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AND INTER-ISLAND ADVERTISER. Onward, Skye! Queen of the West!
December 1951. Price 6d. No. 11.
weight, ahd make :the legislation of our land, our EDITORIAL servant at a moment's bidding. Young men of Skye you have the opportunity, We have now come to the end of 1951, whi'Ch has now. if you study the great ideas of citizenship, to been a year of dramatic inter.national surprises, become the choice race of the West. and , n{}W, with a Conservative Government in This per·iodical, is your p~er, not mine. Can power, we, and indeed the whole world, looks to you not be inspired ; " The Clarion " seeks to. lead it to establish a lasting peace. In this Island there you.' Will you follow, or will you let the elements is a strong feeHng, t ha-t the new conservative mind of fr:eedom and justice ;pass you by, leaving you wi'll eventual-ly brlng us into the sound path of in the gloom t•hat pervades the mettle-strewn, moss succcessful and sound development. We don't in any grown and cold, hearthstone, from which many ,Jf case require to have any !false modesty about it, - your kinsmen were herded across the seas. if the country looks back to our record od' loyalty lot was not to go out into the busy world to seek for many genera.tions, now. We deserve to re renown that prompted the introduction of the ceive full considera.tion, as an Island people and "Clarion" of Skye into your midst. Its ma-in pur to partici~ate in the good that may be available pose is to interest itself in your lives, t o mjngle in a more sensj•ble home po.I.icy. kindly wHh your joys and sorrows, ever tryi-ng to To enable us however to attain, the qualities do what jt can for Skyemen, rather than that they necessary to bring our Beautiful Island to a high should do anything for it. and looks with pleasant standard, we must treat other people's beliefs and hope to the day when it shall call Skyemen its own, fellings with respect, although they may differ from an honour better than to be thejr King or master. our own. We must, within our own Island try to Thank you, readers, very sincerely, for your cultivate a friendly, pleasant and · co-o~erati
of local news, as well as the first instalment of notes on local weather. Circulation by then had " Clarion " Greetings reached 250 copies. ' Number four (May. 1951) aspired to six pages TO THE LITTLE BOYS AND GlltLS OF Sl\YJ<; and cost thi·eepence. It contained the first edit9rial, " T!he Clarion " does no:t wish to forget you a ·· monthly poetic quotation and more local i1ews little boys and giFls of Skye. In .the future it wui items. A new departure on this occasion was The be your paper, as sure as H is that of your senior, Gaelic Corner. Advertisements numbered 43. now. . You are heading on to be the Skye men anct In June, " The Clarion " appeared in a new women oof to-morrow. To-day your hearts are dress, attractively printed as an eight-page monthlv the birds and the sunshine; in your thoughts the magazine with all the regular features and fresh brooklets flow, but in mine ,is the wind o;f autumn surprises. Letters to the Editor, original poems, and .the firs.t fall" w snow. The world would be news and views .added to the rising interest. Ad a desert to us if you were not with us; with your vertisements were classified and for the- first time presence, our troubles seem to vanish away. Learn 1000 copies were printed. to grow-up, always remembering that your parents The July number sported twelve pages and have loved you, and do not for,get to love them contained accounts of Skye Week. Summer Cattle in return. Learn to honour and· respec.t your Sales, and a new series on The Unknown Beauties schoolmaster or mistress, never tell a lie to get you of Skye. out of a scrap; :i f you do go wrong, ndne times out of ten you wHl be gracefully pardoned. Learn to The last issue available at the time l'lf writing be kind to older peo•ple, as they also were once shows that " The Clarion's " rapid expansion has young like you. A kind word from a child is not yet reached its peak by any means. This one to an old man or woman as a living poem, and (October) bas no less than sixteen pages·, packed makes their heart glad. Avoid repeating wha.t with items of interest to various tastes. T':le you hear a•bout another little boy or girl. for that circulation at present is ll!OO copies, with many !Lttle mate may be your greatest friend when you urgent requests for further expansion. grow-up to be a man. This brief sketch may give new readers an idea Never be unk·ind to animals, for they just feel of how humble but determined e·fforts have achieved the whip as you would. Endeavour to attend your surprising success for a local idea in nine sho;t Ohurch and Sunday School regularly; it is a habit months. What new ground will , be broken 1 n that stamps a hallmark on your character when you 1952? The seed appears to have been well sown. are men and women. As you grow-up, let your We all wish the Editor every success in the com love o.f the Island Home never falter. for you are ing year. As he co~arageously declared on the favoured to be born ~n •the most beautiful Island two-page sheet Jn March, " 'The Clarion ' WITH In the world. Your forefathers were of a race YOUR HELIP has unlimited possilbilities." that yo.u can justly be proud of. D. MeL. Remember, .that. if your thoughts wander to foreign lands when you are grown-up, do not imagine that you c.an .pick up golden pennies on the streets; perhaps, however. "Eilean a Cheo" will Hospital Protest by then, be .the Electri.c Isle, and which will assure you of a comfortable Livelihood. The o.pportuni· A ·pablic meetiillg was held in Struan Public ties open to you were clo~ed ones to your fa thers. School, last month. attended by Mrs MacLeod of Therefore, little boys and girls of Skye, learn all you can, when thoughts are s~nging swallows. and MacLeod, Dunvegan Castle, as the local representa the brooks of morning sun. Above all, learn to tive on the Skye Hospltal Board. After due allow become Good Skye men and women, and to remain ance for discussion and observations, with lucid proud of your heri·tage and the Gaelic tongue. explanation, the following resolution was drafted, All !have not gold to g)ve. approved and directed to 1be sent to the Secretary But all may yet be kind: of State for Scotland and the Northern Regional W·here'er you .are where'er you live, Board, which was done in due course:- Give love to all Mankind. " We, the inhabi-tants of the Bracadale Ward A VERY MERRY OH&IS1'JMAS TO YOU LITTLE of the parish, most earnestly ask you to review BOYS AND GIRLS OF SKYE-AND EVERYWHERE. the decision to build the Central Hospital for -THE EDITOR. Skye at Broadford, which affects most adversely the well-being, health and economy of the peo ple Uving in the North and West of Skye, where the bulk of the ;people reside, and further that The Good Book Sayeth the said hospital be built at Portree, the natunl and geographical centre of the Island." And wi
