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IcOTLAND’S BI-LINGUAL NEWSPAPER
Newspaper of current Events in the Highlands,
the Islands and in Scotland
incorporating
THE LOCHABER DIARY
DI-ARDAOIN, 11 mh AM FAOILTEACH 1968
THURSDAY, 1 1 th JANUARY 1968
6d
SUPPORT
GAELIC
For 10/- per annum
you can JOIN
AN COMUNN GAIDHEALACH
Abertarff House Inverness
A MASSIVE
RESPONSE
Tourist Campaign
Off To Good Start
| Since the Highlands and
i?l Islands Development Board
;(>! launched their large-scale
ae advertising campaign less
41 than a fortnight ago, the
II £20,000 scheme has attrac-
d| ted enquiries at the rate of
^ 3,000 a day, and one day
u earlier this week there were
> 4,000 replies.
i The aim of the campaign is to
.M “sell'’ the seven Northern Coun-
tj| ties to holidaymakers—the first
'll attempt ever to attract tourists
■ solely to the Highlands.
I As it is intended to send every
■ letter an immediate reply, addi-
tional clerical staff have had to
II be taken on to deal with the de¬
ll luge of enquiries which have come
il from as far afield as Uganda,
w Switzerland. Sweden, Holland,
fl Canada and America.
1 The Board’s campaign consists
iffl mainly of coupon advertising in
ifl the national Press and magazines,
il and each applicant receives a
Kl package of leaflets describing the
lm varying holiday opportunities in
f« the North, and listing names and
al addresses of local contacts.
I The scheme will be continued
ra until the end of February.
EROSION DANGER
TO HOMES
Two families, tenants of Coun¬
cil houses in Caithness, have been
told by their local Council that
they will have to leave their homes
becauss the houses are in danger
of collapsing into the sea
The two houses, in Scrabster,
are perched on the top of a
crumbling boulder-clay cliff which
has come 14 feet nearer their front
doors than it was when the houses
were ereected only seven years
ago.
Now, the cliff edge is only 12
feet awa\. and. after getting ex¬
pert advice on the erosion prob¬
lem, the Council have decided that
their tenants should be offered al¬
ternative accommodation in Scrab¬
ster—a new housing development
is underway in the fishing village
a': the moment.
But the farmer who sold the
land to Caithness County Coun¬
cil had warned of the site's un¬
suitability for building: the
County Clerk maintains that the
decision to build was taken before
he went to Caithness, and he re¬
fused to comment.
Wm. Grigortik San
Limited
20 HAMILTON STREET
INVERNESS. TEL. 34343
Inverness Cremm
SCOTCH WHISKY
Looking fo.ward to warmer weather : the shearing of the sheep in the Islands. About one-
third of the Scottish wool, clip goes into the indigenous Hirris Tweed industry. By a very
curious anomaly, much of the Hebridean wool clio is shipped to the mainland bcc-use the
wool is more suited to carpeting than clothing. On reasonable estimates, the available native
clip is sufficient for about three weeks’ full-time mill production. There are some 2,COO
Hebridean registered producers of wool. The clip yields some 361,000 lb. of wool. The value
is in the region of £73,000. The island producers are given the choice of selling their wool for
local manufacture or to the British Wool Marketing Board. All others producers in Scotland
with more than four sheep arc obliged to sell their wool to the Board.
TRANSPORT AND ROADS
Rathaidean Is Siubhal
Sann trath san 18 mh linn deug
a thoisicheadh ag cur mor fheum
air rathaidean air a Ghaidheal-
tachd agus se rathaidean drobh-
aidh a bha sin fein. S ionganach
mur a robh rathad cruaidh no dha
faisg air bailtean ach se an t-arm
is Sinearal Wade a thog na rath-
aidcan cruaidhe a bha againn g>u
toiseach an 19mh linn deug ach
bha e mach a feum ann an 190.
