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FORLA DUBLIN 2757 The Hibernia Fire & General
Insurance Company, Ltd
HEAD OFFICES,
49, Dame Street,
Dublin. 17th May/1916. GENERAL MANAGER & SECRETARY
W.A.R. CRUISE, J.P Lord Basil Blackwood,
Private Secretary, to His Excellency the LordLieutenant, Sir, I understand that the Government propose, in connection with
the question of compensation for those who have sustained losses in the
recent revolt in Dublin, to appoint a committee to advise on the details
of administration. I desire to offer my services in any way that they may be
thought useful in this matter. I may add that I am General Manager of the Hibernian Fire &
General Insurance Company, Limited, and I am also a member — the only
member from Ireland — of the Fire Office s Committee in London, the
governing body which deals with all questions relating to the principles,
terms , and interpretation of all Fire Insurance claims. At the request of the recent meeting of traders affected,
presided over by Mr W. M. Murphy, I was requested to cross over to London
and convene a meeting of the Fire Office s Committee, to discuss the Dublin
claims, which I accordingly did. I may also add that in a letter on this subject which I wrote 2 TELEPHONE No. 165
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FORLA DUBLIN The Hibernia Fire & General
Insurance Company, Ltd
HEAD OFFICES,
49, Dame Street,
Dublin. GENERAL MANAGER & SECRETARY
W.A.R. CRUISE, J.P
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me to give you his name as a reference to my character and position.
I am crossing to London for the next meeting of the Fire Office
Committee, at which the Dublin situation will be discussed, and
if you would think well of giving me an interview for a fewminutes
I shall be very pleased to wait on you at your convenience. Yours very truly,
GENERAL MANAGER & SECRETARY