Sir,-I recei•ved your copy of the " Clarion " for Letters to the Editor Octo·ber. ·and I have 'pleasure in enclosing my annual swbscription. _ As a native of Dunvegan, Sir,-In ~he October number of the "Clarion.· . who .has res·ided in England since July, 1930. may •u. you emphasise the claim in your Editorial Address. I off.er some criticism. which I hope will be ac that your magazine -js non-poli:tical. cepted .in the spirit which it is offered. ill We exUed Skyemen ((f I may term us as such) ll'S Your statemen:t in support of the Tory Candi want a pa.per which ls contributed to by Skyemen. nd date for Inverness-shire not only repudiates your Could you not get a more representative view of re clajm. but manifests your earnestness to inspire all Skye Hfe; get a few more prominent Skye people he electors to record their ·votes in his favour. to contribute artides, however small, but repre nn To give credit when due, to a Member of Par sentative, to let us know how S·kye is Hving. be }.iament of any Party, is no·t a po!Ltical action, but You had quite an interesting article on pas ur in this ·case the gentleman concerned. a.t the time sengers arriving a•t Por.tree by the Kyle boat. Why rn of your statement. was not a Member of Parlia not emphasise that I, as a Sgiathanach. made two ots ment, but like his opponent, a Candidate for the journeys .to Dunvegan by car from Yorkshire this •m consti·tuency of Inverness-sh-ire. '- summer. a matter of 535 miles. and was com ur In accordance with the democratic constitution pelled to go round by Portree to get to Pun-vegan, )U o.f Britain, our representati•ves in Parl·iament, im owing to the de'Plora,ble condition of the road from ut mediately Parliament is dissolved, forfeit all rights, SJ.igichan to Dunrvegan, via· Gesto and Bracadale. to priV'ileges and remuneration as Members of Parlia: Mrs Seton Gordon's pi·cture of Portree P.ier, has ce altered since ii was at school .there (1920-25) when is ment. passengers off the boa{ were usually besieged by nd Those nominated to stand become candidates local car .hirers as to w.ho could convey them to a.t in a .pol.t.tical !battle; it iS therefore obvious that their destination. I admire your paper and I con at statements. or expressions made i.n fa.vour of any. gratulate you,. on •being Editor od' the first one (to ou are made on the grounds of politic-al SIJiPport. my k.nowledge) that has been edited ,in "Eilean a By your statement you flung overboard your C.heo." mooring .to a non-political constitution and allowed .e1 Wi·th Best-whishes for your Editorial success. the " Clarion " to drifit on the political ocean ·~f \;~ Party Polittcs, whoi'ch may mean conc.Jusive end NiEI•L !MACDONALD. ou on the rocks of political propaganda. Editor's Note.-This letter is much appreciated, ur Now, Mr Editor, the punpose of my letter ls and is a •pointer to Skye folk to contri·bute more not a generpl criti-c.tsm of your highly respected to the "Clarion," as evidently the exiles. from the t~ and most valuable magazine. or of your own s.in Island. warm-up to news from the homeland. ce cere effor,ts to popu•lar-ize Skye in its pages, bu·t to. -Editor. use your priviJ.edged pos)tion as Editor, in SUP!Port to of any Candidate Js a most dangerous adventure. Sir.-In J;ts varied and interesting read1ng ot Let the "Cl·arion " return immediately to its matter, the "Clarion of Skye" Ls cer tainly forging In non-opo1itical constitution. in order to retain the ahead. It also possesses what is rare in present-day ill reSIJlect and support i.t deserves.-Yours. etc .. "mass produced" Jjournalismc--lt.he human touch re which brj.ngs Editor and reader together in common li- MURDO LOUDON. bound. No ma·tter how extensive its circulation, 18 Borrevaig, and we trust i·t will increase with every isssue, [~i Dunvegan, Skye. 25/10/51. natives of Skye in .particular will regard the " Clarion " as " our paJPer "!-Yours sincerely, lI d P.S.-I shall welcome pub)jc Oiplnion . ~M . L . to 1 DON!AIJD MACPHERSON. In Feorllg, Dunvegan. Skye, 25/10/51. Sir,-I am a student •aged 17. and a_ keen ad mirer of your lovely coun.try. and there are such Editor's Note.-Thank you for the a.bove com .a lot of things I'd Like to know about it. There pliment which ds greatly appreciated. Encour fore. I'd like very much corresponding with some agement like yours, goes far to brtng not only body in the Hebrides. I don't know anybody there the readers of the "Clarion" together, but. to the and this way was the only one I could think of, brotherhood, the human race should turn too and so I hope you'll excuse my taking the Ji.berty of that Great far off Divine event, to Wlhlch all crea writing to you. Perhaps you could put a few lines tion mo•ves. about i.t in your pa:per'r I must tell you i.n ad vance how grateful I am.-Yours, etc., Tourists, says cyni'c, are people who motor a INGER WIDSTRAND. a thousand miles In order to take pictures of them Vindhemsgatan 4-a. selrves standing by the car.-" Peter.borough Uppsala. Sweden. 13/H/51. Ex·aminer." Editor's Note.-A copy of NQI\Temlber ·issue has * * * been sent to him, and it is hoped that many other Alt the reading of his will, it was found that the of Hs readers w.ill write to our Nordic friend, as late Burghomaster had written: .. ·Being of sound some of us ar& Vtkings in any case.-Edltor. . mind. I spent it aU on myself."~" Beacon Her·ald," 4 THE CLARION OF SKYE
