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Sruth, Di-ardaoin, 23 latha de’n Fhaoilteach
Three
MACBRAYNE’S PROPOSAL
OPPOSED
The South-West Ross Dis¬
trict Council are 100 per cent,
opposed to the proposed
transfer of the mail steamer
“ Loch Seaforth ” from Kyle
of Lochalsh to Ullapool. The
suggested transfer is con¬
tained in a report prepared
by Messrs David MacBrayne
Limited, who have asked for
the views of the various local
authorities affected by the
proposal. While at Ullapool,
the “Loch Seaforth,” it is pro¬
posed, will make a once-daily
crossing to Stornoway in
winter-time and twice daily
in summer-time, but even¬
tually will be replaced by a
modern vehicle ferry.
The District Council are
preparing a memorandum set¬
ting forward their arguments
against the transfer, which
they claim will ultimately lead
to the closure of the Kyle/
Dingwall railway line, and are
sending it to the Secretary of
State for Scotland, the High¬
lands and Islands Develop¬
ment Board, Ross and Crom¬
arty County Council and
Messrs MacBrayne. They also
decided to try and arrange a
public protest meeting at
Kyle to which the MPs for
Inverness and Ross and
Cromarty would be invited,
along with the convener of
Inverness County Council,
representatives of the High¬
lands and Islands Develop¬
ment Board, and the mem¬
bers of Lewis District Coun¬
cil who are opposed to the
transfer.
The chairman of the Dis¬
trict Council, Mr Torquil
Nicolson, said after the meet¬
ing that Inverness-shire was
vitally affected by the Mac¬
Brayne proposals as it was
intended to suspend the
vehicle ferry between Mallaig
and Armadale during the
winter, and that could ad¬
versely affect the vehicle
ferry running from Uig in
North Skye across the Minch
to Tarbert and Harris. In¬
stead of taking that route,
he maintained, many Lewis
people would go by Ullapool.
Regarding the future of the
railway line, Mr Nicolson
said that the transfer was
bound to lead to its closure
between Kyle and Dingwall,
and at the moment theic was
only six miles of roao, double¬
car width, over the whole of
that section. To widen the
road to carry the bus traffic
which would result from the
rail closures would cost
between £3m. and £4m. He
added that in view of ques¬
tions raised in Argyll at the
moment about vehicle ferries,
the whole matter of ferry ser¬
vices between the mainland
and islands required much
closer examination by the
new Scottish Transport Board
before Messrs MacBrayne
embarked on any further ser¬
vices of that nature.
DAME FLORA FOR
NORTH AMERICA
That much travelled ambas¬
sador for Scotland, Dame Flora
MacLeod of MacLeod, D.B.E.,
leaves Dunvegan once again to
celebrate her 91st birthday with
clansmen in America.
While in North America
Dame Flora will attend several
Clan Gatherings.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO
TARBERT DISASTER
FUND
Among the first communal
efforts to raise money for the
Tarbert Disaster Fund have
been those in Durness. The
sum of £26 10s was collected
at a Hogmanay watch-night
service in Durness Church of
Scotland, while the local
branch of An Comunn Gaid-
healach raised £16 10s at a
ceilidh and dance.
The County Council re¬
cently donated £100 to the
fund.
The fund’s secretary and
treasurer is Mr G. B. Mackay,
district clerk, Scourie. The
fund is to benefit the rela¬
tives of Mr Donald Macleod
and his son, Christopher, of
Laidmore, Tarbert, who were
drowned on December 18 last,
when they were lobster fish¬
ing off Handa Island.
Tigh Comhnuidh Is Tasgaidh
Gann Donnchaidh
A Bhratach Shidh
Ann an talla nan tur,
An Dunbheagain nam mur nach d’
gheitl
Am measg innealan seolt
'S uidheam chogaidh bhan coir fir
threun;
Tha a crionadh gu breoit —
Air a tasgadh gun chord gun bhreid
Bratach Shidh Cloinn MhicLeoid,
A chuir milltean gun treoir fo
sheun !
’N ann aig Beul nan Tri Allt
Chaidh a leirig a nail le gradh?
No ’n robh bhan-altruim sgith
’S leanabh luaisgeanach tinn le rini
Ann an duthchannan cein
Am bu chrios i no eideadh faidh:
Co nis dh’ fhuasglas a’ chuis
A bha glaiste bho thus ar la?
Ann da dheuchainn an craidh
Thill i fortan an la le Cloinn Leoid -
Blair Ghleanndail 's Milleadh-
Garaidh
Chiur Domhnallaich laidir fo 'n
fhod.
