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VOL. 1. No 1. DECEMBER, 1957. CE

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PADR LUM.)

Every taxpayer wiJI have to admit that there is need in parts of the country, and in some of the cities, towns and ,'mages for houses. The taxp3)'er pays 40 f

/ ! of a '4 free ' grant to any County or rban Council towards all houses built. Housing loan are pread over a period of 50 years. The taxpayers ' 40'/£ goes to

payoff 40cc of the principal and interest every )ear, so the fa.'­payers in the Couuty are committed to a fairly substantial sum over the past number o[ years.

House which ..... ere built by Urban around /' 1.400. of \\ hieh um ( ounei\ - say- around 20 )ear ' ago goes towards • dm ini tr, tive co t ,

are a ource of revenue to these Thi houSe is let at a weekly rent of ouncils, as the rents are covering 17/ -, plu a 6/ - rate being paid to

tht.. repayment of thc loan, ; there the Urban Authority. The Urban a further mal) charge for roof Auth rity ha already got the 'I a -

and out id repair, and payment of payer' 40'fl"' . nd a the rent i ' urban eng:ne r . Of course. the cnough to cover the cost of the Urban Council i paying rates to the hou e. the rate art: a ouree of in-

unty ounci\' part of which pay- come. 1 ' ow we find in Rural HOl ing ment go to defray unt hou ·jng the ct of n , mailer type of house c. pen c ..

'10 quote built by an

MAlN ROAD GRANTS

BY C RRU A~ a motor owner, I must strongly

object to the manner in which the Kerry .ollnt) oun il <H using up the main road grants. If. as I under­'tand it , this money i paid out of the Road Fund. urel y it i only fair that the money h uld be spent where it i" mo t needed, and where it would give most employment.

It i ca y to undd tand that road <:arr)ing heavy traffic- like the road from imcrick t Dublin - need widening and straightening, but why wa te thou and of pounds in TaL ing hollow or lowering hill, or making nc\ cutting in the grandio e scale being carried out in ounty Kerry?

\Ve have danger u bend. that need \\idening, banking, and fencing at a a t of from £200 to £500 per bend.

We have bridges which need widening, trunking or lowering, at a co t of ome £500 each. Why not do tbe e

job? The money used in tho e big jobs would. if pent in the m nneT indicated. gi e car u er some measure of comfort and safety.

To a reasona~le m n it "ouJd a ppear that Brennan' Glen wa a mi. take. Ts it too much to hope that it will not be repeated el ewbere.

1'0 t great men without rductance admitted their mistake. Tt was a mark of their gre, tness.

Why don't the different org ni a­tion who are upp ed to be work­ing for the good of thi. country. ri e up and stop the burylll of m ney underground?

i £ 1.000 to £1 ,250, )ct £ 00 oe to admin i tmtivc co t which i, of cour e. e, orbitant. I he axpa 'r pay ' hi ' 40"'c: aga in. but unlike the l rban hOll (,; thcrc i from 000 to £500 v. ritten off to let the hou e to a t nant at a cheap rent. The Rate­payer pay his 40d. in the £. and ,part from a n occasional grumble when the rate i truck. he forgd all about it. He will not bother t . go into figure.

THE E 'A.'T

of the tenants in thc are w rking in

and receivin' th' ame na a v.orker re ident in an urban

hou c, or a v. rker who had uffi­cient moral courage to go ahead and build hi own house. Very fe of

occupi d by agricultural worker. ome of the e tenant got ite from the landowner. and if

they were known by the "right " people their houses were built quickly. There i no provision to build house for T.B. patient; that would up et the arranged programme.

oun illor . you are either unable to go into figures. or you are getting houses for your friend! It wa you who built up this e pensive housing machinery. It is your duty to change it! It i you who are wa ting the taxpayer' money and commlttmg yourseJves to the e loan.

THE REMEDY

1 here was a scheme operating in the GaeItacht area whereby a per­on entitled to a hou e, would obtain

loans. or an increased grant: by building his or her own bou e, This wa'> operated by a few in ectors and worh OUt at one quarter of the present y tem to the Rat 'pa , nd Taxpayers.

hink it over. Coundllors! -AEDIFEX.

Death of a Sma I own EA MeA TA

ILLORGLll T that one time thriving little market town is a t becomi g a obost-town, All t at one se's coming into it llOW are the advanced middle agod, the old, ilnd the ery young. The ~'oung men and women are sadl~' m·ssed.

Dur ing th pa 't fe\ week, hun- D y r e(ing ;'lrd. drcds of oung mcn and young our economy going hay" ire v.Oll1vn. product of ec ndary and altogether? technical chool. among them Leav­ing Certificate and Matriculation

crtiti a t · holders, have gone a expendabks on the apitalisl machine of England , America Canada a nd u tralia. 1 he majority of them are fluent Irish peaker.