fathers. This fact remains, hOEWever unpalatable , Events and Comments it may be to thos'e who look askance at modern pleasures and, as long as leisure hours are so In- · The following incident highlights among other adequately catered for. neither work nor money will Induce them to stay wit h us. things, the inadequancy of Skye's communications with the Mainland. True, things are better in Skye than they were. Word of the death of a relative in Fort Wil!iMYJ Youth Cll!lbs have been started in the villages, and much has been done @y the Skye Council of Social reached a man in Uig too late to enable him to travel from Portree in the ordinary way, and still Services. But a great deal more could be done in the way of organised sports, for example, and be in time for the funeral. organised competitions between Youth Clubs. Also As he wished to attend, the o_nly course open In arous ~ ng more intere5t in drama and in having to him was to leave U~ g at 2.30 a.m., paying for a' much more frequent cinema shows. round trip by car to Kyleakin of over one hundred There can be Uttle doubt too, that over the miles. His intention then was to cross the ferry years, ignor!lnce contributed largely to the depopu get the Stornoway boat, which leaves Kyle for lation of Skye. ;Ignorance, that is, of what was Mallaig at 5 a.m .• and so catch the early train from happening. People did not know, or at any rate Mallaig. did not fully realise. how serious was the drift As prearranged, the ferry-men were on the spot from the Island. For there was no newspaper in good time. But then, the traveller alleges, or organ of any kina ' to bring the truth home to neither by threats, casolery, nor by his insistence them. that he must in no account lose the boat, would That, at ·least, has been altered. And if m\ly they be hurried in any way. Their reply to all for that fact alone, for the fact that it presents his urging, the traveller says, was a: repeated and Skye's case to the people of Skye and, as it were, positive assurance that " there was plenty of time." lets one half of the Island know how the other The result was that after an unhurried brew half Jives, Skye's own magazine should have un of tea and an equally tardy departure from the qualified support from the people of Skye. Kyleakin jetty, the ferry was rather less than two thirds of the way across when the steamer pulled "Why don't we have* *what * others have? Why out. be so darned contented?" The traveller. now too late for his object, could It has been said that discontent is the first fo r- only cut his losses and return, home. Even in this ward step with a man or a nation. How long, · he was hampered. For, on seeing his charge then. shal~ we in Skye be content to suffer the aboard the ferry, the driver of the car had, not un crippling freight charges paid on goods brought naturally, also Feturned home. to us. At the end, the excuse offered by the railway Not long ago a man in Portree received two officials was that it was no part of the ferry's job similar packages from two different firms in Glas to catch the Stornoway boat anyway, but rather gow. One package came by post for l/ 9d. The the Inverness train. other came by boat to MacBrayne's store for 6/9d! Than this there could be no feebler excuse of fered. For they had been contacted before hand, Six new Council houses* * * were completed in Uig and had agreed to making an earlier start. in November. People there claim that few. if In the circumstances, the traveller may be par any, Counci•l houses in Skye have so fine a setting. doned for imagining that the utter frustration of The ' houses stand about thirty yar·ds f~om the his journey was brought about by downright care main road, in a wooded park, along the whole lessness and a gross~y insensitive attitude to the green length of whi:ch flows the Rhu Burn. To nature of his business. the south and west, through the trees can be seen the picturesque sweep of the Bay backed by the For Skye to prosper,* * the* drift of the younger long, low, b!acli: wall of the Waternish Peninsula. people to the cities must be halted. It is ~umoured tha-t more houses may be built To this end work alone is not enough. For, in Uig, presumably in the same picture postcard although there has been no lack of work in the setting. Island for the past nine or ten years, depopulation * * * continues. At a reduced rate. perhaps, but still One wonders if Skye, along with the rest of the sufficiently fast to be a source of real concern to Highlands, will benefit from the advent of a new those w'ho are genuinely interested in the welfare Government. of Skye. If, for example, there· will be any repetition of Every parish in the Island, we are told, has the fantastic . economic policy that spends millions declined in population since 1931. This melancholy on cigars. from Cuba while the Highlands cry aloud fact should cause much heart-searching throughout for development. Skye; and not least among those who naiyely Or if any mme money will be gaily squan imagine that the people of Skye can thrive on dered in Africa while any African would be con scenery, songs and the glory reflected from the vulsed at the idea of our tortuous. muddy tracks romantic, history of a by-gone age. being called roads. The Island youth oi to-day want a wider range In dealing with Home Rule, and especiallY Ci1f entertainment than d~ d their fathers and grand- where Highland prob\ems are involved, Scottfsh THE CLARION OF SKYE 5
M.P.s should be careful not to let _themselves be farmers had to send their :~~oung sheep to the 1ow unduly influenced by those who put clan before ground of the South. It was the usual custom community and 'who subordinate pride of country in fact, for them to have farms of their own in the to pride of name. low country, mainly used for wintering sheep off * * * their Island Tacks. These men, however, could A belated bouquet for th,l! Portree Junior Choir. stand this method, but there is not one man in They did very well indeed ~- Edinburgh. So well this Island, I believe, who can honestly say that that theY deserved a bigger and better welcome as a sheep stock the Cheviot is the most suitable home than they received. for the Skye ·Crofter. The occasion was mishandled to a degree,_ de The climate and physica~ conditions with the spite the appearance of a piper or two who played softness of this breed makes it even more necessary an on-again, off-again sort of welcome 0lil. the f.or us to send -our hoggs to the lowground of the pier. Mainland. This means that the price we get for Nor was the clumsiness of the ]:>oat in. coming the wether lambs goes to .pay for the wintering of alongside any help. The bowman's- repeated and the ewe lambs, leaving us only the wool and cast unavailing attempts to get a line ashore did not ewe for expenses, and perhaps a slight margin of go well with the singing of the Choir. Finally, profit. Fol' many years in the 30's it did not show when the boat had diifted to within six feet of the a profit. pier. the youngsters clapped and cheered him to Therefore, it is evident that tlie time is now ripe, success. J. D. MALCOL!V):. in fact the urg.elicy of the situation seriously re quires t hat an immediate change over be made to the Blackface, which in more than a financial way The Crofter is better suited to the Island's climate and grazing. The change over can only be done by stages. (Continued). Therefore, the sooner begun will be to the profit This year it has been more clearly illustrated of the crofter. (C-riticism or approva~ is welcome.