Nuair a thoisich an rathad iar-
rainn mu 1858 bha ceangal eadar
Eilean Nis, san taobh an Ear agus
chaidh an t-slighe eadar Eilean
Nis is Peairt roimh ’n t-Slochd
fhosgladh mu 1890. Ach ged a be
na rathaidean iarrainn a b’fhearr
is bu ghoireasaiche a thaobh siub-
hail is tarraing stuth, cha d’fhuai-
readh riabh ceart den chalp air-
giod a chaidh annta s na cear-
naidhean so agus tha an dearbh
easbhuidh orra fhathast. A reir
cunntas Cameron-Kilbrandon ann
an 1963 nan d’rachadh na rath¬
aidean iarrainn a dhnnadh chan
fhanadh an sluagh. Bho chionn
sia miosan fhuair sinn aithisg
Bord Siubhail na Gaidhealfachd
agus mhol iadsan gum bu choir
bord Siubhail ceart le ard ufVt-
darras a bhi an urra ri gnothnich-
ean siubha'l is rathaidean ra
Gaidhealtachd. An coimeas ri ait-
ean is dutchannan eile sann Roinn
Lorpa chaneil a Ghaidhealtachd
air an t-slighe gu rioghachd eile
agus nuair a bheachdaicheas shin
air goireasan siubhail se na h-
astair mhora is an sluagh beag an
cnap starra a dh’ fheumas sinn a
chumail far comhair. Chaneil a
chumhachd aig a Ghaidheal a
thaobh aireamh sluaigh no thaobh
mthean politiceach airson leasa-
chadh fhaotainn. Tha .sinn am
feum drochaidean mora, rathad
da leud agus theid a cheist fhoigh-
neachd a bheil e ceart a bhi cu-
mail rathaidean iarrainn ma tha
so a cuir bacadh air leaschaJh
nan rathaidean cruaidhe.
Saoil de na seorsa rathaidean
is goireasan siubhail a dh’fheu-
mas a Ghaidhealtachd sna bliad-
nachan a tha mur coinneamh ?
Co a tha dol ai shealltainn riutha?
An e na siorramachdan san riag-
haltas a ni na rathaidean mar a
tha iad an ceartuair? An riaghal-
t*s a mham a coimhcad ri treini-
chean is itealan agus cuid mhor
a dh' aireiod aca ann an aiseagan
cuideachd?
Tha deagh fbeum air rathad da
lend eadar Peairt is Eilean Nis a
dh’ aindheoin aithisc a. Bhuird
Siubhail agus dheanadh so feum a
thaobh adhartas thionnsgalan is
margaidean. Tha cus airgid ga
chosg an drasda. s docha air rv>
rathadan beaga nuair bu choir
dhuinn a bhi fosgladh an aite le
rathad mor doigheil. Sna deich
bliadhna gu 1978 se luchd turuis
is mofha a ni feum de'r rathaidean
agus thig asan taobh a Ghearas
dain air an A82. Dh’ fheumte so
a dhenanamh da leud cuideachd
agus taobh Loch Laomain a
dheanamh direach. Tha cinnt
gu faighle calp airgiod o bhan-
caichean s on phobull airson
drochaid Bhaile Chaolais. Le cis,
phaigheadh i a cosgais, ach nam
bitheadh na Soisealaich deonach
dh’ fhaodadh an riaghaltas a
ceannach nuair a bhiodh airgiod
ra sheachnadh. Mun bhliadhna
2000 A.D. bithidh suas ri 4
muilionn tunna de fhiodh a dol
a mach as a Ghaidhealtachd a h-
uile bliadhna. Ciarnar? De a nis
mu aiseagan nan Lileanan Siar?
Tha am Bord Leasachadh air
sanasan a chuir a mach a
thalaidheas luch turuis. Ciamar a
ni iad an rathad gu tuaih is deas ?
Nis mar a tha seirbhis nan
itealan saoil an e aon phlein mor
sa latha a tha dhith? Nam biodh
da phlein mhor a tighinn a dh’
eilean Nis sa latha is pleini-
chean beaga a ruith am mach sa
steach gu Uic, Arcaibh. Sealtain
Steornabhagh. Beinn a Faoghla is
Barraidh saoil an’ e so a b’
fhearr? Tha ceistean gu leor rim
freaeairt, co a bheir fuasgladh
orra?
