of AND INTER-ISLAND ADVERTISER. Onward, Skye! Queen of the West!
February, 1952. Price 1 I- No. 13.
iW "The Clarion," with the permission of rea ders, would li.ke to ad(l anotl1er: - " I.He was a man of feelihg unique." When one listened to DEATH OF THE KING his many speeches during the last war a.ml smce one could not but find il1 his li"imlly words . a Regal anx iety for the welfare of his sub.jects "The Clarion's " Tribute. and unfailing sincerity, accompanied by a hon est, u nselfish outloolc Wl•en Ule very sad news of tlte dea.th of His Maje ty, J{iltg George Sixtll, came over the air His family life was a happy one and jnst to the peop.le or Skye on tl1at wild day in Feb lil{e any ordinary man, he was fond of l1is own rua.ry, there was a universal sorrow ill the hearts home circle. Kingship was tlu·ust upon him; an honour wllich he did not want. But, when of all Islanders. he d'icl reign as a British Monarch, he adorned the great JlOsition with a siJigleness of mind as "The Clarion's" reference to that event is ever eXJlCrienced in the annals of the British not news to its readers-it is history. Neverthe Crown. less, not ill many of the Nation's outposts can one find such a sincere desire to express the As a Christian and a Gentleman, as a Rnler, a sympathy which the sad event demands. The Family 1\'lan and the most-mourned Ring, he will minds of the people of tltis Island go bacl{ to pass on in history as " 'flie Good I\'i11g George." the da.ys in 1935, w11en the late King aceom~ panied by his Duchess, and as Dul{e of Yorl{, he spent happy days moving freely among the To the bereaved Queen Elizabetb, tlai heart people of the Island, and, as guests of the Mac of Skye goes forth in great sorrow and syrn Leod family of Dunvegan. patby, such as to those who have lost a faith ful com,)lanion aml hlisband ill our own Island. The warm-hea·rted feeling that emerged from TI•e icy hand of death does not more lessen his fran!• understanding of ordinary folk, and the paths in the Palace than it does in tlte pea foil' that lived out in the rur'a.I districts of the sants' humble cottages under the shadow of the Islam!, will remain with them as a golden mem rugged cooliJ1 Hills. To the Gentle Princess ory to pass on to their children- tl1e memory Marga.ret, there is a universal feeling of the of a good, noble Killg .Iillgers longer among ·a great blow that has unJ1appily marred the joy rura.l peasant peopie than in the balls of the of J1er youthful years. great.
To our Queen, Her Majesty ~ueen Elizabeth Who of you, my readers in Sl,ye, have not 11., goes the allegiance of the Island peotlle, heard of past good and loved Kings and Queens praying that she will ill the distant future, go of this great nation around the peat flame on down ill history as the Good Queen Bess. the hearth ill days gone by. l\'luch bas been sa.id already in praise of our late King; glow ing tributes from an over the world already ap]Jeared ill the public Press-tributes well GQD SAVE . THE QUEEN. deserved, and which not the very meanest ctmld deny him. 2 THE CLARION OF SKYE
for the com,ing of that new technique of interpreta EDITORIAL tion the Indigenous mhabitants might have gone on for ano1ther ten, fifteen or twenty thousand Years, as they had gone on for such period qefore." Anniversary Number. Therefore, may the " Clarion " provide for us the avenue for a new way of thinking; a new wa of fUJrnishing us with the means to an end, Whic~ ·was denied to our fathers, and worthy of the .. The C1arion," which has now been in exist natural greatness with which Nature has endewect ence for twelve monoths, has reached far out into our Island home-Skye, Queen of. the West, and Isle foreign lands, carrying wHh it the voice of Skye. of Loy:al Hearts. ~ Yes! , to many ex.jles, The fol[owing article, which appeared in " The He was pleased to meet fellow newspapermen Winnipeg Tribtme," .from the._ pen of Mr Andrew because he had just uncovered a new theory about snaddon, Chief, London Bureau, 'has been kindly some island history and was preparing to publish sent to the Editor of " The Clarion " by Mr Snaddon. his scoop. But " The Clarion " like any good newspaper does more than live in tl:]e past. - Isle of Skye-Canada will be honoured during Skye Week in 1952 and visitors from the land of Under the masthead slogan " Onw~rd Skye! the Maple Leaf who go " over the sea to Skye " Skye Queen of the West! " he writes of such