Ge be ait 'an robh beum
No 'n Ceann-cinnidh cuir feum aii
treoir,
Chuireadh Bratach nan Sith
Tuilleadh tapachd an cridh 'nan
seoid.
Ach mo chrech! an treas uair
'S gun e soilleir co bhuadhaicheas
thall
An e beatha no bas,
An e son as is fas no call?
Bhiodh iad measgaicht le cheil’
A reir rabhadh o bheul nach d'
mheall ;
Ach bidh dochann an ceum
I bhi sgaoilte gun eiginn teann.
“ Garg an uair Dhuisgear ”
CLAN HOUSE AND MUSEUM
Tha a’ chlann air gluasad’s Tigh Cruinneachaidh
air a thogail aig SRUAN air an A9. Tha an
tigh tlachdmhor ’na aite tadhail taitneach
do na h-uile ’s air leth freagarrach
airson Comhdhail Clann Dhonnchaidh ge b’e
cearn de ’n t-saoghal’s an tig iad cruinn.
Ach nach seall thu gu h-ard
Air a Bhrataich 's i ‘m barr a
chroinn,
Anns na laiithean a bha
Si crathadh gu straiceil sa ghaoith!
Naoi laoich le luinn ruisgt’
Naoi lamhan le dr—chuird ghrinn,
Clann na Faitear mu 'n cuairt
’S Mac Mhic Mhuirich le uaill ga
dion.
Ged a chaochail a blath,
'S ged a shiubhail mar sgail a gloir,
'S ann bha h-urram a fas
Anns gach cunnart is gabhadh mor.
Ann am cogaidh is cruais,
Ri uchd teine is fuath luchd-tdir,
Co a chanadh nach i
Bheireadh misneach gun dith, is
treoir?
JOIN THE CLAN AS A MEMBER
AND MEET YOUR FRIENDS
Write to the Secretary :
Mrs Anna Drummond, 13 York Place, Edinburgh
Nise fagam le speis
An t-seann Bhratach na ceis mar
tha,
On a ghabh mi orm fein
Trian de cliu chur an ceill mar
bhard;
Bi buan-chuimhn’ air an dream
Bhiodh a cumail gu teann, le
spairn,
"Air Muir is air Tir ”
Bratach rioghail nan Sidh an Aird.
D. M. STAPHAIM.
Plea for *\o Camping9
Signs
Sir Reginald Rootes, of
Durness, wants Sutherland
County Council to remove
the half-mile stretch of road
to Rispond Bay from the list
of county highways and he
wants “ No camping signs
erected.
Eddraehilles and Durness
District Council had com¬
mented in a letter that they
fully appreciated Sir Regi¬
nald’s desire “ for a degree of
privacy in his home at Ris¬
pond and do not doubt that
he would continue to be help¬
ful to fishermen.” Notwith¬
standing that, the district
council had taken into ac¬
count the fact thai Sir Regi¬
nald was not a young man
and there was a limit to the
time he could hope to holi¬
day in Rispond. “ Since there
can be no guarantee that hi;
successor would have any
interest in fishermen and
might even forbid them
access to the pier there, the
district council decided that
they would take a grave view
if this road was removed from
the list of highways.”
At the same time they had
agreed to recommend that
Sir Reginald be advised that
he could erect “No Camp¬
ing ” signs along this short
piece of road.
Mr D. W. Martin, depute
clerk, told Sutherland Roads
Committee recently that it
appeared that Sir Reginald
was concerned about holiday¬
makers making use of the
road to what he said was his
private beach. There was no
question of this being a pri¬
vate road, but Sir Reginald
was wondering whether some-
SNP VIEW ON NEW
INDUSTRIES
The North of Scotland Re¬
gional Council of the Scottish
National Party, at a meeting
in Brora recently, discussed
the controversy in the press
over local attitudes to in¬
dustrialisation in the North.
It was unanimously agreed
to endorse a previous resolu¬
tion to support in every way
the industrialisation at pre¬
sent taking place at Inver¬
gorden. Further industrial
growth points were con¬
sidered essential for the
future prosperity of the
North. These points should
be so situated that they did
not cause further depopula¬
tion of the remoter areas.
It was strongly felt that,
where personnel must be im¬
ported, preference should be
given to exiled Highlanders
and Scots wishing to return
to their homeland. Sympathy
was expressed with the fears
entertained, in some quarters,
that traditional industries, in¬
cluding agriculture, might be
adversely affected, but it was
felt that these fears were
exaggerated when one con¬
sidered the all-round social
benefits accruing to the com¬
munity.
thing could be done to pre¬
vent holidaymakers going
along this road. He (Mr Mar¬
tin) did not know whether
this was a private beach.
