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DI-ARDAOIN, 26mh LATHA DE’N T-SAMHAINN 1970 THURSDAY, 26th NOVEMBER 19 70 No. 96 Sixpence
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The sandy soil of the Uists is particularly suitable for most kinds of bulbs. The
large-scale project in North Uist is at present used to cultivate daffodil and other
bulbs. Our photo shows daffodil heads being removed by a private grower in South
Uist. Photo: Kenneth Robertson, Daliburgh, South' Uist.
LOCHABER JOBS SURVEY
The Highlands and Islands
Development Board, with the
support of the recently form¬
ed Lochaber Development
Committee, have commission¬
ed a Gallup Poll to carry out
a detailed survey of female
employment availability in
Fort William and District.
Announcing this in Inver¬
ness yesterday, Mr Keith Far-
quharson, Deputy Director of
the Board’s Industrial Pro¬
motion and Marketing Divis¬
ion said: It is generally agreed
that the Fort William area
needs new industry, and the
Highland Board is anxious to
help. In order to make an ef¬
fective approach to industrial¬
ists, we must be able to give
them the basic information
they need before they can
take a decision.
“A most important quest¬
ion here is the size of the
labour force available. Official
statistics give a fairly accur¬
ate picture of the male labour
supply, but we believe that
there may be quite a few
women, not at present regist¬
ered for employment, who
would welcome suitable work
either full or part-time. The
purpose of the survey is to
establish whether there is in
fact a hidden reserve of this
kind — and, if so, what kind
of work is wanted”.
The survey, said Mr Far-
quharson, would be carried
out by interviewers who
would call at every household
in Fort William and district
between Thursday, December
3, and Saturday, December
12. As far as possible, every
woman and girl between the
ages of 15 and 60 would be
interviewed.
Those who were interested
— including those interested
in part-time or seasonal work
or in doing regular paid work
in their own homes — would
be asked to give a few furth¬
er details about their exper¬
ience and qualifications.
Mr Farquharson stressed
that nobody would be com¬
mitting themselves in any
way by answering the inter¬
viewers’ questions, and that
there would be no publication
of individual details as a re¬
sult of the survey. Each per¬
son interviewed would be
asked whether they would be
willing for their name and
other relevant information to
be given to a new firm setting
up in business in the Fort
William district. This would,
said Mr Farquharson, help
new enterprises to recruit a
labour force, and could in it¬
self help to attract new in¬
dustry. But if anyone wished
their answers to remain con¬
fidential they could say so,
and no personal information
would be disclosed.
Where interviewers found
nobody at home on two sep-
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Comunn nan Croitear
Air a’choigeamh duilleig air
an 12mh de’n t-Samhainn rinn
sinn mearachd ann a bhith to-
irt iomradh air Coimisean nan
Croitear an aite "Comunn nan
Croitear”. Tha sinn duilich ma
chuir seo dragh no mi-thoileac-
has an rat had duine sam bith.
Fear-deasachaidh
COMMON MARKET FEARS
The Ross and Cromarty all small farms below a mini-
Constifuency Association of
the Scottish National Party
has written to the Prime Min¬
ister, Mr Edward Heath, astc-
ing him to clarify his Govern¬
ment’s attitude to the future
of crofting, in view of the
current negotiations for Unit¬
ed Kingdom membership of
the Common Market. “You
must be aware that the Euro¬
pean common agricultural
policy aims at the closure of
MORAG
Chualas gum faca dithis
dhaoine uile bhiast mhor.
Thug iad Morag oirre. Car-
son? Tha i ann an Loch Mor-
ar thatar ag radh. Bheil e
fior? Tha buidheann ranns-
achaidh a sasunn ag radh a
nis gu bheil iad cinnteach leis
an fhiosrachadh a tha aca gu
bheil i ann. Tha iad ag radh
a bharrachd gun deach a fai-
cinn seachd uairean fichead.
Tha i, a reir sgeoil is coltais,
dluth air da fhichead troigh
mum size,” the letter goes on.
“The application of this pol¬
icy in Scotland, if United
Kingdom membership suc¬
ceeds, would threaten the ex¬
istence of the 18,000 crofts in
the Highland Counties. The
Scottish Nation is entitled to
know what safeguards the
United Kingdom] Government
offers for the preservation of
the traditional pattern of life
in Scotland.”
ann am faid agus tha a ceann
coltach ri ceann easgainn no
ceann nathrach.
’S iomadh uair a chunnacas
cnap fiodha is meanglain air
air flod’s an uisge agus bha a
h-uile duine dearbhte gun
robh uile bhiast ann. Bheil
sin fior an seo? Chan urrainn
do dhuine radh bheil no nach
eil. Co dhiubh nuair a bha
dibhearan a’ dol sios ann am
Loch Nis agus a leig na h-
Amairigeanaich dheth peilear
meallaidh bha aon dhiubh de.
arbhta gum faca e coslach
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