Bennett's of Ballinacurra Descriptive List (Ref. B609)

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B609/9/E/8 Diary, 1943. On 2 January, Mrs West met with Mr Brown, solicitor, to discuss the effects of the Conditions of Employment Act. ‘It was agreed that in future it wd be desirable to have different men for Farm & Store work’. Inserted into the entry for 30 December is a note by Mr WH Read of a discussion with Mr O’Brien of the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union, regarding the company’s decision to consult the Minister for Industry and Commerce regarding sanction to pay agreed bonuses. Read notes ‘He seemed rather sore that we had gone to the Minister, as he said the matter could have been settled nice and quietly between us. I said no doubt it could but we were not going against regulations’. [On this and similar issues, see B609/4/E/12, B609/5/A/3-4, and below.] B609/9/E/9 Diary, 1944. Inserted in the volume is a typed ‘Statement read to storemen by Mrs West. 10 Jan ‘44’. This is in regard to bonuses approved by the Department of Industry and Commerce to maltsters and loftmen, but not applicable to storemen. Also present is a typed note of a telephone discussion on the matter with PJ O’Brien, Cork No 2 Branch, Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union. The entry for 6 July gives the new procedure for handling seed suggested by the Associated Seed Growers. B609/9/E/10 Diary, 1945. The entry for 9 February concerns an illness of Mrs West’s son, Niall. There are no further entries for the month. On 20 April, Mrs West met with a special commissioner of the income tax authorities, regarding their claim for income tax against her in respect of Mr Bennett’s Workmen’s Trust Fund. The commissioner was ‘unbending’ in his insistence that no trust had been created by Mr Bennett’s will. It was decided not to appeal this verdict. [See also B609/9/E/5 above, and B609/5/E/1] B609/9/E/11 Diary, 1946. The majority of the pages contain no entries. The entry for 6 November records the death of Jerry Ryng, ‘He had been 56 years working here, having begun his career as a boy cleaning boots & knives in the old Charleston, & working in the garden… A very great loss’. B609/9/E/12 Diary, 1947. On 4 July, Hugh Beaver, managing director of the AGS Brewery at Park Royal, came to visit with his two daughters. A family connection between his wife and the Duffey family [Mrs West’s maternal grandfather’s family] was discovered [see also B609/1/A/30].

B609/9/E/13 Diary, 1948. Not present

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