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BI-LINGUAL NEWSPAPER OF CURRENT EVENTS IN THE HIGHLANDS AND THE ISLANDS AND IN SCOTLAND
SRUTH
DI-ARDAOIN, 17mh LATHA DE’N GIBLEAN THURSDAY, 17th APRIL 1969 No. 54 SIXPENCE
Leanaibh
gu dluth
ri cliu bhur
sinnsir
Follow in the footsteps of your forebears
NATIONAL SAVINGS
National Savings Certificates
Post Office Savings Bank
Trustee Savings Banks
The Harbour, Portree
Droch Chunntas Bhliadhnail Airson
i\Ta Gaidhealtachd
Ged nach eil an cunntas
bliadhnail cho buileach dor-
cha airson na rioghachd gu
leir ’sa bha amnarus a bhiodh
e tha e toirt buille chruaidh
air an Airde Tuath ’s air na
h-eileanan.
Am beachd Bord an Luchd
Turuis an Alba tha ’n ard-
achadh air SET bho 37/6 gu
487- airson fir agus bho 15/9
gu 24/- airson mnathan cun-
nartach air fior dhroch dhiol
UIST ROCKET RANGE
Increase in Firings
For the first time since the
intimation of a £6,000,000
development at the South -Uist
Rocket Range, public announce- no PromisesA in regard to con-
ments were made about the cfslonsu , announcement
frequency and extent of missile about tbe development of new
firings and the likely imp^t o^i^s,^a<^lv“j[ at tbe fcRangc
lobster and shell fishingTi the mad^ -February,
West Atlantic Coast. Firings 1969- The Scottish Develop-
are to take place from 10.30 ment Department after consult-
a.m. five days a week for 40 mg tbe c‘vl1 departments con-
weeks of the year. Uist, Barra “f^d and the local planning
and MaUaig fishermen are pro- authonnes agreed to the exten-
testing that this will cut back S10”S‘ T w . .
their fishing time and decrease ev' /a™es Morrison, Chair-
their earnings by about 40%- ^ ° North, U[st Dismct
this would mean that they would Cof °P^d the meeting
have to give up fishing alto- Wlth P13^ In hlj tmroductory
gether. The fishermen use the ren^s be stated 1 am de¬
restricted area from Jiine to ^aded beyond
_ . it* nnimt That if th^
Uctober and have asked the
military authorities not to com- - , - . . . - . .
mence firing until 1 p.m. This ™pKd or ln,erfcrtd ™th. 'h«
means that they will still have G?;e",mem as
to leave port some two-three ,n‘tlate ,a mass . fva™
hours earlier than hitheno. scheme from these islands.’
At a three and a half hour Br'gad''r WuifmM assured
meeting in Paible School, North the mefn* % 'here "ould ^
Uist Brigadier R. C. Winfield n.0 "’f1 or 5unda>’ flnnS and
emphasiMd that he could make that th' Prog™"™ would m-
vniVP thP IpaQl* Hnt*_
am per-
shadow of
doubt that if the basic industries
of fishing and crofting are dis-
as well
evacuation
CHAN I ON NAN E ’SAM
FUARAN
Tha e coltach gu bheil muin-
ntir Nis an Leodhas an deidh oil
a chuir ri buirn nam pioban a
tha iad a’ faighinn a Loch
Langabhat.
A reir cunntais tha am buirn
aig an am seo den bhliadhna na
bhuim reisg ’s chan eil e idir
freagarrach airson ol, cocair-
eachd no eadhon nigheadair-
eachd. Nuair tha ghaoth-an-ear
’a seideadh tha riasg bho
ghrunnd an loch a’ dol dha na
pioban.
Cha sheas aodach no coire
ris a’ bhuim-reisg seo. Tha
aon tigh sa’ Phort far an
deach’ iad woimh thri coirich-
ean aluuiminium an tri seach-
dhuinnean.
’Saoire am fuaran gun
teagamh.
volve the least interference dur¬
ing the summer, with little
activity December to February.
Plans to keep the fishermen
informed when the area would
be activated included: —
(1) The appointment of a
liaison officer between the
range and the fishermen
(2) A radio telephone on the
Monach Isles where the lobster
fishermen spent the night in
bothies after setting their
creels.
