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M-LINGUAL NEWSPAPER OF CURRENT EVENTS IN THE HIGHLANDS AND THE ISLANDS AND IN SCOTLAND
DI-ARDAOIN, 25mh AN DUDHLACHD, 196 9 THURSDAY, 25th DECEMBER, 1969 No. 72 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
A VIEMORE MOD-A
FINANCIAL SUCCESS
THE financial account for
the National Mod held at
Aviemore in October, 1969,
shows a very healthy credit
balance of £6,400. Altogether
a total of £15,200 was raised
including the income for the
period of the Mod.
The target for the local
committee was set at £5,000,
and this was exceeded by
£2,600. A spokesman for An
Comunn described this as “a
truly remarkable effort by
such a relatively sparsely-
populated area which indi¬
cates that hall and other
accommodation being avail¬
able, there is no reason to
believe that the Mod cannot
be successfully promoted in
places that have hitherto
been regarded as unsuitable.
The Aviemore Mod was
different also in that it was
the first nine-day Mod. Some
costs were inevitably higher
as a result, but the surplus of
£6,400 indicates that increases
were well contained.
The detailed accounts for
the Mod will be published in
An Comunn’s Annual Report
and Accounts. This will ap¬
pear earlie* than usual, as
their financial year now ends
on 31st December.
TIGHARRY SCHOOL WIN
TROTTERN1SH CLP
PROJECT entitled “An
Croitear ’sa Chroit” en¬
tered by Tigharry Public
School, North Uist, won the
Trotternish Cup in the 1969
History and Folklore Com¬
petition, organised by An
Comunn Gaidhealach.
Seven schools took part
and the judge, Dr J. A. Mac-
Lean, found all the entries to
be of a very high .standard.
It is significant-to note that
the teachers in all the schools
concerned, consider the pro¬
ject as probably the best
method of teaching Gaelic.
The Trotternish Cup was
presented to the school at an
informal function held in the
school on Friday, 21st No¬
vember, when the chairman
was Rev. James Morrison.
Mr Murdo MacLeod, Gaelic
Supervisor, Inverness - shire,
who was paying his last visit
to North Uist as Organiser,
made the presentation.
The Standing Stone on the summit of Eilean Mor, Knapdale, with the Jura
Hills in the background
JHE search for the seine-
netter, “Coral Isle” con¬
tinues by air and sea although
the liferaft, washed ashore on
North Unst, Shetland, and
identified as belonging to the
“Coral Isle”, gave additional
cause for concern.
The vessel has not been
contacted since December
14th, when she was in radio
contact with the Inverness
boat “Ajax.”
Three married men and
three bachelors form the
crew. Skipper Fraser Thom¬
son, Buckie, is unmarried, as
is the mate, Alex D. Smith,
and deckhand James Ross,
both of Buckie. The three
married members of the
crew are Alexander Donald,
and Albert Smith, Buckie,
and Stornoway born Malcolm
MacRae, whose family is
resident in Buckie.
It is just one year since
the “Coral Isle” ran out of
fuel 150 miles east of Aber¬
deen, and had to be helped
out by an oil-rig supply ship.
There is still hope that the
vessel will suddenly re-appear
as she did on that occasion.
Coastguards are puzzled
by the discovery of the life-
X Tha sinn ag guidhe
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be towed 220 miles back to
Aberdeen after an engine
breakdown.
raft, 250 miles away from the
“Coral Isle’s” last reported
position, although it could
have drifted a considerable
distance in severe gales.
Last month the “Coral Isle”
was in trouble when it had to
GORTA ANN AN NIGERIA
Aig am na Nollaig bidh
cuirmean air an cumail agus
biadh beartach air ithe ann
an iomadh dachaidh ann am
Breatainn. Ach tha cearnaid-
hean de’n t-saoghal far nach
’eil ach dith agus uireas-
bhuidh. Tha e air a radh gum
bheil mile neach a’ basach-
adh leis an acras ann an
Nigeria agus Biafra.
PRIS AN ARAIN NA’S
DAOIRE
A chionn gum bheil cos-
gaisean a’ dql an aird tha aig
na fuineadairean ri sgilinn a
chur air pris nan lofaichean.
Bidh seo a’ tachairt air a’
5mh latha de’n Fhaoilleach,
agus bidh pris lofaichean de
gach seorsa a’ dol suas.
Math dh’fhaoidhte gun cuir-
ear sgilinn eile air na lofaich¬
ean mora fhathast.
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