can rest assured that they will be rarely without familiar editorial page campaigns as the need of "a tea cup in hand, as the hospitable people wel better roads and ferry services. Further, he dis come them." cusses· at length the most serious problem of the Tuesday, May 27, has been chosen as "Canada island-depopulation. For Skye's scenery charms Day " and already plans are being made for what the visitor into overlooking what the native knows is to be r,!!ally a fami[y affair because there are too well. The raising of the shaggy highland cat so many natives of Skye who now live in Canaea, tle is dwindling; fishing-once an important means or who have relatives there. So the bonds between of livelihood-is now negligible because of the high the Dominion and this island off the Western cost of the boats and diesel trawler competition. coast of Scotland, are strong. while the sman crofts (farms with a few cattle) are now no longer economic. In the changing economy of the world which " emphasizes industry, the population of Skye has Kilted lain Hilleary, a man who left business ., fallen in recent years from 30,000 people to 9,000. in London to return to his beloved Skye, acted as Yet, those who have stayed behind are a people host and gui·d€ and did a thorough job of showing proud and hard-working who love their island for what the island has to offer visitors. The callidh its rugged beauty and they have a seemingly un (pronounced kay-lee) or ·concert is the traditional shakeable faith in it from the sometimes snowcap o!ntertainment of the islanders, depending on local ped "Cuillins" (mountains) to the rocky coast talent for there was no othel' in the past. In the 3,000 feet below. community hall at Dunvegan, young [ocal people It is an island rich in history which they danced and sang, a local band performed (and proudly relate if asked. Perhaps the most famous later there was a dal'lce that lasted until 3 a.m. incident was the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlfe. with all the enthusiasm of a country dance at the who was whisked from under the noses of the school house on Canada's prairies) and a piper. Royalist troops by Flora MacDonald, disguised as who travels the island teaching dancing and piping, one of her maids. It was the Prince who had fled played. The most Impressive feature was the from the outer Hebrides ... over--the sea to Skye." complete Jack of self-consciousness of the per-form The Islanders preserve that spirit of independe'nce ers and their abilities, for on Skye they must and apply it to their modern life. largely make their own fun and the peop[e have been doing it for centuries. They are people such as Flora MacLeod of Mac Leod, whom many Canadians have met on her visits There was a visit to a croft where weaving was to Canada, who' lives in Dunvegan Castle. Modern done by the women folk, with wool from the sheep ized no"" but with nine foot thick walls that date on their land, dyes made from the plants-from back to the ninth century and for 700 years the the raw product to the finished cloth. fortress· home of the MacLeods of MacLeod. The editor of "The Clarion" interviewed a lot At 73 years of age· h~r eyes are as bright as the sunlight on the sea and her active days are fully of visitors for their impressions of Skye. An occupied striving for the improvement of Skye. In American l.iked t)le easy pace of life; a Tasmanian the little Dunvegan church she operated the push considered the farming possibilities; an Englishman pedal organ for the morning service, then super thought the people were far better off than they vised a busy program for her four Canadian guests realized; Canadians, the most verbose apparently. and somehow found time to get all her notes and like the mountains, Dunvegan Castle, the oatcakes papers ready for an early Monday morning drive and the butter. Of course, some South Africans across the beautiful highland country to Inverness, thought of the island in " terms of rain, bad roads where she was to attend a four-day meeting of the and how do you live here?" County ,Council. She is an elected representative of Skye. But the Skyemen are not asking for charity, their island offers a good return of scenery and "Allie Willie " wouldn't be at the Skye Night friendship for a visit. " Allie Willie " commented but anything to do with Skye has his heart in it. that the South Africans were " road hogs " and A. W. Nicolson, as