IcOTLAND’S BI-LINGUAL NEWSPAPER
Newspaper of current Events in the Highlands,
the Islands and in Scotland
incorporating
THE LOCHABER DIARY
DI-ARDAOIN, 11 mh AM FAOILTEACH 1968
THURSDAY, 1 1 th JANUARY 1968
6d
SUPPORT
GAELIC
For 10/- per annum
you can JOIN
AN COMUNN GAIDHEALACH
Abertarff House Inverness
A MASSIVE
RESPONSE
Tourist Campaign
Off To Good Start
| Since the Highlands and
i?l Islands Development Board
;(>! launched their large-scale
ae advertising campaign less
41 than a fortnight ago, the
II £20,000 scheme has attrac-
d| ted enquiries at the rate of
^ 3,000 a day, and one day
u earlier this week there were
> 4,000 replies.
i The aim of the campaign is to
.M “sell'’ the seven Northern Coun-
tj| ties to holidaymakers—the first
'll attempt ever to attract tourists
■ solely to the Highlands.
I As it is intended to send every
■ letter an immediate reply, addi-
tional clerical staff have had to
II be taken on to deal with the de¬
ll luge of enquiries which have come
il from as far afield as Uganda,
w Switzerland. Sweden, Holland,
fl Canada and America.
1 The Board’s campaign consists
iffl mainly of coupon advertising in
ifl the national Press and magazines,
il and each applicant receives a
Kl package of leaflets describing the
lm varying holiday opportunities in
f« the North, and listing names and
al addresses of local contacts.
I The scheme will be continued
ra until the end of February.
EROSION DANGER
TO HOMES
Two families, tenants of Coun¬
cil houses in Caithness, have been
told by their local Council that
they will have to leave their homes
becauss the houses are in danger
of collapsing into the sea
The two houses, in Scrabster,
are perched on the top of a
crumbling boulder-clay cliff which
has come 14 feet nearer their front
doors than it was when the houses
were ereected only seven years
ago.
Now, the cliff edge is only 12
feet awa\. and. after getting ex¬
pert advice on the erosion prob¬
lem, the Council have decided that
their tenants should be offered al¬
ternative accommodation in Scrab¬
ster—a new housing development
is underway in the fishing village
a': the moment.
But the farmer who sold the
land to Caithness County Coun¬
cil had warned of the site's un¬
suitability for building: the
County Clerk maintains that the
decision to build was taken before
he went to Caithness, and he re¬
fused to comment.
Wm. Grigortik San
Limited
20 HAMILTON STREET
INVERNESS. TEL. 34343
Inverness Cremm
SCOTCH WHISKY
Looking fo.ward to warmer weather : the shearing of the sheep in the Islands. About one-
third of the Scottish wool, clip goes into the indigenous Hirris Tweed industry. By a very
curious anomaly, much of the Hebridean wool clio is shipped to the mainland bcc-use the
wool is more suited to carpeting than clothing. On reasonable estimates, the available native
clip is sufficient for about three weeks’ full-time mill production. There are some 2,COO
Hebridean registered producers of wool. The clip yields some 361,000 lb. of wool. The value
is in the region of £73,000. The island producers are given the choice of selling their wool for
local manufacture or to the British Wool Marketing Board. All others producers in Scotland
with more than four sheep arc obliged to sell their wool to the Board.
TRANSPORT AND ROADS
Rathaidean Is Siubhal
Sann trath san 18 mh linn deug
a thoisicheadh ag cur mor fheum
air rathaidean air a Ghaidheal-
tachd agus se rathaidean drobh-
aidh a bha sin fein. S ionganach
mur a robh rathad cruaidh no dha
faisg air bailtean ach se an t-arm
is Sinearal Wade a thog na rath-
aidcan cruaidhe a bha againn g>u
toiseach an 19mh linn deug ach
bha e mach a feum ann an 190.
