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Teachers Frown :
but children go home just the same From a Correspondent SOMEWKF.Rle IN BITCH'S. Despite the opposition of the authorities, who have written to the parents concerned, a large......
L.c.c. Treats For Evacuees
Stay-Where-You-Are Christmas To encourage children in evacuated areas to forgo the traditional delights of a family Christmas the L.C.C. is organising special treats for all the......
That Home For The Lonely Soldier
Is at Westminster The ambitiously-planned Catholic Hostel for Service Men, foreshadowed a few weeks ago as the first of a projected group of hostels, is now a reality. A......
The Y.c.w. Is A Life
" You cannot put such a thing into cold storage for the duration" —Harry To free With the advent of Russia into the smash-and-grab trade, Communism is rapidly becoming a dead......
The Week In Ireland
HAMBURG HUMBUG for Irish Listeners From Our Own Correspondent DUBLIN. We could not fail to listen with intense curiosity to the first of the weekly talks in Gaelic which was......
Northern Ireland Bans Mccormack
Under pressure of anti-Catholic agitation, Count McCormack has been refused permission to give a Sunday concert in Belfast in aid of the British Red Cross; and his proposed tour......
Power Of Modern Propaganda Dr. W. Butterfield Spoke Of The
difficulty experienced in learning the truth about the war owing to the " almost unbelievable power of modern propaganda." There was one voice, however, that we could trust......
Cardinal Primate's Titular Church
The Irish Press reports that the Italian Government has granted f1,000 towards the restoration of Cardinal MacRory's titular church in Rome, St. John at the Latin Gate, built by......
De Valera Not At Geneva
Not until Friday last week did Mr de Valera take his decision as to attendance at the assembly of the League. He did not go. It is certain that he took this decision......
A Constitutional Crisis
Judge Gavan-Duffy's decision that the Government's power to intern suspects was unconstitutional, so that all political suspects have been released, is being challenged by the......
Duty On Prayer Books
The Sunday Independent explains what has come of the 30 per cent. import duty on missals, breviaries, prayer books, Bibles, and similar books, which has been criticised......
Ireland Urbanising?
" The day that finds most of the Irish people living in towns will see the Irish race and its Culture ended," said Professor Tierney, speaking to a paper by Fr. J. M. Hayes on......
No Council Houses For Soldiers' Wives
From Our Labour Correspondent In view of the special legislation governing the commitments of those on active service, the Housing Committee of the Slough Town Council had......
Negro Bishop Sees Colonial Secretary
Mgr. Kiwanuka, Titular Bishop of Thibica and Vicar Apostolic of Masaka, who came to this country a fortnight ago following his consecration with twelve other missionary bishops,......
"only By Reconciliation Can Europe Reconstruct"
ERIC GILL AND DR. ORCHARD ON ASPECTS OF WAR Although there was rain and impenetrable darkness, Caxton Hall was filled on Friday night for a meeting at which Dr. W. E. Orchard......
Your Parish Club May Benefit From
This Government Scheme Front Our Educational Correspondent Between now and the end of February Catholic clubs have a remarkable opportunity of securing representation on the......
France To Have C.w.l. Huts But More Funds Are Needed
Permission has been given by the War Council for the Catholic Women's League to establish huts for the troops in France. An important centre has been allocated to the C.W.L.,......
In Brief
STAUNCH CATHOLIC'S DEATH.— Mrs Sarah E. Strand has died at the age of seventy-eight in Whitehaven, Cumberland. She lived all her life in a showman's caravan. She was a staunch......
Troops Want Books
" Every day we get letters from the chaplains both at home and overseas begging us to send them books for their men," writes the secretary of the Catholic Libraries for H.M.......
Your First Duty Your Lungs
Y first duty to yourself is to keep I well and FREE from WINTER HEALTH PERILS. The Cough menace is already assuming its most threatening proportions. Each year Hospitals and......