An e tension to the loca l t chnical chool. co ting £9.000 i to begin

in the near future. '1 hi would be a very laudable thing if the pupil benefiting from the ne ubjcct to be taught there stayed at home aftcr

1.0 . FAC ORY Why not :p nd £9.000 on a fat:tory

in our town to turn alit the articles mentioned. and keep omc of thl.! youth at hom? By ding 0 WI.!

would be h Iping to redl\Ce th ad­verse trade. balance and keep our young people in a healthy Chri tian atmosphere.

o Ice or Not to Ice qualifying- but no; when J poke to he equipmenl for an Ice-plant ome of tht: children. 1 \Va told that and fi. h pro c - ing plant arri cd in

a oon a th y WCIC mi. hed with <lherci\reen ]a~t 1arch when the the school it was foreign climate f r air was thick ith election promises, them . . hey . aid that there wa too The plant wa tared in the r cently much political pulling in their own erected Fi h Station. here i re­country to get a job. mained nug in it packing cas -

FOR FOUElGI' CLIMATES

T tried un ucce sfully' to get topical souvenirs made in lreland to gi >

to a friend of mine going to tn ar Ea t. There wa no difficult in

getting the typ of thing 1 wanted mark d ., D_an a • a t eapain," or made in German y. Birmingham, or om~ other foreign la nd . imilar

d im ult obta in in hri tm s a ld

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untouched and undi turbed-until the morning of Octob r 16, when a lorry arrived and it \: a \\ hi ked off ~o Dunmore • t, where it \ a immediately in talled.

oLlth Kerry fi hcrmen would lik> to kn w wh, t it cost to bring thi plant from Dl:nrnark to Cah rcivccn, tore it there for . even month, and

draw it aw, y to Waterford! - p ATOR.

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T .B. SC We ar told on all id' that th~ main problem confronting

farmer at the moment i t find rt.:placement f r th ir rt.:act r . The belief em to b that if th Y er~ bIe t g t th m the whole que tion would b' olved. 1 beli~ve the solution f th wh Ic problem Ii s far deeper than that. h re art; a numb r of problcms which must fir t be olVt;d and th replacement pre bkm will then. olvt; it elf. It'. rt;ally not 0 much a qu tion of replac ment as having got them. to keep them frc from T.B.

re ogni ed in th bing. That being 1h

the

hav t agre that a mo e hould be made imm diately to see that oung toe are hou d pr perly.

\ hat have we d n or are We doing about it? b oIute!y nothing.

fter hou ing om g neral man-< g ment which include feeding and the taking of ,proper care of the tock,

uch as the avoidanc of con ith un kan anima . I am again ref rring to young tock because the calves of to-da are the nuc1eu four h rd of tom rrow.

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1f \10 attend properly to the hOll _ ing and management of our ollng tack a \Ioell a the Id tock, every

who omplie "ith the heme could in the cour e f five

or i years h pc to have a cI an herd. Under the pre ent arrangement it' , lmo t an impo ibility. Thc farmer need a headline from the d partment if and when h get it I am ure he will fall into lin he ha alwa} done o. He wa in the an~uard of our fight for freedom;

he ill b in the vanguard f the truggle for economic tability and

national rcc very. One Ia t word to the p wer that

be: the farmer want the lead; he ant the pr per encouragement. and

above all. don't per i t in taking u back to the landlord day when the harder the tenant worked and the more improvement he made in hi holding. the more he wa ta , ed.

He want tability there, too.

-MEDI S.

SEE OUR

o BER, 1951.

Cleanliness is next to Godliness

B.\' • BJ!.A IDHE'

" o-day \\c e amazing progre in ,III bran h f icnce. We arc pr babJy on th brink of pace tra 1 and already \H: ar in the era f th atellite. We liv in an age of tele­i ion , robot. and \ hat might b~

termed super hygiene. Then why- h, \\ h} - the dilapidat d and non too cI an talt: of our a ional chool. or 0 u. it e m a Iitt!\,; ridiculoll having hildr n \a cinated again t plio. dipth ria, lubt:rculo i. etc., , nd then nding them to an academy of learning \\ hich , in it If. could d) with a ~ood wa h lit!

1 it tru\,; that th re i a urn allocated annually (in til region of £10) for chool cleaning? If thi i ~

, then the unfortunate c lJector of thi amount i a overpaid a the public repre ntative. ith hich the country i all too familar. Might it be ugge ted that du to the increa ed co t of living the pcr on jn que tion be given a raise: (politcne deter us from aying where)?

In another part of the county, and in other part f the country. where the parcnt had the gut and gump­tion. trike were taged until matter' were rectified.

T thi 100 much to hope for In

the near vicinity?

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H' T 'PAY[RS' "lHREE

CHARLIE- V-THE REST (In Kerry County Council)

Will there be a repla~ '!

If there is, let u hope that it 1\ ill be a cleaner and more portio game than the adjourned match.

