the first _of the 1two 22,500 k.1w. generators _supplied current to the national network during peak hours. That the Foyle Fisheries would be purchased jointly by the Six Counties and Irish Governments from· the Irish Society for the sum of £100,000, and would be administered by a joint commission in whiah both sides would have equ1al representation, was stated by Mr. Bartley, lParliamentaTy Se:cretary to the Minister for Agriculture, rwhen he addressed a meeting of fishermen at St. Johnston. Tlhe 1eaptJain and a member of the crew of a tanke:r lost their lives in a drowning accident at Buncrana Pjer. Donegal V1ocational Education Committee struck 1a rate of 8d. in the £, an increase of a penny on the previous year. The death to1ok pl1ace of Rev. D. Doherty, C.C., Carrigart. DECEMBER Donegal branches of the Irish R.ed Cr:oss Society were active in the collection of money and clothing for the victims of the Italian floods. In the Dail, Deputy Breslin raised the question of the disposal of herrings landed by West Donegal fishermen. The Mini'Ster for Agriculture in 1his answer stated that Irish Sea Fisheries were making arrangeme!'lts for the marketing of as many as possible of the fish landed, and :planned to ourcha£e the surplus for k:ppering, curing and cold storage. The death oocured in Dublin of Mother Benedict O'Donnell, of the L·oreto Order, sister of the late Cardinal O'Donnell, former bishop of Raphoe. News was received from America tha1t the widow of a Killybegs man who had been accidentally killed in a shooting affaiir, had been awarded 140, OOO dollars, the biggest such a1ward evEr made in New York St.ate, it is believed. The Ulster Council of the G.A.A. voted grants of £200 each towards the cost of the Sean MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey, and the nerw park, Ballyshannon. Rev. D. Furey, Ph.D., for over rn years principal of the Mac Devitt Institu1te, Glenties-, was appointed Administrator at St. Eugene's Cathedral, LetterkE.1:iny, and was succeeded, 1as principal of the Institute, by Reiv. J. McLaughlin, B.A., cf the teaching st;aff, St. Eunan's College. Among the deaths of prominent people which oc1cured this month were those of 1Mr. J. Ward, editJor of 1the "Donegal Vindicator", a native of Derry, and Mr. J. White, The Mall, Ballyshannon, wiho had extensive business interests in South Donegal. The year had a stormy exit with gales lashing the coast and hail and rain sho1Wers sweeping over the 1countryside. At Killybegs, three ,boats valued £20,000 were torn from their moorings and sank in the harbour. · 379.
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