Galway In Days Gone By

1922

Milk issues

Ballinasloe Mental Hospital Committee have entered into a six months’ contract for the institution at 1s. 4d. per gallon. Galway Central Hospital Committee advertised recently for milk at 1s. 7½d. per gallon, but as a result of the action of a local milk ring only one contractor supplied, the others demanding 6d per quart.

In consequence, the patients were without milk until Captain P. Kilkelly was approached, whereupon he interviewed Mr. Patrick Small, secretary of the local milk vendors’ association, and threatened to commandeer supplies if they were not forthcoming at the price advertised. Milk has since been supplied.

In another case it has been reported that milk being sold to a private house at a lower price than that laid down by the ring was thrown on the ground. Much local indignation prevails at the action of this ring, as it is held that milk could be sold in Galway with profit at 4d. per quart and would be sold at that price provided the sale was free and prices were not artificially inflated.

Republican meeting

A Republican meeting held in Athenry on Sunday was addressed by Capt. Frank Fahy, T.D., who got a cordial reception from a small crowd.

Capt. S. Jordan, Athenry, who presided, asked the people at the coming election to confirm the 9,000 majority they gave to Mr. Fahy at the last election or to even increase it. That meeting, said the Chairman, would be conducted in an orderly manner.

They would not allow any person to interrupt, but anyone was at liberty to go on the platform and put any question which would be answered. The I.R.A. were at their disposal for the good order of that meeting, and they were also there for any other party that came into town to hold a meeting, no matter what their political views were.

They were there to prevent anything like hooliganism. Everyone in that locality would have freedom of speech, and the I.R.A. would allow no tactics that would give people a chance of talking or saying anything about that movement.

Miss Cashel spoke on the partition question and pointed out that while Crown forces were evacuating southern Ireland as a result of the Treaty, they were going into Northern Ireland.

She hoped that the sense of the people would uphold that policy for which men made the ultimate sacrifice.

Mr. Fahy, giving his reasons for voting against the Treaty, said he did not intent to say a bitter word against those who voted in favour of its acceptance. He knew the splendid record of many of them and knew that they were honestly doing what they believed to be the best for Ireland.

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