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BI-LINGUAL NEWSPAPER OF CURRENT EVENTS IN THE HIGHLANDS AND THE ISLANDS AND IN SCOTLAND
SRUTH
DI-ARDAOIN, 7 LATHA DE’N LUNASDAL THURSDAY, 7th AUGUST 1969 No. 62 SIXPENCE
Leanaibh
gu dluth
ri cliu bhur
sinnsir
Follow in the footsteps of your forebears
NATIONAL SAVINGS
National Savings Certificates
Post Office Saivings Bank
Trustee Savings Banks
Operatives of Antech Ltd., Longman Industrial Estate, Inverness, working on electro - mechanical
components for industrial control systems, in which the firm specialise.
Antech Ltd. moved from Anstey, in Leicester, in January with the assistance of the Highland Board,
and are now moving towards full production or encapsulating and special purpose machines for the
electrical and electronics industries.
Tuigidh Fear Dali
C h a i d h coinneamh a
ghairm ann an sg,oil Cheann
a Bhaigh an Uibhisi i Tuath
airson oidhche Dihaoine far
an cuir riochdairean Roinn
an Dion mu choinneamh nan
iasgair a Chomhairle lona-
dail agus duine no dha eile
beachdan a Mhinisteir a
thaobh na casaid a chaidh a
thogail an aghaidh an dio-
ladh a bha iasgairean nan
giomach a dol a dh’fhulang
ri linn an tuilleadh losgaidh.
Se Mgr Gauld o Roinn an
Leasachaidh a ghairm a cho¬
inneamh agus sa chiad dhol
a mach dh’aithn e do
mhuinntir nam paipeir naid-
heachd a bhi lathair no
riochdaire on Chomunn
Ghaidhealach no feadhainn a
bhan duil seasamh airson na
Parlamaid. Dh’fhas a mhor
shluagh caran amharasach
agus thog na paipeirean an
gnothuch ri bull! parlamaid
is ris an Raighaltas. Tha
iadsan a nis ceadaichte a bhi
ann ach chaneil duine den
fheadhainn a thug an gnoth-
uich am follais an toiseach
le ceisteaa is coinneamh'an.
Nuair a dh’fhoighneachdadh
do Mgr Gauld carson nach
d’fhuair An Comunn fiachadh
thubhairt t “Cha robh dui-
leam gu robh uidh aig A
Chomunn sna gnothuichean
sinn. Am fear a fhritheil
a choinneamh comhla ri
Brig. Winfield aig Abertarff
house.
Chaneil fios fjiathast an
urrainn dhan na h-iasgairecn
tighinn gu tir airson na
coinneamh co dhiubh cha
d’fhuair daoine moran rab-
haidh. Thubhairt Fear Stiu-
iridh A’Chomuinn gu robh e
fhein de’n bharail nach robh
Roinn Leasachaidh Alba
deonach cothrom a thoirt
airson ceistean a ctmir air
na riochdairean eagal gu
faighte a mach gu robh
tuilleadh ri tighinn fhathast
Chaidh an farm fhuadach a
Anglesey-chaneil iad a faig-
hinn na tha iad ag iarraidh
sna Pentlands agus tha eagai
nach bi againn mu dheas ach
aite airm a mhain. Mar sin
leigidh iad ris mean air
mhean de a tha iad a runa-
chadh s stampaidh iad
muinntir an aite for casan.
Se a tha dhith ach beoshlaint
chinnteach nach bi an cro
chadh air armachd agus a
bhitheas seasmhach. Tha
balaich oga Unst: an Sealtain
air an cul a cHuir ri obair
ma champaichean is an ag¬
haidh a chuir air iasgach.
Nach bochd ma dh’ fheumas
na h’iasgairean againne a
bhi calg dhireach an aghaidh
so. Tuigidh fear dall leth
fhacal.
Skye Bridge In 1974?
A report of a feasibility study by the Scottish
Council (Development and Industry) out today
suggests that by 1974 traffic flow across a bridge
between Kyleakin in Skye and Kyle on the mainland
would be 230,000 vehicles. The cost of a suspension
bridge with a main span of 1,200 feet including
approach roads, construction costs and inflation is
estimated to be £2.9 million. A spokesman for An
Comunn said that the report was another excellent
piece of work by the Highlands office of the Coun¬
cil and it would certainly back the Skyeman’s view
that a bridge was necessary. The report makes a
strong case for a toll bridge half of whose cost
would be borne by the Exchequer. Tolls for regular
users would be the same as at present. Casual users
would pay 20% above present rates and commercial
vehicles would be charged less than now. The capital
if borrowed at 9% could then be repaid in 16 years.
If lower toll rates were imposed, the repayment
period would be 29 years.
Details of the design which the consultants have
used in their study provide for a carriageway width
of 22 feet on the approach roads and bridge. Costs
have been estimated to include th provision of two
six-foot wide verges and footpaths on the bridge;
these give continuity with the new trunk road
construction schemes in Kyle of Lochalsh.
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