After a pause, during which no one owned to having crossed the Channel, he said that Lancashire was the home of the modern factory.

There every man and woman earned good wages, wore excellent clothes, and lived in a house fitted with hot and cold water taps and a gas-meter.

It was his hope to see Mayo turned into another Lancashire.

When ladies of undoubted commercial ability, like the Lady Abbess who presided over the Robeen convent--Lady Abbess sounded well, and Mr.Clifford was not strong on ecclesiastical titles--took the matter up, success was assured.

All that was required for the development of the factory system in Mayo was capital, and that 'we, the Congested Districts Board, are in a position to supply.' With the help of some prompting from Mr.Davis, he proceeded to lay before the audience a few figures purporting to explain the Board's expenditure.
Professor Cairns was evidently anxious to follow Mr.Clifford, if only in the humble capacity of the proposer of a vote of thanks.