The Official organ of the Irish Postal Union. This edition is dominated by coverage of the Irish Postal Union’s first Annual conference, held in the Oak Room of the Mansion House in Dublin on the 21st and 22nd of February, which agreed to strike in the event of the anticipated go
Dublin (Ireland)--History | Postal service | Ireland--History--Civil War, 1922-1923
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As 1922 progressed the threats of the government to cut wages were discussed in correspodance. The government also attempted to have state employees make the following declaration: "that they have given and will continue to give to the Government elected by the Irish people t
Dublin (Ireland)--History | Postal service | Ireland--History--Civil War, 1922-1924
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Before and during the strike the Postal Unions appealed to the Labour Party and other Trade Unions for financial aid and general assistance. This often involved preventing post being carried through other means (private companies, railways etc) by disciplining members of other
Dublin (Ireland)--History | Postal service | Ireland--History--Civil War, 1922-1925
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Correspondance to and from the Government before and during the Strike. The first items contain the signature of P.S. O'Hegarty on the old colonial Post Office stationary, with 'On His Majesty's Service' being crossed out. J.J. Walsh, T.D. writes to the Rate Payers Association
Dublin (Ireland)--History | Postal service | Ireland--History--Civil War, 1922-1926
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The circulars distributed kept members of the unions up to date on negotiations, informed them how to carry out the strike, and how to keep in touch with HQ. During the strike there was an emphasis on preventing people working to break the strike. A printed card containin
Dublin (Ireland)--History | Postal service | Ireland--History--Civil War, 1922-1927
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Handbills distributed by trade unionists before and during the strike. Often topical they refer to the Government's cost of living figures, to the arrest and shooting of pickets and make the case generally for the strike.
Dublin (Ireland)--History | Postal service | Ireland--History--Civil War, 1922-1928
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News of the strike around the country was sent in to HQ from regional branches and updated on a daily basis. Communication was often disrupted by the ongoing Civil War and 'rail dislocations'. Reports here are from Ennis, Longford, Mallow, Waterford, Westport, Wexford and Wick
Dublin (Ireland)--History | Postal service | Ireland--History--Civil War, 1922-1929
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Updates on the strike from the Telegraph Strike Committee. These include news of pickets, strike breakers, mass arrests, and harrassment by Free State military forces and the police.
Dublin (Ireland)--History | Postal service | Ireland--History--Civil War, 1922-1930
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Updates on the strike from the Central Strike Committee. These detail the carrying out of the strike and the interaction of pickets with strikebreakers, other unions, the police and Free State military. Much of the updates detail attempts by the pickets to prevent mail being c
Dublin (Ireland)--History | Postal service | Ireland--History--Civil War, 1922-1931
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Photograph negative taken with the Pamir Triangulation Survey party, April-September 1913, of which Major Richard William George Hingston was a participant. ‘1 May four-horned sheep (Kishengunja Gorge) [sic]’
Afghanistan--Description and travel | Pamir Region--Discovery and exploration | Ecological surveys
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Photograph negative taken with the Pamir Triangulation Survey party, April-September 1913, of which Major Richard William George Hingston was a participant. ‘1 Sept group at Aliabad’
Afghanistan--Description and travel | Pamir Region--Discovery and exploration | Ecological surveys
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Photograph negative taken with the Pamir Triangulation Survey party, April-September 1913, of which Major Richard William George Hingston was a participant. ’10 July a usual type of coloration in yaks’
Afghanistan--Description and travel | Pamir Region--Discovery and exploration | Ecological surveys
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