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DI-ARDAOIN, 22mh AN GEARRAN 1968
THURSDAY, 22nd FEBRUARY 1968
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Hydro Board Scheme
The North of Scotland
Hydro-Electric Board pub¬
lished yesterday details of
their project for a hydro¬
electric and pump-storage
development at Foyers. Pro¬
duction will depend on the
requirements of the system,
but is expected to be in the
region of 400 million units
of electricity each year.
The scheme, which will
I provide work for a labour
I force of some 500 during
T construction, provides for a
j redevelopment of the catch-
I ment area of Loch Mhor
T which was used as a storage
I reservoir for the British
|S Aluminium Company which
closed down their foyers fac¬
tory last year.
To utilise the difference
of 589 feet between the
levels of Loch Ness and
Loch Mhor a tunnel will be
driven from an intake on
Loch Mhor which, at its
lower end, would branch into
two smaller tunnels to serve
die machines.
It is intended to equip a
I power station east of Foyers
with two reversible pump/
turbines so that water can be
pumped from Loch Ness to
Loch Mhor at night and
weekends by using the
Board’s off-peak grid system.
It is planned to have the
scheme come into operation
in 1974.
SNP CONGRATULATES
COUNCIL AND ALCAN
At the recent meeting of
the Highlands Area Council
of the Scottish National
Party, it was decided to re¬
cord publicly the Council’s
support of the efforts of the
Ross and Cromarty County
Council in bringing Inver¬
gorden into focus as a site
suitable for an aluminium
smelter.
Also due for congratula¬
tions were the Alcan Com¬
pany for having taken social
and cultural factors into con¬
sideration alongside the eco¬
nomic aspects of siting a
smelter at Invergordon.
On aspects of the Birsay
Report, the Council advoca¬
ted the principle of providing
local clinics and the greater
dispersion of consulting faci¬
lities to cater for the needs
of viable communities with
numerically small popula¬
tions.
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SCOTCH WHISKY
Plea For Industry
By Isles
Deputation
There were signs that ex¬
ports from Scotland were in¬
creasing as a result of de¬
valuation, Mr William Ross,
Secretary of State for Scot¬
land, told a deputation from
Lewis and Harris at the Com¬
mons recently. This would
help the Harris tweed in¬
dustry.
The deputation, who also
met Mr George Darling,
Minister of State at the Board
of Trade, stressed the need
to develop local! industry and
to introduce new industries.
Additional public expendi¬
ture, including the buildins
of a new road from Ness to
Tolsta, and further tourist
promotion were suggested.
Mr Darling said the pos¬
sibility of locating an ad¬
vance factory at Stornoway
would be looked at again.
Mr Ross Said he had been
pleased to hear of the success
of the Outer Isles fisheries
scheme, which included nine
Lewis crews. The Highlands
and Islands Development
Board Is scheme was already
showing good results, and
the Board were pursuing the
possibility of local fish pro¬
cessing development.
BzH PLAQUE —
BRETONS FINED
Breton nationalists and
others have been using a car
plaque consisting of the
letters BzH (for BriezH, i.e.
Brittany) with the coat of
arms of Rennes, one of the
two capital cities of the
country. It is in black and
white, which are the national
colours and the colour of the
Breton Flag. However, the
use of this plaque has been
forbidden by the Prefects of
three of the five departments
of Brittany.
The police have now the
power to impose a fine on
anyone using the ‘ BzH.’
Many people have been
stopped and warned by the
police and their names and
addresses taken, some as
many as sixteen times. There
have been no reports of
people being actually fined.
Bretons deduce that this is
only another metihod to pro¬
secute people who work for
Breton freedom.
Remains of the old church and grave-stones on North Rona. This
island once supported a small community, admittedly living the
simple life. But the tragedy of Scotland’s island communities is a
shameful confession of neglect by successive Governments. In the
18th century some 8 per cent, of Scots lived on islands. The
figure today is less than 2 per cent. More important — island
communities today account for one-third of the Highland region
under the HIDE care and maintenance policy. For it seems that
large-scale development is available only for the mainland.
Drama Ghaidhlig
A TighinnGuInbhe
A’ PHRI0MH DHUAIS GUINBHIR NIS
Airson a’ cheud uair bhuan-
naich dealbh-cluich Gaidhlig
am priomh dhuais aig cuirm
an SCDA an Inbhir-Nis.
Is iad Comunn Drama Gaidhlig
Inbhir-Nis a choisinn an urram
so airson an canain leis a’
chluich, “ Buntata na Sgeire
Duibhe,” a dh’ eadar thean-
gaicheadh, le Alasdair Friseal
bho ’n Bheurla “ Stranger in
Skerrydu,” le Seumas Grannd,
Ceann Suidhe Coimisean nan
Croiteirean. Ged is e thoirt
bho ’n Bheurla rinneadh tha a’
CROFT INDUSTRY IN
DISUSED CHURCH
Caithness is soon to get
a new croft industry — the
making of hand-woven rugs
and stag-horn jewellery. It is
to be started in a disused
church at Shebster, eight
miles from Thurso .
Behind tihe venture is a
young Irish woman, Mrs
Dorothv Gaunt, who is the
wife of a scientist at Doun-
reay.
Yesterday, Mrs Gaunt said
she had the tourist industry
very much in mind, and she
hoped eventually to set up a
crafts centre there. Produc¬
tion is likely to start early
next month.
chluich gu h-iomlan Gaidhea-
lach oir nach Leodhasach Mgr.
Grannd fhein.
Chan annas do ’n bhuidheann
so a bhi togail dhuaisean. An
uiridh ’s iad a fhuair a cheud
duais aig Feis na Drama
Gaidhlig an Glaschu agus a rcir
coltais ’sann a’ tighinn tha ’m
piseach. Tha an fear stiuiridh
Mgr. S. L. Hamilton ri mho-
ladh airson an obair a tha e
a deanamh.
’S e dealbh cluich abhachdach
rha am ‘‘Buntata na Sgeire
Duibhe ” anns am bheil oiti-
geach am Bord an Fhearain mu
1930 air a shuidheachadh am
measg dhaoine bha beo tim-
chioll air 1760.
Chaneil ach ceithrear actair-
ean ’san dealbh cluiche agus
rhaitinn A. I. Mac Uleathain,
Seonaid Camshron, Caitriona
Nic Leoid agus Iain Mac Leoid
ris an luchd eisdich agus gu h-
araidh ris a bhritheamh Nan
Scott. Chuidich Mgr. Hume
MacDhonnachaidh i a thaobh
na Gaidhlig agus b’e a beachd
aig deireadh na cuirme gu robh
am buidheann so comasach air
n dhol gu fior mhullach na
faire.
Bidh an ath chuairt ’sa
Ghearasdan aig deireadh na
Mairt sa chuairt dheireannach
an Inbhir-Nis ’sa Ghiblinn.