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BI-LINGUAL NEWSPAPER OF CURRENT EVENTS IN THE HIGHLANDS AND THE ISLANDS AND IN SCOTLAND
DI-ARDAOIN, 10 LATHA DE’N IUCHAR
THURSDAY, 10th JULY 1969
No. 60
SIXPENCE
DailLeAiseag
Ur A Chaoil
The Modern Highlands
Chuala Comhairle Rathaid- —— — _
ean Siorrachd Inbhir-Nis aig of the Kessock-type vessels
a' choinneamh Di-Maint nach would be necessary,
biodh na bataichean ura air Contracts for alterations to
aiseag Chaol-acuinn gu Fog- the pier at Kyleakm could n
har 1970. Thuirt fear gairme be awarded before November
na Siorrachd. Am Morair and actual work will take
Domhnallach gur iad a' Scot- nine months. The committee
tish Transport Group a bha Save the go-ahead for the
ag aobharachadh dail a chuir work^
’sa chuis.
Dh’ ainmich Mgr. A. Gal¬
loway, iar runaire na siorr¬
achd, gun choinnich rioch-
EIRISGE1DH
Dh’orduich Comhairle nan
Rathaidean aig an aon choin¬
neamh an obair a chuir an
dairean bho’n chomhairle ri laimh airson laimrig a thogail
Scottish Transport agus Scot- an Eirisgeidh agus gun dail
tish Development Depart- a bhith leatha.
ment. Cha robh a’ chomairle
idir riarichte le iarrtuis GOIREASAN TURUSA1CH
Scottish Transport gu feum- Tha duil ri barrachd lucnd
adh na bataichean caraichean
a ghabhail orra ’sa leigeil
dhiubh air an toiseach 'sair
an deireadh Tha seo a’
ciallachadh £60,000 a chosg
ri laimrigean.
Tha a chomhairle de’n
bheachd gur e bataichean a
leithid na te uir tha air
aiseag Cheasaig bu fhreag-
arraich. Cha bhiodh ach
eadar £10,000 is £20,000 r’a
chosg air nan laimrigean.
The Scottish Transport
Group remain convinced that
the end loading ferries were
the more appropriate bur
with the extensive pier alter¬
ations necessitated by the
introduction of such vessels
the boats would not be
operation for the 1970 tour¬
ist season.
Mr David Hamilton, county
road surveyor explained that
two of the end-loading boats
would be required while three
MR J. ABRACH MACKAY
Castletown
Mr J. Abrach Mackay, well-
known throughout the High¬
lands as a member of Caith¬
ness County Council and
other north bodies, died at
his home, The Bungalow, Har-
land Gardens, Castletown,
on Saturday. Bom in Skerray,
North Sutherland, 94 years
ago, he had been a member
of Caithness County Council
for the past 43 years.
Mr Mackay, a fluent Gaelic
speaker, had as his chief in¬
terests education, accident
prevention, and the promo¬
tion of Gaelic.
He is survived by three
sons
turuisr do na h-eileanan am
bliadhna na bh’ann riamh
roimne. Agus bitheadh cuid
do mhuinntir na tuath toil-
ichte nuair a thig iad cuid-
each. Tha nise faisg air ceud
aite air feadh na h-eileanan
tha deonach air luchd turuis
a ghabhail a steach do na tig-
hean aca. Tha Bord na Luchd
Turuis dol a thoirt dhaibh-
saighnaichean a dh’aon gnoi
haich, a chuireas iad a muigh
an tigh, airson daoine stiuir-
eadh thuca.
Thubairt Mgr Ian Home,
Ceannfhear Bord an Luchd
Turuis ann a Steornabhaigh,
gun robh da rud eile ann a
mhiannaicheadh iad. Is e sin
eathraichean beaga agus cara¬
vans agus chaneil iad furasd
fhaotainn idir. Tha e coltach
gum beil eathraichean beag
Another batch of electric generators near completion
(Scotland) Ltd., at Dalcross Industrial Estate, adjacent 1
in the factory of Markon Engineering
> Inverness Airport.
New Machines
From Highlands
A half ton of sophisti-1
cated electronic equipment, I
a vacuum/low pressure resin
casting machine, left the fac¬
tory of Antech Ltd., at the
Longman Industrial Estate,
Inverness, last week, bound
for a customer in Leicester. It
was the first of the firm's
range to be produced at their
new Highland plant.
It is the mbst up-to-date
gUJe?ir lnn/ na h1ileanan i equipment in its field,” said
a bhitheadh freagarach airson g c Morgan! djrector of
daoine thoirt gu mmr no; •• ■
loch
aich
riutha. Tha iad sin an ceann
an cosnaidh agus chaneil e
furasd dhaibh an obair fhag-
ail air son dha na thri mhio-
san. Ach chaneil fhios nach
deanadh fear no dha airgiod
bliadhna anns an t-saison?
Tha luchd turuis ri lorg
caravans cuideach. Tha na
h-uibhear ac ann gun teag-
amh — ach tha feum air an
tuilleadh. Ach bhitheadh
feadhainn tha lorg aite air
son a leithid so toilichte gun
thug muinntir Tholostaidh
bho Thuath agus muinntir
Choll. cothrom dhaibh fuir-
eachd anns na caravans ac
fhein, air pios do thalamh a
bhaile, faisg air na cladaich-
ean breagha sin.
Coming to
INVERNESS?
. i the company. “ At present
ach chaneil finonn- we hav/a ^taff of nine but
ann a theid comnla | ^ earjy next year we hope to
be producing one machine a
month and to be employing
about 15.”
Antech are in the process
of moving from Leicester¬
shire to the Highland capital
with assistance from the
Highlands and Islands De¬
velopment Board and began
work in their new premises
in February, 1969.
They are establishing over¬
seas contacts and believe
their range, which costs from
£1,800 to £3,000, has a
large export potential. The
machines have a wide appli¬
cation in the electrical, radio,
electronics and tele-communi¬
cations industries.
Be sure to visit Holm Woollen Mills
where you will be able to see a
magnificent range of Tartans and Tweeds
Shetland Tweeds, Rugs, Scarves
Cheviot Tweeds, Knitting Yarns
Knitwear
Authentic
REPRODUCTION TARTANS
in 49 Clans
The Largest Range in Scotland
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WOOLLEN MILLS :: INVERNESS
Telephone Inverness 31042
Also at Skye Woollen Mills, Portree