Rumour has it that all the Partie have been called in to training, and are getting lectures from the respective captains.

All football matche start by getting of tho core that opposing player hIding hand, It a tcmber on the 'fe, m. i regrcttabh.: that this principle i p to th is, our not f Ilowed by our Ollnty ounciJ. - h,\\e hm\ n littk in lination t It i taken for granted that meeting imp, rtinl in int rpretation of thl.: h uld . tart in a directly opp ite rul . Would it be too mu h to a k

mann r. ! am of opini n that thi that in future the) would abide m re i the rea n we have a many faithfully by their \\n rule a it ,dj urned mat he . ha been ob en/cd that the making

Wht.:n one compare our ouncil to a football team ne mu t. in fair-nc-. t) lh football thi di tin tion: a team i. e. pe ted to Ja t the duration of the game unle injury camp I retirement. fortunately for the 1emb r of Kerry ounty olin il

they are pre luded from thi. \\()uld appear that all ne ha to do i rep rt to the aptain, ign the Bo k- for wha rea on \\c can u pect- and then ... retire!

On the oeca :on of the ne t meet­ing of the ollncil it i to be hoped that all I lember will la t th ' dura­tion. hey. hotlk! be able to after uch a riod of inten ive training.

It i hoped that all part :e \\ ill la t he full tim and not be lookin~ for

feeble e u t adj tlrn ~ adjoining offices (and place of rcfre hment) \ here the real bu ine of the

tr n acted. and rna t of and rful g al are cored. 1t

and breaking of rul would only appear to be a pastime,

In the pa t f w game gu\e one the impre. ion not have ,lOy ontrol o,cr the pia) er ,

t onetage there wa a fre for all. and the pe tator invaded the pitch. After on ultation \\ ith player from

ide the game \\a adjourn d \\eek .

Aft r a ,\eel.;.' hard training the )tlicial \\ere in doubt a t the out­

com of the game, After a short lim it reached it c1ima. \\ hen anI.: pia cr. \\ho had been oring from all ide . and \\a on the pint of a h ie ing a major cor. wa he~l\il~ tackled.

Thl.:re \\H a ten I;: tu Ie in goal-m uth , and \\hen the ituation 10 ked rc, By difficult the official prompted the rcferee t call the game off. He then did \\ hat a well-kno\\ n Radi ireann ommentator \\ould a) - He ble~\ hi \-hi tie!

Tht: D""putation then pr "ent had comc by the , or ,

The wcr led by thcir eader: the mt:n from Banemore.

\Vhat grie anc they had no one did kn w

But th would follow the Lead r where e'er he would go.

1 he nc:t to arri\t; Wl.:fC ' al ntia' bra c men,

A bridg wa their pr b1em with which to get in.

One member the co t wa t high­

Tr Mr. Robert on_ he's thc man that mi ht bu '.

' hile bridge \",'cre on, it i \ en to n.:late.

Ball) h iguc m n him din. aying wc'd like a flood-gate.

am thc m ntion of water, and a tlei land \ a ravc.

ne memb r rcmalking he d no water to 'ha\

In eycr one' ouncil, of which ha\e fur,

On\,; Mcmb r remarked hc'd pump wat r galore.

\\'hen y u think of mi take, it make me of them ing

Of all the oood m nc) gone into the Glen.

In con lu ion. I kno that you Ratepayer are sore,

mall wonder the Ban h e wailed r und arranfore!

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E Y; One of Its auses

B~ • TH <R IT 1

One of the greatest wastes of energy with which this country has been pia ued since it achie d a de ree f independence i the restoration of Irish as a poken language. At this point the writer wish to state that Irj h i not a difficult language to master, or at least, that three dialect of it are not-the Co~nau ht diale t the lIDster diale t, d, 0 cour e, the Civil ervice yer ion. Due to orne unfamilarity with same the Ulster dial ct 'as not considered. The following are a fe, points which, in the

writer s opinion, are ufficient for the abolition of the restoration of the Irish language.

paid to

ULTt RAL

orne of those in fa our f thl.: re tor, tion of the Jri . h language make ridiculoll aJlu ion t it cul­tural value. 'J 0 thi the reph hould be that apart from om~ "light lit rary .alue in th\! \\ork of Padraig )On, ire ,nd odgan Ra thaille lri h ha no \\orth whik cultura l 'a lul.: , It m a y be a little humiliating to admit thi but ther i nothing a hard a a f, ct.

oner or latcr mo·t fa t

be faced. Wh n th ab 'fa atlmitt d by hi. h r i ali t they m an and ullagoan that duc to long } a r of uprl;: - i n b an a up} ing power lri h lit rature had no hancc to de elop and grow into an}thing \\orth while. Judging b every literary competition pan ored by he

ire chtas- it nl.: r will!

