Agenda and minutes

The Chief Executive submitted the summons convening the meeting.

            Apologies for inability to attend were reported from Councillors Adamson, Attwood, Hartley, Kirkpatrick, Kyle, Newton, F. Rodgers, Rodway and Stoker.

Moved by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor (Councillor Convery),

Seconded by the Deputy Lord Mayor (Councillor Humphrey); and

      Resolved - That we, the Lord Mayor and Citizens of the City of Belfast, on the 94th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, desire again to record our feelings of gratitude to the brave men of the 36th (Ulster) Division who, by their glorious conduct in that Battle, made an imperishable name for themselves and their Province and whose heroism will never be forgotten so long as the British Commonwealth lasts.

            The Council stood in silence for one minute as a mark of respect to all those who had lost their lives in the Battle of the Somme.