-Ed.) than ever to the average Skye Crofter, and also to the Skye farmer. that the Cheviot breed of sheep (To be continued). is one that · is not suitable to his pocket. The Cheviot was first introduced into Skye between 1802 and 1820. Previous to that period, the main stock . -Old Fashioned Doctor Clarion on the Island was the little short-wooled Blackface, but these were not looked upon so mu.ch for mar keting pur poses, as their chief uses were for their SLOW TALKERS wool. to be woven into garments, and their carcases for home-consumed meat. Johnny does not talk. He is three years old Up to the dates given, the major part of the and has yet to utter a full sentence. All the re Island was given over to t.he rearing of Black latives moan and c~uck over poor Johnny. They Cattle, or " Kylo." Sheep-farming was not carried bribe him with candy to talk. They threaten him. on to any great extent. Gradually, however, the They tell him he is a bad boy and that he is making means of communication to this Island became easier, and brought up more people from the his mummy and daddy very sad. Of course the South ; people who were curious to know what kind wisest thing for Johnny to do is to keep his little of countryside our Island was. To the-ir friends. mouth shut and refuse to become embroiled in the on their return. they ga'Ve glowing accounts of the whole discussion. wonderful grazing covering the land. This, with the great condition of the Black Cattle of Skye, sold Badgering ·children, bribing them or threatening at the Falkirk Tryst, impelled stockmen of the Scot them with rejection is no way to get a slow talker tish Borders to effer ~arge · rents fer stretches of to start speaking. According to the old way, if a land which on acceotance was stocked with child is mentally, physically and emotionally ready Cheviots.• So little did we know about handling to speak he may be helped in several ways. this breed of sheep that these stockmen had to First speak to the chid sJowly and use simple import shepher ds as well to look after them. language. Use too " let's go bye bye," or " get a Hence the reason we have so many descendan
Mairi Ross, Portree. Agnes Macdonald, Kenna Old Homes of ·Renown in Skye Campbell and John Mackenzie were 1st prize win ners in Oral competitions. No. 1-0RBOST. Ai\ter the Choir's return from the Mod, they held an informal Ceilidh in the Drill Hall, Portree, and Orbost is one o£ the older houses in Skye. The charmed the audience with very fine renderings of " old house " was small and square-built, as was choir pieces, and the s-inging and reciting of indi the custom of the time here. and faced fairly into vidual choir memrbers. It is a most creditable thing the south-west gales. It was old when Campbell indeed, to say that every member. almost withont of Ensor, the noted smuggler, had tack of Orbost e~ception, who sang or recHed at the CeiLidh won in the early part of the eighteenth century, but a prize at the National Mod in solos, duets recita how oid is not now remembered. The " new tions or verse speaking. house" was built on to it in two parts, one at each Mr E. Watt, Conductor of the Choir, has cer end, abouf a hundred and fifty years ago. Much tainly done some very fine work. He has taken trouble was taken with the building, pink stone the trouble to learn the Gaelic language, and this no doubt, has helped him greatly in interpreting from Soay, black marble from Strath and oak from the songs so well. We hope the Ohoir will continue the Mainland being collectea for the purpose. to go forward to the Mod each year and do as well, Its , view over Loch Bracada.le to Rhum and if not better-if that be possi•ble- than in prev.ious Canna, with the Cuchuillins in -the distance, is cer years. tainly one of the most beautiful... in Skye, or even, as some have c-laimed, in the world. Orbost is chiefly noteworthy for two things it no longer has, its school and its township. The Local Weather for October, former was famous in its day, about two hundred years ago, and produced many men of note. 'in 1951 cluding Prince Charles Edward's guide, Donald Roy Macleod, whose Latin. ·odes were much thought of at that time. Later, the township must have con Total rainfall was 5.87 inches the heaviest fall tained at least one man ef considerable character during 24 hours being 2.16 inches on the lOth. Other and vision, for when it emigrated, as emigrate it heavy falls were .81 in. (25th) and .54 in. '3lstl. did, it was not to become a remnant of homesick October during the last three yea·rs has been very peopl·e scattered over a continent, but went as a wet. By contrast, October, 1946, with 26 dry days, township and remained one. It is now the large and flourishing agricultural town of Orbost on the had only half-an-inch of rain throughout. Snowy River in the State of Victoria, Australia. Highest shade temperature at noon was 62 de Orbost House .is now the home of Col. and Mrs grees for the first two days, the highest October Swire. reading for ten years. The highest temperature in the sun was 105 degrees on Friday, 5th. This has· been the mildest October since 1939, which was also preceded by a very mild September. Portree Secondary School During the past seven years at !east there has been a- marked tendency for a mild spell to develop Junio~ Choir semewhere between 26th September and 14th Octo ber. This w~ speciaHy noticeable during 1945, 1949, and even more so this year. The average I think ~t most fitting that some mention should noon temperature for the first 16 days of this month be made of the recent success of the above Choir was 58 degrees, much warmer than the second half at the National Mod, held in Ediil!burgh this year. of May. The Choir (24 strong), consisting of girls and There was frost during two nights (20th and 21st). The first sprinkling of snow on the Coolins boys H to 16 years of .age, was draiWn from pupils was noticed on Friday, 19th. Two days later from Skye and the Outer Islands .. but the maj-ority there was a good coating on the lower hills. There this year were from. Skye, and in competitions with was thick mist overnight on -Monday, 29th. choirs from Stornoway, Laxdale, Oban, Glasgow a nd Govan, the Choir and i·ndivldual members won many 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes. As space is limited NOTE.-Weather Inquiries-The Meteorological I only mention t he 1st prize winners as follows:- Office forcast section stated recently that the num P.S.S. J. C.-First Prize in Part Singing award ber of inquiries from the public have trebled since of the Oban Times Shield; Runners-up ,in Unison 1946. Last year the number had risen to 43,612 Singing competition; First Prize solo singing (learn and it is estimated that the total for this year will er Girls) Mairi Ross, Portree; first prize solo sing be over 50,000. ing (learner Boys), Douglas Murray, Portree. First D. A. MACLEAN. for duet singing (learners), Margaret Mackenzie and Struan Schoolhouse, 2/11/51. THE CLARION OF S.KYE 7 An Echo of the Past N·ews and Vi.ews