An ther argument put for\\ard by the ' Rc toration f ri h" faction i that eery nation n ed a di tinc­live national Janguag of it! 0 n if it i ever to develop to it full extent.

thing could be more ridiculou. Bc1guim, itzerland and the Argen­tine eem to be doing quite well, while the nited tate manag to tagger gallantl along u ing :-ngli h

- that a ursed foreign tongue-a n t i nal language.

L 0 OMI RVI 'AL

If this country doe not un i.e I.: on mically it "ill not urvive at all. 'hy di' ipate me of ur valu­able energil;:s rcvi i ng what j prac­tically a dead language again t the wi he of the majorit of the pe pie. If a mu h en rgy and ta pay r ' money were e. pcnded in market rc­ear hand devd pment as i e. ­

pended- or hOlild nc say wa ted­on th futile attempt at the re tara­tion of a u elc s I ngung the chance are that thi little country four

ould be. by no\\, in a much ounder tatc econ mically. It ertainl mu t

improve it notion of m, rketin 7 if it i t ampere in the highly-go­ahc"ld \\orld of to-da}. a-called cultural indep 'ndenc' and develop­ment \\ uld n t be of much bcnefi to u if v arc to b come mor lIb­ject than ev r - economicalJ~ - to

ngl, nd and merica.

1 h rc i a pr)v rb \\hi h i familiar to all-" He h) !lay th pip r c II the tune." Is it not time hat th ta payl.:!" and e er~one \ ho take a drink or a moke ~ a taxpayer) call d a tune in regard to the re tora­tion of the lri h language and ~ few o ther matter in which they ha\'l; no ' . but f r \\ hich the} ha e to pay?

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OUR AIM o-day th mak it maiden 0 age

u unl to make a p ech at th ~ 1'- ul1ching of a ship. and a frail bat. ' will ob rv thi custom. . 1 i

on for our nturc- w", eli e that th\! tate of th ountr ' to-d y i lid that no hone t man can r main iknt, and 'e b Ii 'c that then:: i no fr . Prt; ' in which the

gen ral ma s of the pc: pIc (in )ther w rd the ta p yer an find pre...,i n. W ar n t nai e enough to hope that our . mall eff rt can han ~ the fa t; f t I; ountry overnight: but \ e art; determined that. if we cunn t call the tunc. at lea t w can tell the pip r what w think of hi playing.

Some ma throw up tht;ir hands in horr r when w venture to ay that th 'national" Pr . i not fr e. To tho e w can only ay that they mll t b wdling in cloud- cuckoo land. and th, t it

i time they t k th r -tinted pectacle from th if ye. . The hung r mar h r, in ublin can tell them all about the freed m of the Pre s and about truth in th new. ere wcre huge demon­'tration that, if they 1 re r~ported at al1. \,: ere hidden a\ a in

me ob cure corner of a back pag. \Vas thi' 1yino by mi ion c nfin d to the kept r:, of the political parti . no on e cept the incurably im ocent wo ld b greatly urpri cd: but wh n the c nt gion pread to pap r that tak pridt.: n being the wat hdog-

f civil lib rty, th n one begin to fc 1 unea y and onc b gin to a k on . elf, "If thi i freed 111, how doe it differ from totalitariani. m: e ar afraid that in thi untry it differ only in dcore .

\"h n we a rt that the country i r Hen \ e are well aware that there an::: people who will condemn u a profe ional pe imi t ,

or wor , tilL a fifth columni ts The people who will thu react bel ng w imagine, t a c rtain. cIa , They arc the p oplc wh ha on well out of the tate: they ay that all i ro y in the 2:arden h cau' it pa. hem well t ay o. h r roth .. r p p1e al wh will rn our eff rt n t becau they believe th 111 wicke. ut b cau e th y b lievt.: them u ele . T thi cla belong all th p pIe who arc well aware that there i corruption, but who feel that the individual i p werI t c mbat it. Like

rather T m in" y e\v urate ., they hrug their shoulder and ay: . It will b all the arne in a 100 year time." We under­tand their attitude only too well. Belling the cat ha never been a ery popular pa tim .

But there js et a third cIa of people- very mall in number. ~e fear, y t P rhap capable f I a ening th dough. Th e are the people who b hev that it i. bett r t light one candle than to cur e in the darkne. h, reali e fun well that their effort

r puny nd their ta k huge. and th y reali e. t . that their action may be mi r pr nt d and their motives mi con trued.

ct they p r v rl,; be au they ha a dogged faith in ju tice and truth and be au the belicvc that the ma ound at h art and art.: \ illlng to ee th light. Th y belie T

that di ant norm 1 and that it' not in urabl . may ound to id 1i tic. But not all dream r have their head 'n the cloud. Paddy allagh r and George Ru II and F ther Haye w re dr am r but the' \ ere al 0 the mo t practical of men. For all uch ~ractical drt;am r th T"P ... R' lEW hope to pro\ ide an open forun.

