biggest hospitals, was featured in "Manchester Eveni.ng News·' for his work in saving the hospital thousands of pounds by prac'.ically "home-ma·king" onC; of h1-2 most up-to-date x-ray systems in the world. Efforts by the local IndusLial :C-2-\12lopment Association to obtain an industry for Letterkenny were successful and it was announced that iMessrs. N·e$tles, Ltd., London, had agreed to erect a milk products factory a short distance from the town. Mr. P. Lavin, Portahand, Co. Roscommon, w a s a·ppointed town clerk, Lett-erkenny, in succes3io.:J. to Mr. Tadg O':Ma·hony, appointed to a similar post in Arklow. The 26-years-old Moville Fishery Board and its Derry counterpart, went out of existence and were replaced by a four-man Commission set up. under the Foyle Fisheries Act of 1952. The Commission is the first body i·n Ireland to have r-ep:·esentatives of both the Dublin and Stormont Gcve!·nments and this was tl1e fil·st attempt at full scale co-operation between the TwentySix and the Six Counties. Letterkenny Urban Council fixed a rate of 38s 8d in the £, an increao·e cf 2s 8d. Bundoran rate increased ;by 5s ld to 39s lOd. Buncrana Council refused to strike a rate in prnte3t .. against the increac•ed demand by the County Council occasioned by the town's revaluation. Re.;,. M. McCauley, c.c., Moville. fo~merlv C.C. Glenmulin, died. He was ordained in 1914. l le :-;p~'llt. SOlll(' ,\'Clll'S in ica, where he was one i\mf'".. Of the organisers (Jf a ba1i4u-et for Arch. bishop Mannix, Australia, when he an·ived i.n the US. following the Eriti:h Gcv-2rnment's refusal to allow liim k land in Ireland. Fr. McCauley also acco.npanied Mr. De Valera when, a:; President of the Irish Repub:ic, he travelled thrcugh the States seeking support for the Rept.Jl::- lic. APRIL Donegal County Council decided to rely on private contractors for turf supplies this year. Th2 county G.A.A. football team was defeated, 3-3 to 0-7 in the semi-final of foe National League ccmpetition at Crok2 Park, by Co::k. Ccuntv engir:eer, 3fr. D. P. B2.!TY, rnbmittcd details of a five year p:an of ro:id works to the County Council. The Govecn· ment grant was stated to be £114,000. Se~n n Caisidc, O.S., sec2:et· ary, in his report to the annual meeting d the S.W. Donegal Coisthe Chea-nntc.ir of the Ga·elic League, said exce:lent work was l:eing done and there was great progress in the Irish drama movem2nt in the area. Rev. M. Connolly, cha.plain, St. Joseph's Orrhanage for the past seven years, was appo~nte:l parish pr:•=st of Drumsnat and Kilmc:-e, Corcaghan, Co. Monaghan. 450. A distinguished visi'.or to the rounty was his Excellency, t·he Pu.pal Nuucio, Atchbishup Gerald Patrick O'Hara.
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