The "Road to the Isles" has during the past At the October cattle sales held throughout the Island, the prices obtained were far below 5o years been mentiop.ed in song and story, but there were other days, when the country lying w·est sellar's expectations, and similar to those of 1933- of the Great Glen was abs0lute•ly without a road 34. It is thought the reason was the lack of keejl of any kind. The only district throt~g_h which on the Mainland. There were in any case very travellers passed was that penetrated by the Great few buyers from the Mainland. The prices, how Highland Road by Badenoch. between Perth and ever, obtained for sheep and · lambs were equal or Inverness ; and for a considera.ble time after the even better than those obtained for the past many suppression of _!he R~bellion of 1745, Jt was infested years. by gangs of desperate rolhbers. So unsafe was the The harvest all over has been quite good, route across the Grampjans that persons who had while the haycrop has not been too good. The occasion to travel it usually made their wi!Js be corn has been the best fo.r many years back. The fore setting out. Garrons, or· little Highland ponies potato c;rop rhas been up to the standard of for were used by the gentry as well as the peasantry. mer good yields. Inns, were few and bad; and even when post Great progress is being made in carrying the chaises, were introduced at Inverness, the e:x;pense electricity line to the rural districts. In the North of h)ring one was thought of for weeks, perhaps rapid strides have been made towards enci rcling months, and hip out of life.-CICERO. issue, when a more full -!'eport is available. 8 THE CLARION OF SKYE The Unknown BeautieJS of The Skye Autboress Skye Many of her numero1,1s friends and acquaint ances were ·very sorry to hear o·f th~ incapacity of PA.RT VI. Miss Mary Macphers~>n. formerly of Hea:thmount Hate!, Kyleakin. At the moment she is an inmate As we leave the peninsula of Waternish, we of Gesto Hospital, Edinlbane, where she is now feel that it is not farewell, and in due course wi11 progressjng favoura•bly. Miss Macpherson is the be revisited when the primrose decks· the noaks and authoress of that fascinating little volume, crannies, and the summer skies are blue. We "Memories of Kyleakin," .published last year. From now come to Fairy Brjdge on our way to the Dun the ver;y first page, , one is gri.pped by the e~tra of Began. This bridge is wound up in the mist ordi.nary vivid and racy . style she !PUts into action, of legends of the Ma•cleod's, upon a time a · fairy to descri•be the life of one of the pr.ettiest villa_ges married a Macleod chief. She was ,permitted to in Skye, and possi.bly the oldest. She portrays life stay with him for 20 years. but at the end of tl'l.'at there from the beginnjng ,of the cent ury in a very time, she had to return to Fairyland. The part h0mely way, and . bei.ng in passession of an amaz ing took place at the bridge which .crosses the bUrn. ing retentive memory, her ancedotes about people, which is about three mH~s from Dunvegan, and both native and vjsitor, combine to make this ever since H has been named Fairy Brid·ge. On little volume rank very high among present-da')l bidding her husband farewell, she gave - him the wr\ters. ,She . borraws from no other writer, but "Fairy Flag," telling him to preserve it carefully, gives something enti11ely new , to the reading pub for that when he was hard pressed in battle the lic without veneer or varnisll. She on the fir~t waving of the flag would •bring- a host of armed page wr.ites reminiscences of the "Batt.le of the men to his aid. Such is one of the stories wovP.n Braes," recollecting the Kyleakin young lady, Miss round the celebrated "Fairy 'Flag of Dunvegan,'' Mackenzie, who. in Portree Post Office, refused to woven ~n the simple age of these ,people, our far allow Sheriff Ivory to read the telegrams hanrled off ancestors, the MacLeod's, MacDonalds, Mac in there on that day. She "held )1er ground until Kinnons and the Nicolsons, t!J,e four oldest clans the arrival of the postmaster. wh,o informed the in Skye. Sheriff that she was carrying out her duty and obeying a very stri·ct rule. She- remembers having As Loch Dunvegan comes in view we are re seen Thomas Carlyle, the great writer ; Stanley, the minded of the day of the buccaneer. ex.plorer; the great conductor, now Sir Henry Wood ; The follo·wing a.ccount' of an occurrence which Sir D. Y. Cameron. Young Hook, and Colin Hunter. caused some lo.cal e~citement in the Hebrides close Describing the qui• ck~witted residents of het• on 180 years ago, may interest readers who have native village in those days, she relates how a not perchance, already heard the story. It is a nosey 1parker visitor, to use a co•mmonplace, thoug11t tale which entertained many a haJppy ceilidh circle, he would pull the other man's leg. On seeing a gathered round the !peat fires on long winter nights cart-load of tinkers go by, he approached one of in the "MacLeod Country" in Skye, for several the natives. and asked, "Was that a cart-load of generations after the event had happened. Then monkeys that passed?" Quite casually came the · following the waves o.f emigration during the last reply: "I don't know. Did you fall out?" decades of the 18th century, this, like many other These characteristi.cs, and m any others, meet stories, so often listened to with bated breath you as you read through the pages, both grave and eager mien, was forgotten. The glens and and gay. What artist could wish for a more cJ.achans at that t ime lost most of their hereditary beautiful . theme of -rural Highland life than she seanchaidh-reciters of tales of the brave days of . portrays by her pen. on page 36. with which this old-who formed, by compulsion or otherwise, in review is concluded. the great sea treks to foretgn lands, which almoot "A pleasant memory of olden cla.ys is the denuded the Htghlands ·0<£ the cream of their man winnowing of the grain. Not long ago, a native, hood. With them went many ancient traditions recalling those hapipy times, rema1•ked to m.e that and tales, which. alas, were irretrievably ..Jost to one of the brightest memories of her youth was posterity during the heart-breaking pioneering days m y mother, in her w hite mutch, fanning the grain and strenuous fight for existence in the primeval on t he vil'lage green. A large tarpaulin or sail fo.rests and virgin prairies of the Antipodes and was spread out on the green; the grain was poured America.