he is more formally known imlependently wished them " a good and speedy operates a general -store and demonstrates tha~ journey to your South Africa." / 4 THE CLARION OF SKYE SKYE TO CANADA. tombstone on the grave of Flora MacDonald in We hope that yoru are coming to Scotland in Kilm.uir, as also they know od' Johnson's excellent 1952 and that you will spend "Skye Week" with tri•bute to her, and ca!"Ved on that stone. us-May 23 to 31. Memorials, however, are not to be found in grave. Each year in the long days of early summer y·ards, but .are found outs-ide, in such places as we set as·ide a particular week when we are " at streets, pub!i{! squares, plaques and endowed beds home " to people from an parts of the world. in hospitals, tru·sts, stained wirlC!ows and many other During that week we hold Highland Gatherings and places. There is, howevj!-r, the Flora MacDonald arr.ang·e visits to p}a{!es famous in history and College in Redsprings, Calorina, but none in this legend or for their outstanding 'scenic beauty; in country, except in Inverness. the evenings we have ceilldhs when we enjoy our The hi-story of Flora Ma In conclusion, I do think it would be wei•! to were g.iven on t he caU O·f Mr D. Ross, Braedown.ie. leave politics entirely a}one, as many of us re The .singing of The National Ant hem brought member, through our ancestors, only too well, the a pleasant evening to a close. sord·id history of Tory misrule and utter a•bandon ment of the Highlands.-Y.ours, etc., ,· PRESENTATION. l'AIN BEATON MACKINNON. On the occasion of his promotion and trans·fer A!Jerdour Stre·et, to the Peterhead branch of the Royal and Clydes Glasgow, E.l. 29th Dec., 1951. dale Bank, Mir and Mrs W. M-acConnachie were the recipients of g·ifts from various or.ganisaihl ons wi-th Editor's Note.-If you are beaten MacKinno11 which they were associated during their &tay in why be so loud on the faults you find in " The Pontree. Clarion," Sk~e·s first News Magazine.· However, I am publishing your letter in its coLumns, always A electric taibJ.e lamp from member·s of the Golf willing to .learn from abler men than myself. Cluib; a cheque from the local branch of "An [This correspondence is n.ow closed. Th!!re is Comunn," of which he was treasurer; a wallet and none perfect; no, not one] cigarette li ghter from the Br.itish Legion for who m he acted as Secretary for many years. Mr MacConnachie carries the good wishes of the DIS'JRICT NEWS community in his new appointment. BROA.DFORD. PORTREE. The agTicu.ltural community of Skye has hopes tha.t the dormant Lime Works at Broadfprd w!ll It i.ll with regret we have to re.por.t t he fo.Jlo,w be again in oper·at ion. It is believec:I that the ing deaths in the vilJ.age, in the third week of qua.Ji>ty of the lli·me obtainable here is of more January~Mr Nicolson, Coolin Drive; Dr Mackin caJcuim eonten>t than that of the other limestone non, the local med•i r ---- -· 6 THE CLARION OF SKYE Many of his friends are glad to hear that Mr that certainly was a sight worth seeine. Leaving Neil Maclean has recovered from his recent illness Broadford behind, the bus drives on tiH now on!, an odd house here and there remains· but the beauties of Skye now come to -view-the " red Coolins crumbling and rounded like lumps of red UIG COl:JNCIL HOUSES. granite seen to follow you no matter what direc tion you look. One minute the sun shining down Tenants of the newly built Council houses at on them making them purple and red and again Uig are:-Mrs MacGillivray. Idrig!ll; Mr Robert the mist lying like a blanket surely befitting its son, Idrigill; Mr Murdo Stewart, Glenconon; Mr name " The Island of Mi,st." Leaving the bus at M. MacLean, Balnacnoch; Mr Malcolm Martin, Ki~ Sligachan I was met by a friend with a taxi for muir; Mr Murdo Lamont, K!lmuir. the remaining part of my journey and a word of "Praise to the young driver of that taxi whose driv Fifty years hence, how many of the rising ing on the twists and bends of that Skye road was generation of Uig will still remember and know certainly worthy of praise. Rha Park, where these six houses are built. Now again the rest of the beauties of Skye come It is rather a pity that an ·old original name to the eye. Those mountains st!H following you, such as Rha Park should adopt the name Park there colours like a rainbow in the other sky; the Terrace, there are so many Park Terraces but no peat stacks. the peat cutters busy carting