Mr Hector Mackay, Edd-
rachilles, said this was a
country road and the pier
there was a council pier. At
any rate, he understood that.
In any case it was a country
road. But the district council
had decided this be kept as
a country road.
Mr W. Sutherland, Brora,
said this road was taken over
many years ago and they
should leave matters as they
stood.
Mr D. McBain, Lochinver,
said he would strongly object
to such signs being allowed.
It they allowed this there
would be repeats throughout
the county where people had
bought holiday homes at the
end of a country road and
wanted the beach to be pri¬
vate. These were county
roads and as such were the
public access to beaches and
piers. That was agreed.
Meetings to
Discuss Owner
Occupancy
The Crofters Commission
announced some time ago that
during the winter months they
would be holding a series of
meetings to discuss crofters’
queries on the proposals the
Commission have made to tse
Secretary of State for Scotland
that crofters become the owners
of their houses and land.
The first of these meetings
have already taken place m
Portree and Kyle of Lochalsh
and one is being held at Lairg
in Sutherland tomorrow 24th
January.
Further meetings will be
held in the Town Hall, Stor¬
noway on Wednesday 5th
February; in the Carloway
Hall, Lewis on Thursday 6th
February; in the Leverhulme
Hall, Tarbert, Harris on Fri¬
day 7th February; in the Com¬
munity Hall, Balivanich, Ben-
becula on Monday 10th Feb¬
ruary and in the Castlebay
Church Hall, Castlebay, Barra
on Tuesday 11th February.
Each of these meetings will
commence at 8 p.m.
A spokesman for the Com¬
mission said that in addition to
answering questions at these
meetings on the proposals made
to the Secretary of State the
Commission will be consulting
crofters on the future manage¬
ment of Common Grazings in
the event of crofters becoming
owner occupiers. He also said
that although these are the
main meetings to be held in the
Outer Isles for the purpose of
discussing this matter the oppor¬
tunity will be taken to answer
questions and discuss owner
occupancy at smaller meetings
which may be held in the Isles
from time to time for other
purposes.
Three
MACBRAYNE’S PROPOSAL
OPPOSED
The South-West Ross Dis¬
trict Council are 100 per cent,
opposed to the proposed
transfer of the mail steamer
“ Loch Seaforth ” from Kyle
of Lochalsh to Ullapool. The
suggested transfer is con¬
tained in a report prepared
by Messrs David MacBrayne
Limited, who have asked for
the views of the various local
authorities affected by the
proposal. While at Ullapool,
the “Loch Seaforth,” it is pro¬
posed, will make a once-daily
crossing to Stornoway in
winter-time and twice daily
in summer-time, but even¬
tually will be replaced by a
modern vehicle ferry.
The District Council are
preparing a memorandum set¬
ting forward their arguments
against the transfer, which
they claim will ultimately lead
to the closure of the Kyle/
Dingwall railway line, and are
sending it to the Secretary of
State for Scotland, the High¬
lands and Islands Develop¬
ment Board, Ross and Crom¬
arty County Council and
Messrs MacBrayne. They also
decided to try and arrange a
public protest meeting at
Kyle to which the MPs for
Inverness and Ross and
Cromarty would be invited,
along with the convener of
Inverness County Council,
representatives of the High¬
lands and Islands Develop¬
ment Board, and the mem¬
bers of Lewis District Coun¬
cil who are opposed to the
transfer.
The chairman of the Dis¬
trict Council, Mr Torquil
Nicolson, said after the meet¬
ing that Inverness-shire was
vitally affected by the Mac¬
Brayne proposals as it was
intended to suspend the
vehicle ferry between Mallaig
and Armadale during the
winter, and that could ad¬
versely affect the vehicle
ferry running from Uig in
North Skye across the Minch
to Tarbert and Harris. In¬
stead of taking that route,
he maintained, many Lewis
people would go by Ullapool.
Regarding the future of the
railway line, Mr Nicolson
said that the transfer was
bound to lead to its closure
between Kyle and Dingwall,
and at the moment theic was
only six miles of roao, double¬
car width, over the whole of
that section. To widen the
road to carry the bus traffic
which would result from the
rail closures would cost
between £3m. and £4m. He
added that in view of ques¬
tions raised in Argyll at the
moment about vehicle ferries,
the whole matter of ferry ser¬
vices between the mainland
and islands required much
closer examination by the
new Scottish Transport Board
before Messrs MacBrayne
embarked on any further ser¬
vices of that nature.
