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February 12, 1947THE ADVOCATE 27First Australia Day Function in IrelandDUBLIN, January 30.THIS year marks the first official celebration of Australia Day in Ireland, for on Monday the Australian High Commissioner, Mr. W. J. Dignam, and Mrs. Dignam, held a reception at the Shelboume Hotel, Dublin, for members of the Government and of the diplomatic corps, civic representatives, professional men, and to the big circle of friends which the Commissioner's charm and energy have won for him during his short time in this country.I don’t propose to fill space now with a long list of names, but here is a short selection: An Taoiseach; Right Rev. Mgr. Paro, secretary to the Papal Nunciature; Sir John Maffey, British Representative, and Lady Maffey, Rev. C. McKay, Sydney; Rev. M. Hayes. Bathurst; and Rev. J. Comerford, New South Wales.This charming diplomat, with the Irish name and the Irish ways, fits into Dublin life as if he had been reared beside the Liffey.★ ★AUSTRALIA MAY SEND US WHEATIn a Dail statement on the Minister for Supplies, said the wheat position, Mr. Sean Lemass, position was still grave, but that he hoped for some improvement before the summer. The shortage had been brought about mainly by our own bad harvest, which was almost a disaster, and only for the fine work done by volunteer harvesters the position would be infinitely worseMr, Dignam Holds Official Receptionciate the significance of Dr. Schroedinger’s achievement, and the layman will leam little or nothing from the statement that a new and relatively simple mathematical formula extends the Einstein formula from gravitation to the whole field of electro-dynamics, and makes perfectly general what was hitherto particular and confined.Einstein himself, Eddington, and other famous scientists tried to evolve such a formula, but, according to Dr. Schroedinger, they failed because they did not go far enough with their investigations. and his own success come from juggling with a simple mathematical approach which they had discarded.Dr. Schroedinger, the most distinguished member of the team of distinguished scientists with which Mr. de Valera staffed his Institute of Advanced Studies, is an Austrian and a refugee from his own country. A very humble and a very charming man, he lives quietly in a Dublin suburb and cycles to and from his work every day on a very ancient bicycle.When the news of his discovery was made known to the press the reporters immediately scented some connection with atomic energy, but the professor has no time for physics of destruction and is quite content to extend the field of human knowledge without blowing the earth to pieces. Questioned on his new theory, he told the reporters: “ItFrom Our DublinCorrespondentmust be regarded as a grave blot on British administration. Is it not time for the British Government to begin investigations and to take steps for reform?★ ★ SHANNON TO BE WORLD'S FIRST CUSTOMS FREE AIRPORTThe Bill to make Shannon Airport (Rineanna) the first customs-free airport in the world received its second reading in the Dail this week. The Bill provides that goods and passengers in transit through Shannon to or from Europe and America will not be subject to customs examination, and that goods brought to Shannon will be similarly free so long as they are kept within the boundaries of the airport.Shannon airport now covers more than 800 acres, and it is probable that this area will be extended in the near future. Additional runways are being constructed which will take the biggest commercial machines and make Shannon one of the best and biggest airports in the world It has its own post office and bank, and its amenities are second to none.Amongst experienced flying men. Shannon is famous for its catering, which is run on a 24-hour a day basis. Three teams of courteous waiters carry steaks, fried eggs, cream, butter, and all things scarce and scrumptious to hungry folk from England and the Continent who want to fortify themselves against the terrors of the Atlantic. One result of this is that plane crewsflying from England set off fasting and fill the void quite satisfactorily in the restaurant at Rineanna.★ ★MR. JAMES LARKINMr. James Larkin, general secretary o’f the Workers' Union of Ireland, and outstanding figure in Irish Labour circles for the past 30 years, died this morning in a Dublin hospital at the age of 71.He organised the big general strike in Dublin in 1913. and succeeded in having sympathetic strikes declared at the time In Liverpool. Manchester and Birmingham. During the 1914-18 war he visited America, where, because of his pacifist speeches he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment in Sing Sing. His fine appearance and tremendous voice made him a very effective open-air speaker, and all through his life he was the stormy petrel of Irish Labour movement.In later years he became a member of the Dublin Corporation, and he was elected to Dail Eireann on more than one occasion.Mr. Lemass said also lhat dur- I is practically impossible to re-_ NT iL. Tel-L llffiniefne * lliwuk llin tKorirv tfimplllinP thating November the Irish Minister in Canberra had approached the Australian Government for an allocation of wheat or flour from the new crop. The Australian Government had since informed the Irish Government that, subject to the permission of the international controlling authority it was prepared to make available 0.000 tons of flour for March. Aoril and May shipment. He would like, he went on, to voice Ireland's thanks to Australia for this generous offer, especially in view of the fact that the yield from the Australian wheat crop had been lower than usual.Thanks were due also to the British Ministry of Food for loans of wheat and flour on several occasions during the year.★ ★ DUBLIN PROFESSOR EXTENDS THEORY OF RELATIVITYImportant Contribution to Scientific KnowledgeAn Taoiseach, Mr. de Valera, was amongst the small group of persons present in the lecture hall of the Royal Dublin Society on Monday last to hear a dramatic announcement from Dr. Schroedinger, Professor of Physics at the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies.“I have the honour of laying before you to-day, said Dr. Schroedinger, “the solution of a 30-year-old scientific problem— the complete generalisation of Einstein's great theory of 1916.”Only physicists could appre-Poimm. Trewmant Instont ReliefMRS A. 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Snow looks I w»ll on Christmas cards, but when you get a full week of it, v:th burst pines, delayed transport, poor turf, no coal, and ralionine of foodstuffs, it can be an earthly purgatory.Some parts of the country re-nort six inches of the stuff, which is more than enough, Dublin has only two inches to complain of, but, nevertheless, it is complaining. Milk is in short rupply, very few vegetables are reaching the markets, and shoes soled with half-tanned, wartime leather let in the slush the first time out. So you folk in Australia can be glad of the sunshine.★ ★FACTS ABOUT PARTITIONNationalist and Labour M.P.'s in the Six-County Parliament have sent a memorandum to all members of the British House of Commons giving particulars of the gerrymandering of constituencies in Northern Ireland.It states: British M.P.’s of all parties, certainly a large proportion of them, are unaware that in Northern Ireland, legislative measures are being enforced which, in effect, make a mockery of democracy.Particulars are given of the shameless carving of constituencies which gives 2000 Tory votes the same electoral value as 4000 Nationalist or Labour votes, and of the new Franchise Act, which was introduced with the obvious purpose of disfranchising people who might vote against the Orange clique which holds all the well-paid jobs in the comic opera Government of Stormont. The memorandum concludes as follows: We submit that the statements of this memorandum, which are open to investigation bv any impartial tribunal, are a glaring indictment of the system of civil administration in Northern Ireland. It will, no doubt, be agreed by British MP.'s of all shades of opinion and by all neasonabiy-minded people that the continuance of this systemNUNAN, COLLINSAnnounce the Release of Their 5-Valve Dual-Wave ReceiverPARAGON”The• Excellence of Tone• Perfect Reception• Selectivity• Amazing Volume• Choice of Dials• Handsome CabinetPrice34 Gns.or £7/3/- Deposit and 7/6 per WeekYou'll know the true delights ot radio entertainment when you instal the ''Paragon in YOUR home. This fine post-war production embodies all the very latest features in its up-to-the-minute design. 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