- where th,ose heroic 'Pioneers, one by one, on this. The fans used were home-made. A passed over, far from their native .Jand. well-seasoned sheepskin was nailed to a wooden Iri the next issue look out for Paul Jones' at hoop; one of the fans was closely perforated; the temped raid on Dunvegan Castle. grain was first put into the so.Jid fan, and held in a (To •be continued). tilted position to catch the wind and allow the chaff , to blow off. The grain, free of chaff, was then put into the perforated fan and shaken, so as to free Just when we are beginning to think we can it fr0m unwanted seeds. The fann)ng was quite ma:ke both ends meet s=e guy cames along and an art in itself." Such a scene on the v!llag~ moves the end. green of loveLy Kyleakin was priceless, and it is to * * * be h01ped that this little volume will be read by Business is said to be looking up-to see w.here Skyemen at home and abroad; the price ~s 2/-. or the taxes are going.-" 'Dimes J.ournal." 2/6 post paid, from this Office. · EDITOR. T.HE CLARION OF SKYE 9
8/8/ 45. He was Chairman from 5/3/46. · He spent 0 B I. T U·A R I E S many hours of his spare time in work at the •School for the benefit o'f the children and staff time he could ill afford because of his acttvities in Vatten Native in Australia other publ!.c bodies of the town and attending to. MR DONALD FERGUSON. the needs of his own famiJ;y. All members of the Briefly announced' in .our [ast issue, the sudden S'chool Committee knew that if Donald Ferguson death, at the age of 51 years, of Mr Donald Fergu promised to do anything, they would never be let son, at Trafajgar South, on August .29, cast a gloom down, be it the humble job of spreading gravel over Moe. the place of his former residence, and or jnterviewilng the Minister of Education. He the field of his pubUc endeavours. ' He was the will be sadly missed by the Committee and difficult belo.ved "husband of Ivy, and loving father of Macy to replace. If the standard he set is maintained ' El'izabeth (Mrs Povall), Esslin Alexander, Donald in the future all w,ill be well." James and Margaret Sarah, to whom sincere ex pressions Of sympathy from a great number of fr iends were fully extended. · DEATH OF REV. DR WM. GILLIES The late Don·ald Ferguson was born at Vatten, Was Minister at Kenmore oy Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland, on December The death occurred suddenly in Edinburgh of 25. 1899. He served with The Seaforth HJghlanders the Rev. Will,iam Alexander Gil1ies, D.D., :former in the 1914~1:8 World War and later trained as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps. In April, 1921, he minister a.t Kenmore, Perthshire. A native of Slkye, came to Australia and, unde·r the Soldiers' Settle he was a teacher for some time, but graduated in ment Scheme, took up farming in the W1mmera divinity at Glasgow· Universizy, securing th.e B.D. and later at Ouyen. After his marriage at St. degree. i•n 1903. [)r Gillies w.as for some time George Presbyterian Church, St. KUda, to Ivy Eliza assistant at St Mark's , Dundee, and afterwards held beth Mary Henning, tn 1929, he settled at Ercil charges at Tiree and Fort-William. dourne, Burrumout, until 1938. From this time un He was inducted to Kenmore in 1912 and was til he purchased a farming property in Sunny Creek success.ful in uniting the two Kerumore congrega Road , Trafalgar South, in August, 1951, Donald Fer tions, before the Uni.on, in 1929. He was a leading guson was in the employ of S.E.C. at Yallourn. member of the Church of Scotland Committee on Ea r.ly on the merning of Wednesday, August · 29, Union of Congregatio.ns ·and was convener for· fiv'e about seven weeks a•fter taking over the farm, de years. ceased went wHh his son, Donald, to milk the co·ws He always took an active interest in educa as usual, but fee)ing unwell. returned at about tional and Local Government management, and was 7 a.m. to the homestead to lie down. He passed a Justi·ce of the Peace of the County of Perth. on almost at once, providing a greatjng shock to He was the author of " In Famed Breadalbane," his wife and family and to a large nuffilber of accepted as a standard work-a book which was the close friends and associates in his many public and result of over 20 years of research, and which gave ,, other interests. a comprehensive history of one of the most ancient His interests in Moe and distrtct f.or the better and romantic districts of Scotland. ment o·f the community in ,ge'D.eral were man(}' and In 1943 Dr GilJi.es received the degree of D.D. varied, as amply demonstrated by his active as from the Uni•versity of Glasgow. In 1946 he was sociation with the following: -Moe State School appointed a member of the Scottish Records Ad Committee, from 1945 (President from March, 1946); visory Council by the Secretary of State. In Octo member Yalleurn High Schoel Council Board of ber, 1949, he tntimated hi.s retirement as Moderator Management, Moe Presbyterian Church. Past Master of the Dunkeld Presbytery. During the First World Moe Masonic Lodge No. 210; Junior Deacon Moe War he served as a cha;plain in Greece. Mark Lodge, No. 127; member Gippsland Royal Ark Mariners Lodge, No. 52. The Moe Presbyterian Church was erowded for Uist Memorial to Flora the funeral service, after which the cortege, fol lowed by a large number of cars (the largest in Moe for many years), left for the Moe Cemetery, A memorial to Flora Macdonald is to be erected the children of the Al-bert Street School forming a at Milton. J.n South Uist, on the sjte of the cotta•ge guard of honour through which the funeral pro where she was living when she met Prince Charles cession passed. Rev. W. J. Criek, of Moe, con Eklward Stuart and assisted him to escape to Skye ducted the servi•ce at the Ohurch and the graveside. following the ' 4~ Rebellion. The latter was followed b(Y a IJ.Y.lasonic service. con All that remains of the cotta•ge is a mass of ducted by Wor. Bro. F. Powell, Past Master of the stone lying where the walls were. It is intended Moe Masonic Lodge. to restore the walls to a height between three and Casket-bear,ers were Esslin and Donald Fergu four feet and place a- commemorati·ve cairn in the son, Er ~c P.ovall, Arthur Henning, Archie Ferguson centre. and William Bathie. The onl·Y memorial in Scotland to Flora Mac Through the correspondent. the Albert Street donald to-daoy is that on 'the hill at Inverness Castle. School Committee pays the following tribute to the An aJppeal is to be launched to Macdonalds late Donaid Ferguson:-" Mr D. Ferguson was alp throughout the world for donations to carry through pointed to the "School Committee (No. 2142) on the project. 