July 26 1924
On inquiry in Dublin last night, no information was procurable as to the movements of President Cosgrave, who, it was stated in a Dublin paper yesterday, was to be expected in London to attend a conference at the Colonial Office, to receive the findings of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
Mr JH Thomas had a long conference with the prime minister, Mr Ramsay MacDonald, on Thursday night, and it was understood that the ministers are hopeful of a satisfactory settlement being reached.
Mr [Kevin] O’Higgins, the Free State Minister for Justice, and Mr EJ Duggan are at present in London in connection with the prolonged controversy as to various aspects of the question of compensation for loss and damage in Ireland during the fighting.
Following the deliberations of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the British government sought the support of the Free State government for both parliaments to pass reciprocal bills allowing for the British government to appoint the Northern Ireland representative to the Boundary Commission.
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Where Are Six Counties Maps?
In Dáil Éireann yesterday, on the consideration of the vote of £54,301 to defray salaries and expenses of the Ordnance Survey, several deputies referred to the dissatisfaction amongst the officials of the survey over the amount of pensions under the Treaty.
Mr [Seán] McGarry asked for a Dáil inquiry. Why, he asked, were the levelling maps of six counties sent to the north. They were the property of the 32 counties, and they should not have been sent unless it was that the government had made up their minds that the six counties were to remain outside the Saorstat.
“I say,” he proceeded, “that if and when the Boundary Commission finishes its deliberations, there is no surveyor in the Free State able to fix the boundary, because the necessary documents and books are in the six counties”.
