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BI-LINGUAL NEWSPAPER OF CURRENT EVENTS IN THE HIGHLANDS AND THE ISLANDS AND IN SCOTLAND
DI-ARDAOIN, 9 LATHA DE’N FHAOILTEACH THURS DAY, 9th DECEM^Rr 1969 No. 47 SIXPENCE
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FUTURE WEST
INDUSTRY ?
The success of a forward looking experiment in fish
farming undertaken by the White Fish Authority at Ardtce
near Loch Moidart could well prove the beginning of a
lucrative new industry for the West Coast. The Highlands
and Islands Development Board, who are already assisting
freshwater fish farming in Shetland and lobster farming at
Kinlochbervie are providing financial help with certain
research aspects of the work.
( O AST £2S0 prize For
New Gaelic Book
I “ HIGHLAND FLING ’ i
: ON THE THAMES
( For the next nine d ys the (
I m.v. Clansman trom the 'j
* MacBrayne fleet will be *
f moored at Tower Pier, Lon- [
I don, housing th; K'g'iland j
• Fling Exhibition promoted •
I by the H.l D B. f
I Apart from attracting the j
: general public, it is hoped :
f that industrialists and buyers f
I will see what the Highlands j
: have to offer as depicted by :
“ Highland Fling.” I
Results at Ardtoe where fish
have been grown to marketable
size prove that sea fish farming
is feasible in inshore waters off
the West Coast.
The success of the experi¬
ment clearly opens up the
possibility of using many more
West Coast lochs for fish cul¬
tivation. These lochs are par¬
ticularly suitable as they arc
often weli protected and enjoy
the additional advantage of the
warm waters of the Gulf
Stream.
The White Fish Authority
have two other stations similar
to that at Ardtoe one in Port
Erin, Isle of Man, concentrating
on the mass hatching and rear¬
ing of plaice mainly and one at
Hunterston Power Station, Ayr¬
shire raising sole.
Plaice hatching and rearing
at Ardtoe proved less costly
than the sole farmed at Hunter¬
ston but the Authority are still
faced with problems in keeping
fish alive while being reared
and cutting down costs of
feeding. It is to these particular
problems that the H.I.D.B.’s
financial aid will be applied.
LORD BANNERMAN OF KILDONAN
A New Year Message
l prize of £250 is to be
offered for a Gaelic book pub¬
lished or accepted for publica¬
tion during 1969; and grants of
between £100 and £300 will be
lade for other new and original
works in Gaelic.
This was decided at the first
I meeting in Glasgow last week,
of the Gaelic Books Council.
’ The Council, whose formation
was announced by the Secretary
of State for Scotland, Mr Wil¬
liam Ross, last June, is under
i the chairmanship of Professor
D. S. Thomson, Glasgow Uni¬
versity The prize of £250 is
sponsored jointly by the Gaelic
Books Council, the Scottish
j Arts Council and the Catherine
McCaig Trust.
Government Aid
The Government is making
available to the Gacli'' Books
! Council, £5,000 a year for
New Lerwick Hotel
Work on a new hotel costing
£150,000 will begin in Lerwick
in the spring. A new company,
Shetland Hotels (Lerwick) Ltd.,
has been formed to promote the
venture and expects the hotel to
be open for the 1970 tourist
season.
Major shareholders in the
company are The Scottish Nor¬
thern Investment Trusty'! Ltd.
together with the Nqfrth of
Scotland, Orkney and Shetland
Shipping Company and various
people in Shetland. The
H.I.D.B. are to take equity in
the company in addition to pro¬
viding substantial grant and
loan assistance.
Designed by Moira and
Moira, the Edinburgh architeas,
the hotel is designed to provide
3 commodarien for 54 people,
inuring the summer it wdl em-
expertaen'a1 period of four I ploy 20 fuU-time and
knOf. WhlC!' the sd>eme|time staff and 12 full-timeand
will be re-assessed.
13 part-time in the winter.
merit in concentrating too I
T , _ , much on large industrial
Lord Bannerman of Kil- units.
donan, president of the Scot- ’s anns a’ Chomunn agus ged What the Highlands
tish Liberal Party, oft capped tha cuisean a dol gu math quire for the good of the
Scottish Rugby international- chan fhaod sinn ar n-oidhirp people, the general advance-
ist, former president of An a lughdachadh agus chi 1969 ment and the future of Gaelic
Comunn Gaidhealach and a an tuilleadh adhartais. is a wide distribution of small
nor Ghaidheal, making a The place of Gaelic in industries and provision of
good recovery from his ill- Scotland is becoming increas- the basic services. Any further
ness, gave Sruth this message ingly important in relation to rise in the cost of living in the
.. Sf New YeaJr[ Scotland’s heritage. With the Highlands, including passen-
fha mi ag uidhe bliadhna emphasis on the development ger and freight charges, will
mhath ur do na h-uile. Tha of the Highlands it is essen- be an added burden and a
atharraichean mor a tighinn tial that the indigenous in- drawback to advancement in
air an t-saoghal, ar duthaich dustries of farming, forestry our country
ach gu sonruichte air a Ghaid- and fishing are encouraged, The people must always
healtachd. Cha robh linn a for in these industries is con- realise that their Gaelic lang-
namh ann san robh e na b’ tained the heart of our lan- uage gives them distinction
fheumade seasamh an aogh- guage. and may be used as an added
aidh saoghaltas. Tha spiorad There is merit in industrial incentive to bring tourists to
ur air feadh na Gaidhealtachd development, but there is de-the country.”
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