Te r Ii the ~m'ng h p Ie n of ur ta k and that we will b mpar kibb r n gl" k ping it c 'C on the

zar of Ru ia. ,. t, w ar~ un ba h d. Our aim i merely to teach people that public bu inc ~ is th ir bu in s . he man that

SURfA(1 DRISSIN' 0 OADS • By VIATOR

If .'our reader could a cros -section of a road which was te m-rolled 2(t years go and surfaced dressed three or four

time .' ce tl ey mi ht a re with m that an examinatio of this problem is long ol'erdue.

If thcy could om of the q uarri'~ \\ h re hi pping < re manu­factured prior to the tone being bta ted, they would in ariably find • typ of f tone, imilar to that which s Id in hops long • g for hart ning scythc, etc. running in

\t:in throughout the quarry. his material i ab olutcly ust:le s for ur­face dre ing. a it break under the r Her Hnd goes into powder in a few

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You have as \\ell a type of hale which i not suitable either. and 411 0

a bluc-st ne which br\;ak like .Iate

and i equally oft. Y u have, of cour. e a high proporti n of mud ~ nd la tIy our uper·super tone wh l h break~ in an < ngulul' f hion , and giv our quarry it uper- uper nam .

tlr granulating quarrie tum out '., ,. and t" il.c , but I hall

c nline my elf to the .. ize only in thi i lie. With , certa in amount of tar thi mi, lIm-gatherum j pread on the road. It \\ ill lea c it rough non~ kid urfacc for a >ear or maybe

more- if the traffic i not heavy; but in t 'ad of having a layer of t nc and tar- ay "thi k after a y~ar

or 0, all .. c have is a layer of tal.

In ther words, it i· just a if a littl child wt!nt to lay con rete and. inste, d of mi ing gravel and ement tog ther, the child layed c ment n lOp.

l OW. re, der. \\ouId it not be in­tere ting to find how much per year thi stone i co ting leavin o th quarry? Wu Id not ome enterpri ing

ollncillor find out for u . or would not an official gi e a urate informa~ tion ,s to how much urface-dre ing ha c t per mile in (hi. ounty ince - ay- lenfte k wa operated in a big

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turn hi ' back on in ompetcnce and di hone ty is not, as h him' If think. a wi e, n ible f 11 w. but a moral coward. Who am Il2: t u i inn cent of that charge? We are all afraid of being laughed at by the mart men n the sideline, of being labelled eccentri s and crank. e mu t all ercome that fear, and do our be t to mak thi country a place wh re p opk can live d cent li t pre nt our I land of ints and holars i merely a happy hunting ground f r the cutc boys.

Bcginning are notoriou 1 weak and so we ask y u to judgc our fir t numb r charit, bI),. e hope that you will give our pap~r your ble ing: that y u will nd u articles and letters. and that you \\ ill upp rt th pe pie who were kind enough to d rti ~ in our page .

DEc?E.1BER 1957. THE TA PA ERS' l'EWS FIVE

EHI D H By THREE TAR

n any rural town in Ireland to_da , there is nobody in a cUer position to get a cro -section of the thought and opinion f t e people than the publican-the man behind the bar! Day aftcr day, different people with h~r \\ hen he was a child th time of

<iiffer nt and often di er e view vi it the . omic \\ rand h ·tlayed the publi -hou e, and the man ho around e er jnce. he never co t a h, the time and the wilt to Ii ten is . hilling. 1 don't know how many ne er hort of c mpany; which i, hI.: had, but be had t\\ in a oft n as not, interesting and rac t\\ i < nd he do about four gallon (th oil. to th day, but I think he \\ill be

ne fro ty morning la t month two going b ck bit from thi out. If you Id tim r from thc hill c untr) aw the p ir of horns he h, -they

drop d in for a drink. wouldn't ome in that d or.' "Go)d morning, Jim' ., Did you never cep any of 1ne

" i time I dropped in to ee ou. heif r off her'!" a ked krh. I heard e were doing all right here." .. How th\; blaz could I whl.:n

f id'that thing \v r not t b d. he had nothing but bull al e. 1 met 1 hade up th tree. and kept on of them for to k, but he n we w uld not be atisfied \\a n't 12 month old hen I had a

if aid not come down an' rave a fket f guard and in pI.: t r landed hillin' to an oul' fricnd. What'll y u at the hou one day looking for an

try, 1'hade?' unli n ed bull. The lady wa chewing .. 'm kinda could, Jeremiah and the ud n ar a re~k f turf. When

wc.;'1l t, rt with a half-one." he heard the motor car. an> d er ,. T\\ 0 half-one:' aid oLd Jerh., ne\ er \\ nt as fa t a he did

10 'ing at me, "and don't give u ditche and bank. nd thort gue n> f that new tufT. ~ lickcen Tom tilt he gOt out of ight. Y u'd wear, rank only two of them the other J rho that h kne the di, il \ 'ere

night n' he went astray on the \ ely after him. J did a ay with him for h m. After a cup f water the quictnc ' ake. fie wa a big 10 to foIl wing morning h \\a a drunk me and to you and to the neighbour. .. t er: If he took ,fter hi oul' mother

