The woman was sent to prison.