DAME FLORA FOR
NORTH AMERICA
That much travelled ambas¬
sador for Scotland, Dame Flora
MacLeod of MacLeod, D.B.E.,
leaves Dunvegan once again to
celebrate her 91st birthday with
clansmen in America.
While in North America
Dame Flora will attend several
Clan Gatherings.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO
TARBERT DISASTER
FUND
Among the first communal
efforts to raise money for the
Tarbert Disaster Fund have
been those in Durness. The
sum of £26 10s was collected
at a Hogmanay watch-night
service in Durness Church of
Scotland, while the local
branch of An Comunn Gaid-
healach raised £16 10s at a
ceilidh and dance.
The County Council re¬
cently donated £100 to the
fund.
The fund’s secretary and
treasurer is Mr G. B. Mackay,
district clerk, Scourie. The
fund is to benefit the rela¬
tives of Mr Donald Macleod
and his son, Christopher, of
Laidmore, Tarbert, who were
drowned on December 18 last,
when they were lobster fish¬
ing off Handa Island.
Tigh Comhnuidh Is Tasgaidh
Gann Donnchaidh
A Bhratach Shidh
Ann an talla nan tur,
An Dunbheagain nam mur nach d’
gheitl
Am measg innealan seolt
'S uidheam chogaidh bhan coir fir
threun;
Tha a crionadh gu breoit —
Air a tasgadh gun chord gun bhreid
Bratach Shidh Cloinn MhicLeoid,
A chuir milltean gun treoir fo
sheun !
’N ann aig Beul nan Tri Allt
Chaidh a leirig a nail le gradh?
No ’n robh bhan-altruim sgith
’S leanabh luaisgeanach tinn le rini
Ann an duthchannan cein
Am bu chrios i no eideadh faidh:
Co nis dh’ fhuasglas a’ chuis
A bha glaiste bho thus ar la?
Ann da dheuchainn an craidh
Thill i fortan an la le Cloinn Leoid -
Blair Ghleanndail 's Milleadh-
Garaidh
Chiur Domhnallaich laidir fo 'n
fhod.
Ge be ait 'an robh beum
No 'n Ceann-cinnidh cuir feum aii
treoir,
Chuireadh Bratach nan Sith
Tuilleadh tapachd an cridh 'nan
seoid.
Ach mo chrech! an treas uair
'S gun e soilleir co bhuadhaicheas
thall
An e beatha no bas,
An e son as is fas no call?
Bhiodh iad measgaicht le cheil’
A reir rabhadh o bheul nach d'
mheall ;
Ach bidh dochann an ceum
I bhi sgaoilte gun eiginn teann.
“ Garg an uair Dhuisgear ”
CLAN HOUSE AND MUSEUM
Tha a’ chlann air gluasad’s Tigh Cruinneachaidh
air a thogail aig SRUAN air an A9. Tha an
tigh tlachdmhor ’na aite tadhail taitneach
do na h-uile ’s air leth freagarrach
airson Comhdhail Clann Dhonnchaidh ge b’e
cearn de ’n t-saoghal’s an tig iad cruinn.
Ach nach seall thu gu h-ard
Air a Bhrataich 's i ‘m barr a
chroinn,
Anns na laiithean a bha
Si crathadh gu straiceil sa ghaoith!
Naoi laoich le luinn ruisgt’
Naoi lamhan le dr—chuird ghrinn,
Clann na Faitear mu 'n cuairt
’S Mac Mhic Mhuirich le uaill ga
dion.
Ged a chaochail a blath,
'S ged a shiubhail mar sgail a gloir,
'S ann bha h-urram a fas
Anns gach cunnart is gabhadh mor.
Ann am cogaidh is cruais,
Ri uchd teine is fuath luchd-tdir,
Co a chanadh nach i
Bheireadh misneach gun dith, is
treoir?
JOIN THE CLAN AS A MEMBER
AND MEET YOUR FRIENDS
Write to the Secretary :
Mrs Anna Drummond, 13 York Place, Edinburgh
Nise fagam le speis
An t-seann Bhratach na ceis mar
tha,
On a ghabh mi orm fein
Trian de cliu chur an ceill mar
bhard;
Bi buan-chuimhn’ air an dream
Bhiodh a cumail gu teann, le
spairn,
"Air Muir is air Tir ”
Bratach rioghail nan Sidh an Aird.
