THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: Resolutions passed at tenant-right meeting at Coleraine

A tenant-right meeting had been held the previous day by the Liberals of the town Coleraine and neighbouring districts, reported the News Letter.

Mr John McElderry of Ballymoney put forward the following resolutions at the meeting. First, “that the Land Act of 1870 having failed to protect the interest of the tenant-farmers of Ireland in their holdings, we believe that the Government measure of the coming session should embrace the following points: a, fair rents; b, fixity of tenure; and c, free sale”.