10 THE CLARION OF SKYB. GAELIC CORNER Quotation . for December An Dubhlachd, l951 IN MEMORIAM. G!,.IOCAS AR SEANAR. Isle of the Mist, let thy wild J!)i•broch sound ta) C'ha trea.bh bliadhna dha chejle. In mournful" no•tes o'er thy lone winging vales, (.b) Duisgicth aon rud da rud. And 'round the crags of thy loud-murmuring (e) Aon a dh' iarras dha dheug a dh' olas. shores. ' · (d). Chaneil c-arra.ig ajr nach caochail srlilth. E'en to the summits 0f thy cloud-c1c;>thed bens! (e) Ge be ghleidheas rud seachd bliadhna gheibh Since that, alas! One af thy greatest sons e feum dha. . Sleeps his last ~onely sleep, who never more TOI!\iHSEACIUN. Will S1J!)eak in g!o.'o/ing words tl'\'Y matchless praise CUipan ur adhai.r thug m ' athajr a Ress. As was his wont jn the dim years agone! Ged rachadh e air a bheul fodha cha tigeadh Ah, Neil MacLeod !-I knew thee in thy prime deur as. · D .G. Upon t he pl•ains of Ind ! Thou wert a man 1 That is thy fair, full record, thy proud meed! 'filA A~ SAOGHAL A .FAS NAS LUGI·IA GACII And on the b'Fightest page, wi-th eager hand, {..LATHA. Of our world's history, I'll write it do.wn :~ (Air a ~anntuinn). " Thou wert a man. wi-th bearing stern and bold' Cuireamaid ar casan air talamh tior·am a rithisd. WJ;en t h~ loved coun-try's fo'emen fiercely frowned. _ fiach am faic sinn ciamaF a tha in:nleachdan dhaoine Yet mild and gent.Je as a .tender ch.ild! turail air asdar a cheanhsachadh air muir, aj;r tir, When rej·gned the peacefu·l h0urs th~ nature year agus gl.l h-araj.di:l anns an athar. tM·a, gha·bhas sinn n ed udne mar shlait-thomhais an aite asclair nach mor To benefit thy fellows in God:-s House an deifir seach n-uair a bha ar n-athrai:chean og? Li•ke great Kin.g David, 'twas thy chief delight Bha e cumanta gu leor do d•haoine a bhi cojseachd To meditate upon t.hat great goodwiU as an eilean SQ gu bailtean iasga)·ch agus Which Jesus came to bri-ng from God to man! margaidhean air tir-mor, agus a coiseachd air als Ne v-anity, nor pride, nor love of fame an uair abha an gnotl:luch deanta. Bheireaclh E 'er swayed th.y soul throughout life's pjJ.grim idu1se of hj~h duey could alone Tharrui-ng carbadan ol agys r oidean i-ar.r-ui:nn Lead thee to act. and all thine actions spea-k a.itean gu cheile le cumha'Clid miorbhinleach na - The story of a heart whic-h pulsed to live smuide. Air a chuan b'fl:leudar na siuil a phasgadh The Life, unseJ.fish, manly noble, true! a gus ti.oundad t-· ...~..-...... ~ ...... ~ ...... ~ ...... ~·~·~ ...... , l l l l I ~oo~~~ra I I ANNOUNCE AN IMPROVED I I 'SUPERPOISE' RANGE · -~ l (l-10 TONS) I I with an entirely new o.h.v. engine 1 .I l l I r L · I I ll l. I I · l l I :. I ~ f,u/1 details from ' ~ I RONALD MACLEAN, I ~ Commer Distributor, · ~ l The Garage DUNVEGAN, l . I · ISLE OF SKYE. ll 1 f 'PHONE: 218. · 'PHONE : 218. l l l ~-.~...... ~ THE CLARION OF SKYE 13 JOHN ANOERSON, JAMES MILLS, LTD., Merchant and Fish Monger, Dyers .and Cleaners, Royal Hotel Buildings, PORTREE. RUTHERGLEN. 'Phone: Portree 53. - youR SUIT, DRESS and COATS COST MONEY! Make them last longer by Cleantnr. Dyelne J'.J\RGE Range of Merchandise, including Fishery anel Pressing. Send us your parcel through our Trade, I:ronmongery, etc. A Agent in Skye- NICOLSON, BRACADALE STORES. Fre»h Fish . and Vegetables · in regular supply. STRUAN. Van Delivery Country District<;. Service Is our motto. SPECIAL NOTICE TO GLASGOW DONALD MACKINNON, SKYEMEN and Others Interested. Wentworth Street, PORTREE. I pL:EASE NOTE.-You can now obtain a copy of GENT for LOTUS and DELTA FOOTWF.:AR . A MORLE~i and BURBERRY COATWEAH, " The Clar.ion of Skye " in Glasgow from- SHETLAND GOODS, TARTANS and SOUVENIERS. Large Stock on hand . C.O.D. Anywhere. J. & B. CAMPBELL, Inquiries invited. Stationers and N ewsagents, ONUMENTS erected any Cemetery in Skye. lHGH STREE.T . ' GLASQ.OW.. M Experienced Sculptor always available to clean (Near GLASGOW CROSS). existing stones, and add new letters. Beautiful designs, at Keenest Prices. Apply- Adverts .. Birth, ·Marriages and Deaths also taken _ , there for insertion. ''The Publfsher." JAMES PORTEOUS, ,, THE RECTORY PORTREE. 'Phone : Portree 21. Intending Visitors coming to Skye would do w ell to note that " The Clarion of Skye " Is the beat medium to advertise for Holiday Accommodation, as- it reaches near!y every home in the Island. Winter Accommodation in Country Homee will Fish is 1l1Y Line ! be available also. Write to "The Clarion" Office. LAC HIE MACRAE, KENNETH MORRISON Fish Mer.chant, Fish Curer and Fishmonger, . (Mr MacDowell, Prop.) POR.TREE. Wholesale W arehouseinen, 27 NELSON STREET GREENOCK. WINTER CURE good. keeping quality SALT HERRINGS now in stock. DAILY SUPPLIES ef FRESH FISH, SMOKED TATIONERY, Harberdashery. Fishing Tackle. S Patent Medicines. · Paints, Distempers, Pipe~~, FISH, SALT FISH and KIPPERS always available. and many other lines. The Pro.prletor calls personally on Shopkeeper. MACFARLANE BROS., in Skye, and along the West Coast Quarterly. If Grocers & General Merchants, EDINBANE. h e does not call at your shop, drop him a Postcard· 'Phone : Edinbane 10. for next journey. WE Stock good COUNTRY FOOTWEAR. · Call Thanking Present Cu~tomers for c;onUnlltd on us when JilBsslng. AT YOUR SERVICE. Suppor~. / .: 14 THE CLARION OF SKYE Immediate /)ell:vel'"' Constant.' . -~ Se,.viCe. / Two thing ~ ma){e " Calor " Gas the obvious choice for the country housewife. Firstly-" Calor " Gas have the finest range of bottled gas appliances available in Britain to=day. ·cookers, Hot=plates, Water Heaters, Lighting Applian= ces, Fires, Heaters, etc., all of which can be SUPPLIED IMMEDIATELY. Secondly-Tltere