" I know nothing about that tuff,' 'twould be • i r to find ut the pric(; I said. ( 1 filled ut t\\O mall of a gall n of milk-I'd ay at the P ddy' , That w rked and aft r a 010 t about tllppc.;nce!' furth r drink the conver ation turnl.!d I could not help a king if they had t per on 1 matt r . he rd that ~l n w paper wa about to

How did )OU get on with the c)me out jn th town. meadow. Thad ?" ., I h rd m thing about it: ay

ell, then good and bad. There J rh., and I h pc we'll get the truth wa a great ould butt in it but 't\\'3. about al( the r ck t . We're i k of hard t ave. l'm thinking they'll reading ab Ut p liti and dance want a few of the ra, one v.ith it." band. I had my hand in my pocket

. Did ye put in the oul' ow yet?" (;\icry "cond night for a p llnd or

., J didn't, an' they liould be in. en b b until the young tcr Bm the minut~ they ee a c w-hou e England." they 1 the drop of milk. and the " By the wa)," sez Thade "i tr uble j that we ar n t told whet- oul' woman in t wn with ye? her it will be dearer r cheaper, 'he' not, and L don't want her 1\llh ugh they have the priCe f over until h' coming with the turkey, < thou and cow trying to find out' and if th yare not better than they wha' it will co t to produce a gall n \>'ere la t ear. lire there is no one }f milk, and to find where u and the ha a bet r right to ~ t them than

tand." our elv after a hard year cramm in' ade looked up at Jerh.. and them and mindin' th m from he f x.

m 1f. We fed all the lazy, idle devil in then,' he said, .. they will the c untry and the town and in

'eep n trying while there i any ngland last hri tma with mate for money there to pay them an' t'anam ne·t to nothing but we'll eat them -on dial how could it be done anyway. ur Ives if they don't pay for them. ] Dave five oul' budogue out there. T must be off. Ti gettin' could and and the oul' la ie, with the white the ouI' hor won't stand."

ack; We call her Brickey, has as "We'll be in for Christma , Jim" m milk a..s all the re t . . ,an' aid Jerh., as he waved to me from he's no child now. orne fellow lost the door.

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Ro - Strc t, ralc. home of a famou football team, noted for it hor fair, and one of th

bu inc thor ughfar in the Kingdom' capital. is uffering from cv re ft ding . Of course, th KelT) Count) ouncil, ov.ing to all the adj umed

me ting are e tremely bu y men 3nd ar very \i orried • t the thought of their ounty being the highc t r. ted in th Republi. They are .'pert on the ubject of fl ding

( orne of them even kn w th differ­Dce between a gullet and a bridge),

Of COUf c, ne mu t remember that tlh.:y are very bu y people. What with trying to get pr mineDce in the

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When asked to reeon ider deci ion about the laying out of , £26,000 car park at Oakpark. they got very ruffled. 'Of cour e, thi CAr

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0\, wh D the people of r. lee e an outbreak of fe r (r orne

kindred ailment) a rc ult of thi flooding, they can appoint another deputation to approach the uncil ---men who will bow when th y get into the Public Gallery men \i 'h will n t .. our" the uncil, and they mi ht then con ider putting a luice gate at BIennerville, which

would prevent the water backing up, a well as prevent 1< nd ero ion. Or th y might con id r a heme-the laying of a new ewer pipe from Rock Street following the line of the Dingle Railway.

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hI; O. . . l: rrc p ndent to thi paper wa appointed at a mo t unfortunate titUl:o The shouting and the tumult make ha l: an pa ed away and the ikn e of \ inter lil: heavy on the playing fkId. '} he whitewa h marking the line long ince faded, and th tall goal po t tand like gaunt grey gh t in the

vl;mber gloom.

hat then is the unfortunate cor­re p ndent to write about?

While pondering thi que tion in hi cheerless office a \\onderful idea rept into hi brain. Why n t go

out al ng the highway and the bye-ays and by on er ing and by

judiciou que tinning gather a kind )f informal aHup poll of public pinion about the G,A.A.

TH' Q T nd 0 our orre p ndent \entured

forth into the rei\\' darkne of the night. la. hi e. r hing f the high", ay byeway a in ", in. he few \\ayfarer he met were in no mood for anything . cept ma -ing unkind remark about the w ather and the time in general. But a he r treated t hi office, a adder if not a i er man. it uddenly

d, wn d on him that he may ha e b n mi taken in hi qUe t. om time he had heard ome )ne say that the pe pic who t.lk of n thing el e but fo tbal} have a habit of eongrcgatin T

at night in ceri, in pI, e ; and reluct ntly he to

f th man~ tavern f \ n.