down the other park like Rha Park. · peat for the winter needs; the cows and calves at In my mind the word " Terrace " belongs to each croft; the sheep grazing peacefully on that man-built surroundings, not to the unequalled natural grass. beauty of the natural conbinatlon of rivers, hills. Struan Guest House down by the waterside cer and woods that make up Uig. tainly _looks a place of peace for the tired and Rha Park still provides adequate land for the weary, a large church by the wayside; the very building of more houses to bring back to Skye those new looking Post Office; the "Bracadale Stores." numerous exiles whose hearts are still in the High looking very enterprising by the fullness of stock lands. in the windows; the school safety sign of "School" showing clearly for aU drivers to see and far away We sincerely hope that our County Councillors in the distance Oulinish Lodge, another haven of will fight for the rights of those that are dependant rest surely for anyone seeking a restful holiday. upon them for the provision ef more houses in Skye, and by doing so, Skye w!U no Ienger be the My journey ended over 'those arduous roads of island of " Young man drift South." Skye with a real Highland handshake and "Wei· come to Struan " from my host. My first visit to * * * Skye ended all too quickly and I now long for The marriage took place in the Portree Hotel, the day again when I can go " Over the Sea to Portree, on 6th Decemebr, 1951, of Mr John Mac Skye." E.B.M.L. kenzie, younger son of Mr and Mrs J . Mackenzie, Glenconon, Uig, to Miss Pamela I. Britt~ eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs- Britt, Petersfield, Hants. Portree Presentation UNKNOWN BEAUTIES OF SKYE. A representative gathering of tenants, club officials and staff members of the Department of In your copy of the " Skye Clarion " of June, Agriculture met at the Royal Hotel, Pertree, on 1951, the writer of the "Unknown Beauties of 5th January, 1952, for the purpose of making per· Skye " states that visitors landing in Portree or sona! presentation to Mr S. Lindsay Hamilton. Kyleakin go on a bus trip for an h<;mr or two and N.D.A .. J.P., and Mrs Hamilton, on the occasion depart again for the mainland and say " we've of their marriage, which took place In Edinburgh. been to Skye." How right the writer is-but how on lOth December, 1951. wrong the visitor. Mr W. S. Harlond, Dept. of Agriculture, officia I had my first ~i~it to Skye in June, 1951. As I stepped on to the ferry boat at Kyle, Skye and its ted as Chairman, and, in the course of his opening mountains lay across the water of Kyle, the water talk, outlined the events which led to the happy shining in the sunlight-one of the few beautiful occasion of the day. "It was," he said, "one time days of our past summer. On arrival at Kyleakin when he could say things about • his boss,' in his I boarded a bus waiting at the Pier a·s my destina presence, and get away witl;l 'em." Throughout tion was many miles further afield. Passing the greater part of the past year he had made through Broadford, I was surprised to see lovely 3ourneys to many . parts of the Isle and was In buildings including shops, hotel and a beautiful spired by the deep and sincere regard with which school and many other houses and the lovely ·moun he found the name, and person of Mr S. L. Hamil tain of . Beinn-na-Calllich towerine over head and ton was held by all whom he met. ...... THE C~ARION OF SKYE 7 After making sincere and appropriate wishes tinued by appraising each gift separately and, on for their future happiness, ~r Harlond cordially behalf of both Mrs Hamilton and himself. gave welcomed Mrs Hamilton to Skye on behalf· of all personal tJ:tanks to the donors. present and those who were unable to be there Miss Mary MacDonald of Kilmuir and Mr Wil that day. liam Campbell then detighted the company with At the close of his talk. Mr Harlond presented Gaelic songs wh-ich were greatly appreciated. to Mr Hamilton, on behalf of the tenants of North The heralded arrival of the "Loch Nevis" gaye and south Raasay, an eight-day mahogany time just that little extra time for Mrs Hamilton to meet piece, and turned to Mr Alex MacCallum with the the many of her new friends. here in Skye. smiling request that he would present, on behalf of the Kilbride tenants of Bracadale Estate, the parker Knoll easy chair which Mr Hamilton was, at that moment, occupying. as " sitting tenant." Tnis, Mr