D. M. STAPHAIM.
Plea for *\o Camping9
Signs
Sir Reginald Rootes, of
Durness, wants Sutherland
County Council to remove
the half-mile stretch of road
to Rispond Bay from the list
of county highways and he
wants “ No camping signs
erected.
Eddraehilles and Durness
District Council had com¬
mented in a letter that they
fully appreciated Sir Regi¬
nald’s desire “ for a degree of
privacy in his home at Ris¬
pond and do not doubt that
he would continue to be help¬
ful to fishermen.” Notwith¬
standing that, the district
council had taken into ac¬
count the fact thai Sir Regi¬
nald was not a young man
and there was a limit to the
time he could hope to holi¬
day in Rispond. “ Since there
can be no guarantee that hi;
successor would have any
interest in fishermen and
might even forbid them
access to the pier there, the
district council decided that
they would take a grave view
if this road was removed from
the list of highways.”
At the same time they had
agreed to recommend that
Sir Reginald be advised that
he could erect “No Camp¬
ing ” signs along this short
piece of road.
Mr D. W. Martin, depute
clerk, told Sutherland Roads
Committee recently that it
appeared that Sir Reginald
was concerned about holiday¬
makers making use of the
road to what he said was his
private beach. There was no
question of this being a pri¬
vate road, but Sir Reginald
was wondering whether some-
SNP VIEW ON NEW
INDUSTRIES
The North of Scotland Re¬
gional Council of the Scottish
National Party, at a meeting
in Brora recently, discussed
the controversy in the press
over local attitudes to in¬
dustrialisation in the North.
It was unanimously agreed
to endorse a previous resolu¬
tion to support in every way
the industrialisation at pre¬
sent taking place at Inver¬
gorden. Further industrial
growth points were con¬
sidered essential for the
future prosperity of the
North. These points should
be so situated that they did
not cause further depopula¬
tion of the remoter areas.
It was strongly felt that,
where personnel must be im¬
ported, preference should be
given to exiled Highlanders
and Scots wishing to return
to their homeland. Sympathy
was expressed with the fears
entertained, in some quarters,
that traditional industries, in¬
cluding agriculture, might be
adversely affected, but it was
felt that these fears were
exaggerated when one con¬
sidered the all-round social
benefits accruing to the com¬
munity.
thing could be done to pre¬
vent holidaymakers going
along this road. He (Mr Mar¬
tin) did not know whether
this was a private beach.
Mr Hector Mackay, Edd-
rachilles, said this was a
country road and the pier
there was a council pier. At
any rate, he understood that.
In any case it was a country
road. But the district council
had decided this be kept as
a country road.
Mr W. Sutherland, Brora,
said this road was taken over
many years ago and they
should leave matters as they
stood.
Mr D. McBain, Lochinver,
said he would strongly object
to such signs being allowed.
It they allowed this there
would be repeats throughout
the county where people had
bought holiday homes at the
end of a country road and
wanted the beach to be pri¬
vate. These were county
roads and as such were the
public access to beaches and
piers. That was agreed.
Meetings to
Discuss Owner
Occupancy
The Crofters Commission
announced some time ago that
during the winter months they
would be holding a series of
meetings to discuss crofters’
queries on the proposals the
Commission have made to tse
Secretary of State for Scotland
that crofters become the owners
of their houses and land.
The first of these meetings
have already taken place m
Portree and Kyle of Lochalsh
and one is being held at Lairg
in Sutherland tomorrow 24th
January.
Further meetings will be
held in the Town Hall, Stor¬
noway on Wednesday 5th
February; in the Carloway
Hall, Lewis on Thursday 6th
February; in the Leverhulme
Hall, Tarbert, Harris on Fri¬
day 7th February; in the Com¬
munity Hall, Balivanich, Ben-
becula on Monday 10th Feb¬
ruary and in the Castlebay
Church Hall, Castlebay, Barra
on Tuesday 11th February.
Each of these meetings will
commence at 8 p.m.
A spokesman for the Com¬
mission said that in addition to
answering questions at these
meetings on the proposals made
to the Secretary of State the
Commission will be consulting
crofters on the future manage¬
ment of Common Grazings in
the event of crofters becoming
owner occupiers. He also said
that although these are the
main meetings to be held in the
Outer Isles for the purpose of
discussing this matter the oppor¬
tunity will be taken to answer
questions and discuss owner
occupancy at smaller meetings
which may be held in the Isles
from time to time for other
purposes.
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