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..... ,er:one Enjoy the

tmosphere of

THE CROWN HOTEL Bill

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Jt. maj rIo t carry great ocial prestige and not a little power, and offer an attracti e target to the place

hunter. It i n t urpri ing that ome of

it member an: more intere ted in thi m, n u ring for po ition than in the ad anc ment of the game. And o a ituation ha ari en that although

there is a wid pread f e1ing that the rul g verning aelic f otban and hurling should be radically changed. the po\\er -that-be are too com­placent to make any eriou ,bout it.

Herl: arc d f w of the uggc tion our corre p ndent heard put forth. They r fer mainly to football:

Ve chang

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ill deal with other ugge ted

in ur ne t number.

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R EW. DE

os Iy oto h By GEOFFREY JIG

It j a, 'ell recogn' ed fact about nect!· <Ir} travelling. • he KCIT

gOHrnm nt and ;tat men that, hen County uncil repre nted b they ) 'e pre tige at home the more three delegate at the quarterl an iou the' be orne to be a ociatcd meetings f the eneral ouncil of \\ith international conferences and ouncils. one of the mo t u Ie' meetings abroad. By d iog 0, the. and farcical public bodie ver h pe to dhert and di tract attention brought into being. 1 he only bu ine from their o'\' n failure ~Uld incom- they would ever appear to do i th peten e. election of a chairman and \i ic -

The Fire o\ernmcnt is a ca'e in hairman- trictly on party line. nd poinl. \ ith unemployment and the igning (th att ndance b ~ok. emigration at an unheard-of lev I we rec",ntly had half-a-dozen ~ J ini ter (\\ith appropriate officials) making a tour of European and American capitals at the Ta 'payers e pen e. It would not be urpri ing if they were mi taken for dire t r of a travel agency.

DREADF L VII. 'r he mo t publici ed \ .... a the atten­

dance of the ini tel' for ternal Affair Mr. Aiken - with j teen camp follower -at a meeting of that h ary fmud the United ation.

tany w\;r , not unnaturally expe t­ing a trong d nunciation of the Army of Occupation from Mr. Aiken on that OCCe ion. but the home front wa too mall and in ignificant a thing for reference a he roamed from

Igcria. t hina, and gallivanted ba k again (0 Turkey and ypru. .. ighting every country' battlc. e ept hi o\',n:" or \',a it a case of a bad con' ience-th complete and ab olute failure of hi government -or any government for that matter -to form the lea t . emblance of a po. itive poli y for the ending of that dreadful evil of Partition. The e.­p n c of attending all the e futile conference has to be footed by the ta.payer.

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Owing to the very high rate pre­valent in the ounty a deput tion last ebruary reque ted the ouncil to di 'continue the . ending of the c delegates to meeting I and 0 ut down pen e. Did the Council ce fit to comply with this very rea: on­able requc t'> t at all! The dele­gate were again appointed and attended the ubsequent meeting in Augu t.

WITH OMM NT

he four daily paper in th Republic had pre corre pOnd\!OI at thi meeting. but it proved t b~ uch an utter farce that three (f

them did not deem it worthy of one line. much Ie a column. he f urth merel publi hed a phot f th pre ent-\, ithout comm nt.

It v"Quld \;em then (hat the nly bu inc tran acted b) (hi augu, t b dy wa t have a phot graph t. en at the C.'penSe of the Ratepa~er.

om\; • lember of th KelT)

ounty oun it will a k at the n xt meeting in Janu, ry how much tho c photograph co t the Kerry R tc-payer . It wa at public e pen th Kerr delegate attended the meeting. and the public are definitely cnli led to kn,)\\!

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I nnder tand that your paper i a ff Pre, and hope you \.\-ill kindly 'llIo\\ me t a k two que tion

)our fir t i ue: fhat arc the admini trative co t

in unty Kerry?

ouncillor tated recently that wen; 25 per Cl;nt. veo though

ollncillor i uppo cd to mak~ tah;ment, 1 would ay from

nquirie I ha e ince made, that he i the nly uncillor that ha either t e rrect figure or the moral cour-

ge to tell th truth! J under tand that a goodly prcc ntage of the "I a -payer' money or politician free 'rant go t maintenance of flkcs

in Dublin, but 1 really \\ ould like to how much our boy in Kerry

J it 5/ - in the £ or not'? Vhat percentage of every £ I

fOf road maintenance goe for f, sport?

Tran port, for e. ample, like from GI nne k to the Bank of the han­n n or from Lixnaw to lea Head. And it houldn't be f rgotten that the further material i drawn the more damage j done to exi ting oad. What ju tification can there

po ibly be f f the haulage f chip­iogs etc., the di tances I h, ve men­

tioned? Why, gold would hardly be w rth it at the pre ent co t of r 'port.

hanking you,

Y ur. very truly. " Q AESTOR."

