Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [‎171v] (342/442)

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shipyards of Belfast between the 2nd and
5th of this month. One of these assaults
was of a very serious nature, and the vic
tim is still in a critical state. As a conse
quence of these assaults 2,009 men have
left work, and I understand that practically
all are being paid from trade union funds.
Every effort has been made, and is being
made, by the police to protect life and pro
perty and to bring to justice persons guilty
of assaults; but the yards are private pro
perty, policed by the harbour police, who
are in the employment of the Harbour
Commissioners and not by the Royal Irish
Constabularly. I am advised that to send
the Constabulary into these yards would
be useless and provocative, and while fur
ther protection could no doubt be afforded
by employing the military outside the
yards this would be a very serious step to
take, and might easily have the effect of
precipitating more serious disturbance and
make the restoration of peace impossible.
Everything has now been quiet in the yards
for some days, and as the annual holidays
begin to-morrow, when the yards close for
ten days, without being too sanguine, it
may be hoped that the trouble is at an
end for the present.
Land Purchase (Ireland).
Mr. BOLAND asked the Chief Secretary
what progress has been made with the pur
chase of the Fuller estate, near Cahirci-
veen, in view of the fact that the agent
undertook to lodge the necessary docu
ments before the end of June?
Mr. BIRRELL: I would refer the hon.
Member to the reply given to his question
on this subject on the 4th March last. The
Congested Districts Board are not aware
of any undertaking having been given by
the agent to lodge the documents before
the end of June.
Mr. WILLIAM REDMOND asked
whether the Congested Districts Board are
dealing with the Neptune Blood estate,
county Clare; and, if so, when the pro
ceedings are likely to be completed?
Mr. BIRRELL: This estate has been
purchased by the Congested Districts
Board, and will be resold to the tenants
as soon as possible.
Assistant Revising Barristers (Ireland).
Mr. COTTON asked whether the assist
ant revising barristers annually appointed
in Ireland under the Revising Barristers
Act of 1886, have power to arrange for the
distribution of the business of the revision
between them with the chairman or
revising barrister in the county or
borough; whether the assistant revising
barristers so appointed under that Act
have an equal voice in the arrangement;
and whether any steps will be taken to see
that the duty cast upon these officials by
the Statute will be duly carried out, and
that the clerks of the peace will be in
formed of the arrangments so made in
order that due public notice may be given
by them of the holding of the various
Courts of Revision ?
Mr. BIRRELL: I am advised that the
Act referred to does not define the powers
of the County Court judge and his assist
ants as regards the distribution of the
business of revision, but merely enacts that
they shall arrange the matter between
them. So far as the Government is con
cerned all necessary steps to ensure com
pliance with the provisions of the
Registration Acts will be taken as hereto
fore.
Labourers Acts (Ireland).
Mr. LUNDON asked the Chief Secretary
to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland how the
million Grant for the Labourers Acts is to
be allocated; why are councils who have
been heretofore desirous of working these
Acts now handicapped by reason of the
refusal of the Local Government Board to
grant them a share of the money voted
last year; have applications been received
from the Kilmallock, Limerick, and Tip
perary (No. 2), as well as Croom and
Mitchelstown (No. 2) Councils for Grants
to build houses; will their request be ac
ceded to; and, in view of the number of
poor people yet unhoused in those districts
and the amount of incidental expenses in
curred in connection with the putting for
ward of schemes, will some steps be taken
to give them a share of that sum passed
last year in this House ?
Mr. BIRRELL: As regards the first
paragraph of the question I would refer
the hon. Member to the reply given to his
question on this subject on the 29th Febru
ary last. The Rural Districts of Kilmal
lock, Croom, and Mitchelstown (No. 2) have
submitted new schemes for approval, but
none have yet been received from Limerick
and Tipperary (No. 2) Rural Districts. The
Local Government Board have not refused
to grant these councils a share of the money
as stated in the question; they have
merely declined to give these districts pre-