(3) A fast motor launch so
the Army can co-operate with
fishermen at sea.
Extent of Fishing
A handout about the fishing
industry of the Lists prepared
by Mr Duncan Erskine, Manag¬
ing Director of Minch Shellfish
(Ltd.), in co-operation with the
fishermen showed that 43 boats
were actively engaged in fishing
in the Uists and Barra and
five from Mallaig. Since the
advent of the 12 mile limit
Breton fishermen no longer
came and there had been a
significant rise fron the esti¬
mated :0,000. fib.:* "1966 .10
129,000 lbs. in fys?. "With the
new fishing boats provided with
the assistance of the H.I.D.B.
and the assistance in capital in¬
vestment they had made there
was every possibility that this
would increase further, possibly
to 3 times as much in 3-4 years
ahead. At least 300 people were
to a large degree dependent on
the fishing industry. Lobster
grounds extended to the 20
fathom mark and Mallaig boats
fished up to 30 fathoms. This
brought boats up to five miles
from shore on the West Coast.
The increase in activity at the
rocket range during June to
September was adding a new
dimension to the whole scheme
and restrictions should be looked
at afresh. 76% of lobster land¬
ings were brought in during this
period.
Mr D. J. Mackay, Director
of An Comunn Gaidhealach
representing the Bemera fisher¬
men suggested that there had
been a serious lack of consulta¬
tion if the fishermen only
heard rumours two months ago
of the frequency of firing. He
expressed the concern felt by
the Bemera fishermen at the
application of restrictions and
emphasised that it was not the
extensions which worried fisher¬
men as a whole but the effect
on the whole economy of the
Islands. Military establishments
were politically unstable and it
would be unwise to depend for
the future on the employment
they provided even if there
were a number of jobs of more
than a menial nature. The ap-
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creased the crude S.E.T. which
has already damaged vital ser¬
vice industries, partinularly in
a thoirt air adhartas sam bith rural Scotland-”
a dheanamh anns an raon ’Se beachd Ruairidh M. Mac-
se0- Leoid, tha dol a sheasamh air-
Tha pris a pheatral an arda SOn nan Toraidh ’s na h-
3 sgillin. Air tir mor cosgaidh v,.. T
e 6/8 an gallan ach anns na Elleanan “ Iar 8ur £
h-eileanan tha chpis cuis nas dhroch chunntas a tha seo air-
miosa. Ged Js e 6/9 a tha am son nan eilean agus na bheachd-
peatral a Sheornabhagh faod- san cha bhiodh e na ioghnadh
aidh gum paigh duine 2 sgillin 0 .. • . j.
& • f 7.u 8ed a bhiodh Taghadh ann air
a bharrachd air an aiteachan .
eile ’s na h-eileanan. a bhliadhna. Theid moran a
Chaneil teagamh sam bith chmLr a mach a obai'r seirbhis’s
nach dean na cisean seo na h-eileanan agus le na muill-
gnothuichean nas duilghe air a8 gearradh air ais o na
feadh Alba ach air a Ghaid- tnainig am bonas an greim cha
healtachd far a bheil coi> bhi do1 as aig muinntir nan
gaisean - siubhail neo-abhais- eilean.
teach ard ’s ann doirbh tha Tha Mgr. MacLeoid ag cur
chuis. ’Nuair a tha an Riag- nar aire nacheil dad air innse
haltas an ainm a bhith dean- mu’n t-suim a dh’fheumas fead-
amh leasachadh air cor na hainn a tha air an ceann fhein a
duthcha cha choltach gun phaigheadh mu choinneamh an
cuidich na cisean ura. _ Las?chadh p-annsain. Tha e
Thuirt Russell MacIain,Miii'i"s fein an *lan duil gun cuir na
Parlamaid Inbhir Nis, a’bruid- cisean ura as do chuid de na
hinn as leth Buidheann Libear- breabadairean. ‘Ts suarach cho
alach Alba “It is incredible that math ’sa tha’n cunntas ’nuair a
the Government has not only thig e cho cruaidh air na
retained but substantially in- daoine againn fhein.”
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