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DI-ARRAOIN, 6iD'h LA DE'N LUNASDAL 1970 THURSDAY, 6th AUGUST 1970 No. 88 Sixpence
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FERRIES FURTHER DELAYED
'J'HE sad saga of the Kyle/ were not advised of the very “In six years in Parliament 1
Kyleakin ferries still goes real urgency of the situation have never seen such a cata-
on, to the great inconvenience and the month extension of logue of ineptitude as we have
of the ferry-users and the the test date was not reque.;- witnessed over the Skye
detriment of the Skye tourist ted by S.T.G. in the case of ferry I intend to raise the
industry. the Loch Coruisk. S.T.G/s handling of the whole
There is still no sign of the The whole situation is one question when Parliament re¬
new ferry boats and no posi- that gives ground for concern, assembles,’’ said Mr Johnston.
live indication from Scottish
Transport Group of a delivery
date for the first of these.
Mr Russell Johnston, MP
for Inverness-shire exposed
S.T.G.'s failure to maintain the
existing service at a reason¬
able level at the height of the
tourist season, and accuses
the Group of approaching
the problem of the ferry with
‘diffident incompetence.’ This
latest chapter results from a
failure to make any provision
for providing more than one
ferry boat when two boats
broke down on July 9th. The
fourth boat, fhe Loch Cor¬
uisk, was apparently under¬
going Board of Trade testing
at the time.
Expressed concern
Mr Johnston wrote to the
President of the Board of
Trade, Mr Michael Noble,
MP, expressing concern that
testing should be done when
the boats were most needed.
It is evident from Mr Noble's
reply that the Board of Trade
Manadh na tha ri thighinn
jS^UAIR a gheail Mgr Eideard
Heath gun robh “seol ur
riaghaltais” gu bhith againn,
cha do thuig moran nach
biodh an uine cno fada gus
am foillsicheadh e de gu
dearbh a bha e a’ ciallachadn.
Ach rinn e a’ chuis gle rhol-
laiseach leis an doigh anns
na laimhsich e an suidheach-
adh’s an lorg e e fhein le bas
lain MhicLeoid.
Ann an 1965 cha do thill-
eadh Mgr Gordon - Walker
do’n Pharlamaid agus dh’ fhag
seo Mgr Wilson gun Runaire
Cein-thirean. Mas robh an
latha ’na cheis bha an gnoth-
uch an deidh chuir a dhara
taobh; thugadh an dreuchd
do Mhgr Stiubhard agus
chuireadh ruintean a Phriom-
haire air beulthaobh na Ban-
Righ.
Tri latha an deidh do Mhgr
Heath an lonmhasair a chalk
cha robh lorg aige fhein co
bha e dol a chuir an ceann,
oifig cho cudthromach ’sa tha,
’san rioghachd. Ach chuir e
ceann latha roimhe — an
Di-haoine air an robh an
amhlachadh ag -gabhail aite
’smu ’na tigheadh e tuath a
dh’Alba a thadhail aig a’
Bhan-Righ.
Mu dheireadlr thall rogh-
naich e Mgr Barber ’s bha
esan gu duil a leigeil as mu’n
do dh’innseadh dha anmoch
Di-ardaoin.
Cha bu chabhagaich na sin
tighinn gu co-dhunadh a
thaobh co ghabhadh aite Mhgr
Barber air ceann cuisean a’
Mhargaidh Choitchionn. An
deidh coig latha — air Di-
mairt — leig e mach gu robh
Mgr Seoras Rippon ag gabhai]
na h-uallaich seo.
SEIM AM T-SAOGHAIl CHEILTICH
bho Shenmas Robasdan
r^HUMADH an t-Siathamh
Feis de Mhifio—“Cancion
del Mundo Celta” — ann an
Orense, Galisia, ann an ceann
an iar-thuath na Spain, air
Diardaoin is Dihaoine na
seachduin mu dheireadh dhe'n
Og-mhios. ’Si seo an fheis as
airde cliu a bha r’a cumail
anns a’bhaile Ghalisianach so
am bliadhna.
Bha fichead de luchd-far-
puis, eadar grupannan is sein-
neadairean singilte, a’gabhail
co-phairt ’sa cheud dol-a-
mach, ’s iad bho dhuthchan-
nan Ceilteach leithid na Spain
fhein ’s na Fraing, Bhrea-
tuinn, Eirinn is Portugal.
Chaidh deichnear dhiubh sin
air aghaidh chun na cuairt mu
dheireadh.
Tha na h-6rain a bhuan-
naich na ceud thri duaisean
mar a leanas: 1 “Stop Look
and Listen” (Breatunnadh) —
Danny Street a ghabh an t-
dran, Ray Davies a rinn; 2
“Si volviera a nacer” ,“Nan
do rughadh mi rithis”—Spain-
teach) — Los Magos de Oz
(grup) a sheinn, Cesar Nufio
de la Rosa a rinn; 3 “Cantiga
das Fontes” (“Oran nan Tob-
raichean” •— Spainteach —
Nuevas Amistades (grup a
sheinn, Fernando Vazquez a
rinn.
Tha Nuevas Amistades
’nam buidhean Ghalisianach
agus ’s ann anns a’chanain
Ghalisianaich a ghabh iad an
t-6ran aca. Chaidh an grup
so chur air bhonn o chionn
ghoirid.
Shoirbhich leis an Fheis a
reir na ruintean a bha m’a
coinneimh, ’s iad sin: Seinn,
’s i ’na bardachd air a sgead-
aicheadh le cedi; Saoghal, ’s
e ghabhas a stigh na naiseanan
fo sgeith bhraithreachais;
Ceilteach, mar ainm a dheil-
bhas co-nadur nan duthchan-
nan air oir a’Chuain Shiar
agus mar staid-inntinn a shea-
sas ri aghaidh taobh nan
Laidionnach is ran Gearmail-
teach anns an Roinn-Edrpa
air fad.
Ach a dh’aindheoin briath-
rachais, feumar aideachadh
gur e gle bheag dhe’n bhlas
Cheilteach, mar tha sinne ’ga
thuigsinn, a fhuaras air a’
chuid bu mhotha dhe na h-
drain a chualas aig an Fheis.
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