are over 250 authorised dealers in Scotland all carrying stocks of " Calor " Gas and all fully trained in installation and servicing. This not only means that you will have a regular supply of gas, but you will have constant service by a local man, who will at all times be available to help and advise you. Shown above is the new Hilton B /310T. • DEALERS Ill SKYE: . John A. Clark, West Highland Buildin~ Bayfield Road, · PORTREE. Co. Ltd., T elephone: P ortree 15. DUNVEGAN and PORTREE. C. Cameron· Telephone : Portree So. The Pier, KYLEAKIN. T elephone : K yleakin rg. Messrs D. MacLennan & Co., A. McLeod, General Merchants, CARBOST. Grenicle STAFFIN. T elephone : .Cat·bost 5. L. M~Kinnon, A. McLeod, 21 Elgol BROADFORD. Stein Inn, WATERNISH. S.C.W.S., T elephone : · Waternish 8. GLEND-ALE. Neil Kennedy, P. Gillies, · General Stores, Ardvaser, ARMADALE. Contractor • ISLE OF RAASAY. T elephone : Armadale 24. THE CLARION OF SKYE 15 OR SALE, one Pup (dog), six months old ; trial FOR SAL~, WANTED, TO LET. F bred ; b. w. and t . ; very keen; offers over £3 5/ -. Apply, Box No D1 , " Clarion" Office. OR SALE, one Large Bath, in very good order; Struan, Skye. suitable crof teT's bathroom. Box B , "Clarion'' F LOWERING BULBS. - Best quality Tulips, office. F· Daffodils. Narcissus. etc., 5/6 per dozen. Large OR SALE, Pull out Table ; mahogany, in good Hyacinths, 15/ - per dozen. Rose Bushes, 4/- each. F order, offers.-Appy Box No. K1, Clarion Reel and Black Currant Bushes, 18/ - per dozen. Office. Gooseberry Bushes. 36/ - per dozen. Obtainable OR SALE, one "Cook and Heat " Cooker, as from :-Whyte, Seedsman, Old Polmont, Stirlingshire. F new, complete with Boiler. Apply, Box C. """GENERAL Maid wanted for Dingwall; house with " Clarion " Office. an modern conyeniences; good outings; wage OR SALE. two stacks Ryegrass Hay ; good £2 10/ - to £3. Apply, Mrs McCallum, Sliochd, F quality. Apply, William Campbell, 9 Struan Dingwall. more, Struan, Skye. OUSES. Furnished and Unfurnished, wanted in OR SALE, Piano, upright, mahogany ; excellent H Skye. Have you one? Only reliable advertisers F condition; what offers. Apply, No. Bl. considered. Apply " Clarion " Office. " Clarion " Office; . Skye. NVISIBLE MENDING IN SKYE.-The speedy OR SALE, one Mangle, in excellent order; also I mender invisibly repairs Silk Stockines. Shirts, F one Butcher's Mincer, as good as new. Apply Suits, Costtlmes, etc. Try this new method of Fe Box W ,"Clarion" Office. pairing. Price 2/-. Apply, No. 72 "Clarion" OR SALE, Cross Shorthorn Cow. good milker, Office, Skye. F calving February; correct; reasonable price. ARGE Draught Screen required, if frame is good. Apply Box ·s. "·Clarion " Office. L P articulars to No. 6, "Clarion" Office, Skye. OR SALE, Valor 3-burner Stove, with Oven to ECHANIC-FITTER, experienced in Diesel, F cover one burner, two years old in good order. M Petrol and Paraffin engines. and qu;l.rry and -MacPherson. Rockbank, Holmisdale, Glendale. excavating machinery, required for maintenance of County Council plant in Skye. Apply, Divisional ED-SITTING Room To Let, permanently; bun .surveyor, Portree. B galow; Dunveean d·istrict; suit aged couple; convenient. Apply, Box 9, Clarion Office, Struan. NICE Dog._C_a_x-·t--a-n-d....,'-H''~a-r_n_e_s_s_.-_-g_ o_o_d__ c_o_n_d-ition. -Apply Donald Ferguson, Kinloch. J?unvegan, OR SALE, One Berkel Bacon Slicing Machine F in good working order; delivered free in our Skye. delivery area. Apply, Macfarlane Bros .. Edlnbane, NE Calor Fire, new and never used. Apply, Portree. . O Box No, 991 Clarion Office. OR SALE, one Boat, 12 ft., square stern, only 9 EVERAL Churns. plunger type, jmner made, all F years old; excellent condition: £20 or nearest; S new and never used.,-Apply Clerk, Glendale for quick sale. Apply, Mrs Moir, Sconser, by Village Club. Glendale, Skye. ,, Portree, Skye. O LET in Uig, Skye, nice cottage with 3 rooms; OR SALE, Mare, 14 to 15 hands, s'trong, sound, T (no water), scullery; very reasonable rent. F healthy beast; quiet and guaranteed all agri Apply Mrs D . A. Munro, 8/9 Borve; Portree, Skye. cultural work and all harness. Apply, Box K1, " Clarion " Office. ANTED. 1933 Austin 16, from -private owner pre, W fen·ed; must be in immaculate condition. fOR SALE, one Cross Highland Cow, black and Apply, No. A. " Clarion" Office, Skye. white, mid aged; due to calf 22nd January ; quiet and correct; price £26. Apply, Mr Mac- OR SALE, one Standard Electric Lamp, 6 ft. high; Askill, Milivaig, Glendale. F one pair light House steps, 10 ft. high and one Kitchen -pulley.-Apply D. Finlayson, Moorland. fOR SALE, one Bed Settee, double s-ize, in excel Breakish, Skye. lent condition; also two new Coils of Lobster Tarred Rope; cheaper than bought to-day. Apply, ANTED, Breech-loader Gun, 12-16 bore. Apply, Ewen Chisholm, Caroy, Dunvegan, Skye. W Box No. 9. Clarion Office. fOR SALE1 Trailer, tipper, drop-sides. steel TYRES-RECONDITIONED. chassis and drawbar; on good 32 x 6 tyres; AN SUPPLY ON ORDER-Lorry Reconditioned in first-class condition; price £25 or nearest offer. C Tyres; superb quality, 32 x 6 H .D.; 34 .x 6 Apply, John Maclean, 11 Kyleside, Kyleakia, Skye. H.D.; Customers already supplied very satisfied. fOR SALE, 1939 Bedford 14-seater Bus, good run- Apply, Nicolson. Bracadale Stores_. Struan. Skye. nmg order. suitable for conversion into 30 OMMENCING in January , 1952. those who have cwt. lorry; rear wheels are single; £50 or nearest; C Rooms To Let would b-e well advised to adver for quick sale. Apply, Angus Ross. Fasach Gar ti~e in " The Clarion," as it covers Great Britain age, Glendale. in circulation. Do not delay, do it now-Sen'd your 5/- or 30/- for six months in ordinaoy adverts. fOR SALE, one Half-bred Clydesdale. three-year- One-quarter page-20/- per month. Hotels are old horse. broken to tresses, reason for dis also to b'e advertised.-Publishers. posal, boys too young to handle. This is an excellent crofters, animal, and worthy of Inspection.- Appy OR Various Items Sold in these columns tht> A, W, Nicolson, Strulln flOUI!e. F Advertisers wish to Thank Enquirers, 16 THE CLARION OF SKYE The York Drive Laundry and Skye Dry Cleaning Co., Ltd. Launders, French Cleaners , and Carpet Renovator~ . ENTERPRISE! (a} POST US YOUR WORK It wlll be returned C.O.D. OR (b) SEND YOUR WORK BY Don't Stand Your STEAMER and PASSENGER TRAIN. Own Light QUANTITY NO OBJ;ECT. BUT IN 'fHE ONE All Work received will b e ret nrtred within ..,S.EVEN DAYS from receipt at our works. We Can Convey to You' ! 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