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No Satisfaction On Fares
Increase
Campbell had assured die de.
putation of the Government’s
intention to give high priority
JHE Secretary of State for Transport system collapse, ' “^p1eXarlprSje^‘0aff«ttag
Scotland Mr Gordon said Mr Stewart. their services to the Islands.
Campbell told a deputation Mr Campbell, he said, had it was not possible for the
from the Western Isles on told them he had no option Government to present ready-
Monday that no reduction but to approve the latest in- made solutions after only
was possible m the recent peases. Nor could they get three moxlths in office, but a
fares and freight increases any definite reply on the great deal of work had already
announced by David Mac. question of a review. been done to examine all
Bravnes. be would look aspects of the problem.
bfn ^ 11 ' int° the question for his own The Scottish Transport
Stewart, for the Isles, the 11- satisfaction. We expressed our Group had appointed consul-
mffitpift ^ood whin thenar extr^me disappointment at tants to examine both the
t ^AtiHW^ the result of the meetinS with organisational and financial
Sfnwi haH Wn him’” said ^ Stewart‘ aspects of the shipping ser-
travcllinf ’ smce Friday^to A ”em^r *>« dePut!- vi:C“ wh™ k acquired control
4.^_ , .? X- „ J tion, Mr William Lucas, re- of MacBrayne s m July of
When they were told that Presenting Stornoway Har- last year.
Mr Gordon Campbell had ^our l^m™ssl.on’ ®ald As regards the future, he
been delayed, they refused to ^?in.Pbe1^ had ^ ^ was urgently examining the
see Mr George Younger, a the ^ ® at M Ross s complex system of transport
Under-Secretary of State for d?°r and dld not come UP to the Islands. He wanted to
Development, and threatened Wlth ^ answers- see modernisation rationalisa-
a sit-in until Mr Campbell A statement issued by St tion, and basic efficient ser-
arrived. Andrew’s House said Mr vices.
The increases — 12.5% on
passenger fares, 10% on-
freight charges and 5% on
vehicles — came into opera¬
tion on September 1.
MacBrayne’s, who receive
an annual Government sub¬
sidy of £600,000, have in¬
creased their freight charges
to the Islands 15 times in the
past 24 years. The deputation
told Mr Campbell that if he
reduced the charges there
would be scope for develop¬
ment which would lead to
more traffic, more profitable
running of services and less
Government subsidy.
“We asked the Government
to basis, we 'had as much
right to a visible economy as
the city of London, where
they wrote off £250 million in
February on the grounds that
is was more economic to bear
this loss than let the London
Obiii ary - KEY. ANGUS MACVM Alt
The Rev. Angus MacVicar, Duror. During his 47 years
who spent a lifetime’s minis- as minister at Southend he
try at Southend, Kintyre, took a full and active part in
died on Saturday at Kenmore, the spheres of parish, church
Perthshire, the home of his anc} countv. He was a former
son, the Rev. Kenneth Mac- member of Argyll County
Vicar. He was 93. Education Committee, and
The Rev. Angus John Mac- his appointment as clerk to
Vicar was minister of South- the Presbytery of Kintyre
end Church, near Campbel- dated from 1913. He was a
town, Argyll, from 1910 to Justice of the Peace.
1957. A North Uist farmer’s in the First World War he
son he was born in 1878, served as an officer in the
and was educated at Bayhead Lovat Scouts, and as a chap-
and Kingussie Schools, gradu- lain to the forces. He was the
ating in arts at Glasgow first captain of Glasgow Uni-
Umversity in 1903. Three versity Shinty Club. Mr Mac-
years later he was licenced vicar was the author of
by the Presbytery of Uist. “ Fourteenth Centenary of
He held assistantships at St Columba.” He married in
Port Ellen, Islay and Foyers, 1907 and had five sons and a
and in 1907 was ordained to daughter.
AN LONG BHAMACH
a tha air a
bhith air a cheangal ris an
Oban o chionn fhada, a nis
a’ dol a dh’ fhaighinn seir-
bhis ur a cheanglas e airson
a’ mhor chuid ri Mallaig. Tha
Mac a’ Bhruthain a’ dol a
chur air bhonn seolaidhean
ura samhraidh anns a’
Mhaidh seo tighinn agus
chan eil an doigh aca a’ cor-
dadh idir ris na h-Eileanaich
Thatar an duil aon seirbhis
’san t-seachdain a bhith a’
dol a mach as an Oban gu
ruige Barraidh agus dithis
eile leis a’ char aiseig a Mal¬
laig. An ebrr de’n uine
bithidh “an Claymore” as an
Oban a’ dol gu Tiridhe is
Colla, a’ tadhail ann an
Craig an lubhair agus Tobar
Mhoire air an rathad. Seo na
h-atharraichean:
ERROR
The credit line on the article,
“Oban — The Charing Cross
of the Highlands", which reads
"by Alex D. Craig," should
in fact have been —
by GILBERT T. BELL
Oban — Tober Mhoire —
Colla — Tiriodh — sia
uairean ’san t-seachdain
ante a ceithir.
Oban — Craig an lubhair
da uair a barrachd air Di
Ciadaoin is Di h-Aoine.
Mallaig — Bagh a’ Chais-
teil seirbhis ur, da uair
’san t-seachdain.
Bagh a’ Chaisteil — Loch
Baoghasdail uair ’san t-
seachdain air Di—Luain.
Mallaig—Loch Baoghasdail,
tri uairean ’san t-seach¬
dain an aite aon uair.
Chan eil seo a’ tighinn ris
na Eileanaich a chionns gu
bheil an ceanglaidhean is an
cairdean anns an Oban agus
ann an Glaschu, agijs a reir
coltais cha deach is cha teid
moran diu a ghabhail dhe
seo. Tha Mgr. Moireasdan,
a th’air Comharile an t-Sior-
rachd, a’ deanamh a mach gu
bheil e fanear do’n H.I.D.B.
Barraidh a cheangal ris a’
Ghearasdan agus Loch Abar,
agus gun deach innse dhaibh
tuilleadh uis a dheanamh de
na maragaidhean sin. Tha e
a bharrachd a’ cur dragh
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