D. P. Hoctor, Merchant on intended turf purchase
- IE OCL P35/7/29
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- 30 March 1942
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Ms note from D. P Hoctor, General Merchant, Birr stating that he intends to purchase turf during the year.
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D. P. Hoctor, Merchant on intended turf purchase
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Ms note from D. P Hoctor, General Merchant, Birr stating that he intends to purchase turf during the year.
Part of Records of the Williams Group
This series is comprised of accounts from the network of retail branch houses which were established by D. E. Williams in the 1890s, and a small amount of material relating to the establishment of Five Star Supermarkets in the 1960s and 1970s.
Bill - F. A. Waller & Co. Maltsters
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Bill from F. A. Waller & Co. Maltsters, Corn Merchants and Millers, for seeds provided to Banagher Parish Council.
Correspondence Geashill Estate - Felling Notices
Part of Geashill Estate Papers
Original incoming and copy outgoing correspondence relating to the administration of felling notices and forestry at the Geashill Estate concerning purchase orders issued by J&L Goodbody Manufacturers, Clara to the Digby estate; the supply of 3000 stakes to the Office of Public Works, Tullamore; application for public liability insurance for the felling of trees on Geashill estate; application to the Department of Land under for Felling Licence; orders for timbers for parties including TP Kavanagh, WH Kearon and Benjamin Reid.
Includes letter from the Department of Industry and Commerce: " I am writing to appeal to you and all owner of woods to place substantial quantities of timber on sale at the earliest possible date. It is essential in the national interest that building activity should be resumed on an extensive scale without delay. From time to time during the past six years scarcity of building materials has brought building virtually to a standstill. As a result there are large arrears of housing and other important building work to be made good... Unless an effective start is made at this stage, opportunities may be lost that can never be recaptured. Skilled craftsmen now in Great Britain will not return if work is not found for them immediately. If they drift into regular employment abroad, they may be lost to this country for good. The major obstacle in the way of a large-scale resumption of building activity is the scarcity of timber. As you are aware, the country in the past depended on imported timber for practically all of its building needs. There seems to be no immediate prospect of the resumption of imports on the pre-war scale... What therefore I ask the owners of woodlands to do is to help the Industry to tide over this difficult period. this they can do by offering for sale immediately quantities of timber which they would not normally have put on the market until a later date. It is estimated that 15000 standards of good quality timber will suffice in the coming year to make the position of the industry reasonably secure for the future". (31 July 1945)
Includes letter from Department of Lands: "With reference to your letter dated 20th inst. regarding Lord Digby's Estate, I am to state that Felling Notices must be lodged by or on behalf of the owner of the lands on which the trees stand at the Garda Station nearest the trees. If the Department are prepared to grant a Felling Licence they will grant it to the owner of the lands and the owner will be liable for any replanting condition which may be imposed in the Licence." (27 April 1951).
Includes copy letter to John Dunne: "Referring to previous correspondence herein, and your various suggestions of purchasing Spy Hill Wood, Lord Digby instructs us to tell you that after considering the matter very carefully he has come to the definite policy of not selling any more woods on the Estate for various reasons including certain taxation problems. If he was selling woods he would have given you every consideration" (31 July 1951).
Salary Forms for Clonad Sawmills Employees
Part of Geashill Estate Papers
Summary of payments issued to labourers of Clonad Sawmills by George Muir between 13 January and 14 October 1936. Lists name of workmen, the number of days per week (out of fortnight) worked, rate of wages and amount earned. Each sheer specifies the nature of work including pruning and burning, cutting poles, wood ranging and thinning. Also includes notes on National Health Insurance.
Part of Digby Irish Estates
Report for year ending June 1919 outlining a remittance of £10,250 to Lord Digby, the increased amount being ascribed to revenue derived from the woods, particularly mature Scotch pine from Clonad Wood to a firm of match-makers. Remarks that although Ireland ‘remains in a disturbed an unsatisfactory condition this immediate neighbourhood has been very free from agitation and outrage and from a continuance of high prices for all agricultural produce and abundant crops, the Irish farmer is enjoying an era of unprecedented prosperity.’
Department of supplies - quantities of turf cut
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Form issued by the Department of Supplies (Turf) to Banagher Parish Council regarding quantities of turf cut and reserved in Banagher.
Letters and papers of the 5th Earl concerning his shares
Part of The Rosse Papers
1912-14 Letters and papers of the 5th Earl concerning his shares in the San Sebastian Development Syndicate and the International Nitrogen and Power Company Ltd; part of the operations of the latter involved a process for cutting peat, and there are a
number of letters to the 5th Earl and [Sir Charles Parsons?] on this subject.
Parsons, William, 5th Earl of Rosse
Building of park at Shannon banks near Banagher
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Letter from Secretary of Public Works to Eamonn G. Moore Esq. regarding proposal of the Banagher Parish Council to build a park on the banks of the Shannon near Banagher.
T. J. Kelly - Convention of Parish Councils under de Valera
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Letter from T. J. Kelly, County Commissioner for Offaly to the Secretary of each Parish Council notifying of the visit of Eamon de Valera to Tullamore to hold a convention of Parish Councils with reference to fuel and food production.