Nuair a thoisich an rathad iar-
rainn mu 1858 bha ceangal eadar
Eilean Nis, san taobh an Ear agus
chaidh an t-slighe eadar Eilean
Nis is Peairt roimh ’n t-Slochd
fhosgladh mu 1890. Ach ged a be
na rathaidean iarrainn a b’fhearr
is bu ghoireasaiche a thaobh siub-
hail is tarraing stuth, cha d’fhuai-
readh riabh ceart den chalp air-
giod a chaidh annta s na cear-
naidhean so agus tha an dearbh
easbhuidh orra fhathast. A reir
cunntas Cameron-Kilbrandon ann
an 1963 nan d’rachadh na rath¬
aidean iarrainn a dhnnadh chan
fhanadh an sluagh. Bho chionn
sia miosan fhuair sinn aithisg
Bord Siubhail na Gaidhealfachd
agus mhol iadsan gum bu choir
bord Siubhail ceart le ard ufVt-
darras a bhi an urra ri gnothnich-
ean siubha'l is rathaidean ra
Gaidhealtachd. An coimeas ri ait-
ean is dutchannan eile sann Roinn
Lorpa chaneil a Ghaidhealtachd
air an t-slighe gu rioghachd eile
agus nuair a bheachdaicheas shin
air goireasan siubhail se na h-
astair mhora is an sluagh beag an
cnap starra a dh’ fheumas sinn a
chumail far comhair. Chaneil a
chumhachd aig a Ghaidheal a
thaobh aireamh sluaigh no thaobh
mthean politiceach airson leasa-
chadh fhaotainn. Tha .sinn am
feum drochaidean mora, rathad
da leud agus theid a cheist fhoigh-
neachd a bheil e ceart a bhi cu-
mail rathaidean iarrainn ma tha
so a cuir bacadh air leaschaJh
nan rathaidean cruaidhe.
Saoil de na seorsa rathaidean
is goireasan siubhail a dh’fheu-
mas a Ghaidhealtachd sna bliad-
nachan a tha mur coinneamh ?
Co a tha dol ai shealltainn riutha?
An e na siorramachdan san riag-
haltas a ni na rathaidean mar a
tha iad an ceartuair? An riaghal-
t*s a mham a coimhcad ri treini-
chean is itealan agus cuid mhor
a dh' aireiod aca ann an aiseagan
cuideachd?
Tha deagh fbeum air rathad da
lend eadar Peairt is Eilean Nis a
dh’ aindheoin aithisc a. Bhuird
Siubhail agus dheanadh so feum a
thaobh adhartas thionnsgalan is
margaidean. Tha cus airgid ga
chosg an drasda. s docha air rv>
rathadan beaga nuair bu choir
dhuinn a bhi fosgladh an aite le
rathad mor doigheil. Sna deich
bliadhna gu 1978 se luchd turuis
is mofha a ni feum de'r rathaidean
agus thig asan taobh a Ghearas
dain air an A82. Dh’ fheumte so
a dhenanamh da leud cuideachd
agus taobh Loch Laomain a
dheanamh direach. Tha cinnt
gu faighle calp airgiod o bhan-
caichean s on phobull airson
drochaid Bhaile Chaolais. Le cis,
phaigheadh i a cosgais, ach nam
bitheadh na Soisealaich deonach
dh’ fhaodadh an riaghaltas a
ceannach nuair a bhiodh airgiod
ra sheachnadh. Mun bhliadhna
2000 A.D. bithidh suas ri 4
muilionn tunna de fhiodh a dol
a mach as a Ghaidhealtachd a h-
uile bliadhna. Ciarnar? De a nis
mu aiseagan nan Lileanan Siar?
Tha am Bord Leasachadh air
sanasan a chuir a mach a
thalaidheas luch turuis. Ciamar a
ni iad an rathad gu tuaih is deas ?
Nis mar a tha seirbhis nan
itealan saoil an e aon phlein mor
sa latha a tha dhith? Nam biodh
da phlein mhor a tighinn a dh’
eilean Nis sa latha is pleini-
chean beaga a ruith am mach sa
steach gu Uic, Arcaibh. Sealtain
Steornabhagh. Beinn a Faoghla is
Barraidh saoil an’ e so a b’
fhearr? Tha ceistean gu leor rim
freaeairt, co a bheir fuasgladh
orra?
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| Description | Bilingual newspaper of current events in the Highlands and Islands and in Scotland. Publication run: No. 1 (Apr. 1967)-no. 98 (Dec. 1970). |
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