Dear ir, No\; that are operating an

'C ten ive Bus rvice from the yard t Tralee Railway tation ould it

not be time to build a helter a d proper lavatorie f r people wh are ~ mpelled ~o wait for the e bu . ?

\; ould not cost very much a 1 e old buildings could be mod rni ed, and any helter could be

uih of- ay--corrugated iron'?

a

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"VOYAG R.'

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ear ir,

11ullin i a di trict a ut two mile. from cartaglen, fam u for it gullet, or rather f r it want of a econd gullet.

There are 1 indu triou u 'ing th road o\er the pre nt gul­let. which actually cater for t\ 0

road . but the t::cond road i bran h­ing off < t uch an angle that tram\.: ha to re\er 'C to get on to it, and hor c can carr} only a light load.

1 he only rem dy j another gullet, about 20 yard awa} from the pre-

nt one. and in line with the second road. The local re ident ay that this gullet can b built for £150-the power that be, say £450. WHY?

Your truly, .. R STIC .,

r th ln 40 }t::ur . ab cnCl: from my native country I returned thi } ear to pend a long holida} in myoId home in ounty Kerr. What­ev r th critic ay, y ur ounty i progre ing. e pecially in {he matt I'

of hou ing. cwcfage, water light and more than an) thing el e in road. Every where I went I could n t but admire our idewalk nd road urfacing.

But 1 would like to bring to y ur notie or t thl: notice r the authority cone rncd, the awful prac­tice till prevailing here, to wit: the practice of your hop-owner' ob truc­ting th sidc\\alk with an outdo r di play of good and chattel. I ~aw in a couple of ell e here lorry load of g od wcr brought on to the idewalk . completely blocking them

re ulting in the pede trian having to walk out ide in bu y traffic.

he huge t II f road accidents i worrying the w rId to-day. The public Pre , fadi) and cinema are employed at large co t to warn u to be more careful. Why, then. not e to it that the idewalk are free

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EIGHr THE TA PAYERS' EWS DECE ER. 1957.

Recently I had one of the most gruelling experiences of my entire lifetime. Thi took place at a neighbour s as two sons of the family were leaving for the eimgrant ship and Chicago. knew those fellow from childhood. They were good lads, decent truthful straigforward and alway ready to help another. They had heart full of ho pitality and compassion. They loved their parents. family and home. hey were not famous footballers or fighters. hey were workers. From the very earliest they had been taught not to linger on the fringe of the fray and wait till somebody el e win for them their daily bread. Also they were taught (not at chool) that if the Irish race will ever succeed to make a ucce of thi i land it will be by working-not ju t by a few-but by every man and woman.

ow they had to r themselves from the hearthstone of the home of their forebearers and the bosom of a loving family. The car that is to take them away swings round to the doorway bu iness-like. Here we hav one of those unforgettable seen , one that a traight to

reen of on oul. Tb splendid youths «ying every fibre of their being to say goo y'e" to a distraught and gri -strict D

lri h mother-womanhood pearl jewel.

Then though (on will think on oeca ions like thi) thi i not an i lated case. It ha already happened to two hundred thousand, three hun­dred and ninety-four other lri h boy and girls within th la t four years. What have our political faction don about it during 35 years of freedom? h, well! th y ar busy-ery busy-in trau burg and ew ork and other world capital gorg­

ing them lve with thi world choi t foo m king parkling peeches that are immediately • laughed off" and ipping creamy pint con actions 'th other equally

orthl world playb y ami heir jewell d and d zzJing dame.

H D OF he real hero of thi country

are not to be found on battlefield .

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Ireland' tarved acre and pay two hundred million per year to the political factions and their legions of satelite . A mere handful of laves truggling to exi t, and pay for the

costli t Gov rnment thi world ha ever known, per head of the popula­tion who produce. About three times co 'er than the Government of the U .•. , here one can encounter the mo t incredible abundance of material wealth-along with the free­dom and pportunity to it-that any m of people bas ev enjoyed anywhere. It i with nauseating feel­in of di gust and contempt one listens to Radio ireann announcer tating: "Min' ter for Defence makes

tour of military in tallations Ea tern ommand." II thi mu hand barley­ater cooked-up in Dublin' gin­

palace for imple mind and to ati fy empty hi h anity.

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mineral re-ource of any kind hatever. ot

ounce that would clear its min­ing co ts, d pite the many thousands of manife tation to the contray by ote- eeking politicans impost rs and

hypocrite.

o one of our army of

inisters made a grand peech urging u to more production harder

longer hour of work, win more from Ireland' il.

t year we produced m re tur­keys eggs, bacon and butter. After they had gorged themselves with our produce they wantonly and reckl ly allow d the urplu to rot in Dublin' dumps, or fttmg it on t.he British market at about one-quarter of tHe

cost of production, whilst they could quite easily have found a v ry profitabl market jf they made an~

effort to do 80.

CHR TI CHARIT They know nothing whate er about

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