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DI-ARDAOIN, 30mh AN DAMHAR. 1969 THURSDAY, 30th OCTOBER, 1969 No. 68 Sixpence
~3M'. 1969
THE NEW
BARDIC
CROWN
Presented by
the British
Aluminium
Ccanpany to
An Comunn
Gaidhealach, to
mark the
company’s 75
years in the
Highlands.
Designed by
Mr Alexander
Kirkbride, and
made by Mr
lain Davidson,
Edinburgh, the
aluminium
crown was
formally handed
over at
Aviemore by
Mr Pat Bowman
of British
Aluminium.
Significant
Changes
Constitutional
Provost Donald Thomson, Oban, who as civic head
and convenor of the Mod and Music Committee will
welcome the 1970 National Mod back to where it all
began in 1892.
Tha an sean-fhocal ag radh g’eil
tri nithvan a thig gun iarraidh
ach nuair a chuir An Comunn
Gaidhealach romhpa atharraichi-
dhean a dheanamh o chionn
ceithir bliadhna cha b’ann idi, gun
deagh thuigsinn air de bha gu
bhith 'nan lorg a thoisich iad.
Aig a' choinneamh bhliadhnail
an Agaidh Mhor Di-Sathuirne
chaidh dh' aontaich iad gum
biodh a’ choinneamh seo ga
cumhail sa Ghiblean an deidh
Tha uallaichidhean an cois
ieudachadh obair a' Chomuinn
agus a dh’aindheoin cho furasda
'sa tha e do mhoran a" choinn-
eamh a fhrithealadh an latha an
deidh a’ Mhoid tha an fheadhainn
a o choinn bhliadhnachan ag
gabhail orra na dleasdanasan tha
ceangailte stigh ri sireadh an
coirichean dearbhta nach ann idir
an uair a tha iad claiodhte le
obair a' mhoid bu choir dhaibh
a bhith beachdachadh air de' an
doigh as fhearr an obair a chur
air adhart. Bidh mar sin a'
choinneamh bhliadhnail ag gab¬
hail aite san Oban ’sa Ghiblean
1970 mar phairt de’n Chomhdhai!
Bhliadhnail.
A thuilleadh air an seo dh’
aontaich a' choinneamh gum
biodh a' chis bhliadhnail air a
h-ardachadh gu £1 cis bheatha gu
£7 7/- agus cis na h-oigridh gu
5/-. Tha an ardachadh seo a
tighinn aig am anns a bheil coa-
gaisean ‘sa choitchean a' dol am
meud agus cha shabhail An
Comunn a bharrachd air each.
The Annual General Meeting
of An Comunn Gaidhealach held
at Aviemore on Saturday. 25th
October, decided that in future
the meeting should take place in
April each year, and the fiscal
year to be 1st January, to 31st
December. The decision was
taken in the light of An Comunn
increased activities and the re
sultant need to deliberate o
future policy in the most favour¬
able circumstances possible.
Rocket
Range
Wages
An Comunn Gaidhealach
have queried most strongly
Mr Ivor Richards’ statement
in the House of Commons
last week that the current
wage bill for local employees
at the South Uist Rocket
Range was £200,000. They
have pointed out that the
labour force is between 30
and 90 and that for the type
of work done £2,000 per
year is an extraordinary
figure. “It would appear said
Mr D. J. MacKay, the Direc¬
tor “that the Defence autho¬
rities are doing their best to
belittle the contribution to
the economy made by lobster
fisWng. In actual fact the
Wage bill can be little more
than the £75,000 expected
from lobster fishing this year.
An Comunn is to take the
matter up with the Highland
members of parliament.
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