MacCa!Jum happily and appropriately did, Skye's Hospital Board and brough laughter to the company with his re mark "Dean Suidhe." I Miss Mary MacDonald, of Hungladder, Kt.l muir. with a charming and delightful little speech, A Survey by~ Mr Donald Beaton, · Stein, presented a canteen of cutlery, which was the gift a Member of the Board. of Kilmuir-Kilmaluag tenants. Miss rona MacKechnie presented, on behalf of The Skye Hospital's Board was inaugurated as the office staffs in Portree ·and friends, an ax minster rug of Celtic design. a result of the new Health Net which came into force in July, 1948. It is a subordinate section of Mr Murdo MacKinnon, Dept., Ground Officer, the Northern Regiona·l Hospitals Board, with head presented a magical electric fire on behalf of quarters in Inverness, which caters for the whole tenants in the Struan district. area of the North of Scotland. The Regional A six-piece silver condiment set, gifted by the Board's members aTe selected by the Secr.etary of tenants of Uig District, Kilmuir Estate, was pre State for Scotland, and the Chairman is also sented by Mr James Campbell, Ground Officer. selected by the Secretary of State.. The decisions Gift of th\ Staffin District, Kilmuir Estate, of the Regional Board are final and c•an only be tenants was a crown Derby Coffee Set. This was over-ruled by the Secretary of State. The presented by Messrs Fraser and Alec MacLeod. Regiol'l•al Boards memb·ers are widely sc attered over its jurisdicted al'ea, and Skye has its own member Mr John Ross, of North Scorrybreck Club, on on the Board, namely Mr ]an Oampbel·l, Sligichan. their behalf, presen~ed a travelling picnic case. The Regional Board dea1s with super•iors and A set of silver teaspoons, gifted by tenants at co-ordinates the works of all the District Hospitals Rhenetra and Keistle was presented by Mr Alex. scattered over the area of which the Skye Hos- • MacDonald. pita! Board is one. The layman will understand that the decisions r.eached by the District Commit On behalf of the Kings)>Urgh Sheep Stock Club. tees must be sent to the Regional Board for final Mr Peter Macintosh presented a cheQ.ue, and on be ratification. One can understand that the Skye half of the tenants of Eyre, Near Portree, .Mr Don Board can only pass on recommendations made in ald Lamont presented a Vono Table. the light of local experience and understanding Cheques were presented by Mr MacCallum on The merrubers of the Skye Hospita.J's Board are i behalf of Glenelg Tenants and by Mr W. Mac selected by the Regional Board, who assess mem i' Pher.son on behalf of tenants at Drynoch ·and Satran. bers on their local knowledge and work on behalf I, of the The Chairman is Lord Mac I Finally, on their behalf, Mr H<~rlond presented commu~ity. cheques gifted by North Talisker Sheep Stock Club, Donald, and the vice-Chairman is General Harry 1. Carbostbeg and, Eynort, and an alarm clock, ~'the Macdonald, Portree. I' personal gift of Mr Sa·ndy MacLeod. Garafad. The Board has bi-monthly meetings and these I Tea was then served and, later, Mr Hamilton are sometjmes held in the various Hospitals in the expressed his most sincerE; thanks to the Company Island, and o-ccasion is made at these meetings to. for their presence and the delightfui and useful inspect the Hospital and see 'that everything is I gifts. "My wife and I," he said, "have deep efficient and up to standard. feelings Ol'l this occasion. Our wedding took place On many occasions the meetings are held in tn far-away Edinburgh and it was not possible to Portree for the conv-enience of members. i~ have all our Skye friends there. It is therefore a great pleasure to have yeu all here to-day, and The Skye Hospital's Board has · House Commit r. we might almost hope for a second honeymoon, tees which are appointed from its members, to were it not for Departmental regulations." He con- which certain hospitals are allocated and, which 8 THE CLARION OF SKYE ar.e il'l·spected regu~arly an TOIMHS~ACHAN. (By a CorreSI>Ondent) Chi mi, chi mi fada uarn, Fichead mile th'ar .a chuain Fear gun fhuil gun fheoil gun anam, The vital need for a Central General Hospital p · imeachd air an talamh chruaidh. has been widely recognised and has been the sub D.G. ject at meetings of the Skye Hospital Board's ' members on many occasions. · The Region'al Board has asked for a recom Kilmuir and . District mendation as to the si:te from the Cen•tral Hospital's •Board. The ques~ion was ddscussed finally in August, le5l, and o.n .a motion by Mr Donald Bea Crofters' Clllb ton, Stetn, that the site be in Po.rtree-the cen.tre of administration for the Island-and which would serve five of Skye's seven pariehes-the majority This thriving . Clu•b has now concluded the first of the Isl.and's population-it was carried by 6 half of its winter's activities, and four well vo.les to 3. This decision was conveyed to the attended meetings were held in November and De Regi·onal Board, and g·reat :w.as the surprise of cember. everyone, when in the Press shortly afterwards, the Regional -Board had chosen Broadford for the site At fihe first o.f these, an agricultural film show was gi·ven under the auspices of the North of Scot of the Central Hospital. land College ·of Agriculture, whose lacal representa· Another correspondent suggests that strong tive, Mr Graham, is a keen and ardent member language must be used so that those who have been and supporter of the Club. · F.i!ms on hill sheep passive up to norw:, and there are many, be aroused. illustrated thei> hand1ing in different places, the A petition must be drawn up with many of the ways of eliminating .Stomach worm infestation and Islands pGpu·lation's si·gnatures, and be sent to the remedies for other common diseases. The life of Secretary of ScotJiand so that the wishes of the a Highland shepherd was depicted, his year's work majority be recogn,ised. showing· his reactions to the severe climatic con· ditions and to. the unexpected factors which occur in these areas. A film on pig-rearing showed the present-day value of this bran(!h of -farming and modern methods of rearing and handling. Cattle The Good Book Sayeth handling, crops, and artificial manure were also subjects included in the film· programme. At their second meeting, the Club were hosts to For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, three scientific experts· from the Scottish Agri· but against priucit>alities, aga.inst PO\\fers, cu1tural Industries, Ltd. Introduced by Mr Mac· against the rulers of the darkness of the farlane, Edi~bane , these speakers gave short ad· world; against spiritual wickedness in high dresses on grass seeds suitable tor Skye, fertilisers places. and when to appJ.y them, and the eradication of bracken and the most common weeds in local crops. Ephesians, 6, 12. Much informatio.n was elicited during the animated THE CLARION OF SKYE 9 discussions and questions which :followed the ad dresses. from the practical ell'perience of the croft Inverness T.T. Sale ers themselves as well as from the wide know ledge of the speaJkers. The following cattle ;from Supervised Herds in Skye, sold ·at Macdonald, Fraser & Co. Ltd. Auction At the third meeting, Mr Symington, of the Market, Inverness, on 14/ 12/51:- Basic Slag Co., covered much ground in lectur.ing on the liming of various kinds of grass-land, suit Neil Mac~ay, 19 P.ortnalong, cros·s cow, calrving able times for the appHcation of fertilisers, and January, £49 7s; D. Macleod, 14 Port nalong, cross the proper handling, drainage and burning of cow, cal-ving February, £40 19s ; Mrs Mackenzie, 11 heather land. In answer to questions he gave Fiscavaig, cross cow-heifer (farrow), £35 14.5 ; Murdo much valuable adv-ice on the re-seeding of old Gr.aham, 1 Fernlea, cross cow. calving January, pastures and the valu~ of timber belts for shelter . £34 13s; and cross cow (farrow), £20 9 6; Jo hn Macleod, 10 P.ortnalong, cross cow, calving Febru The last meeting for 1951 took the form of an ary, £34 13s ; ·C. Macleod, 4 Portnalong, cross cow, aiHxaelic debate on the motion, "Better an old calv>ing MaTch, £31 lOs; D. Macleod, 6 Fiscavaig, rich wife than a young poor one." Un fortuna.tely; ))lolled cow, cah•ing March, £29 8s ; Peter McAskill, the mover. Mr Kenneth Macpherson, withdrew at 10 Fernl ea, cross co•w. calving March, £26 15s 6d ; the last momen·t owing to indispositron, but his Rodk. Macleod, 24 Portnalong, cross cow, calvi ng shoes were ably filled by- Mr Hugh MacLeod, who March, £32 Os 6d; John Macleod, 2 Fernlea, cross was seconded by Mr Murdo Maclean. Mr .;rona than cow (.farrow). £20 •9s 6d; Alex. Macleod, 9 Fiscavaig, Macdonald moved the amendment and was cross cow ('farrow), £21. seconded by Mr Donald Macarthur. I A lively, humorous and entertaining series of comments were given by a large number of speakers Skye Sheep and Cattle before the vote was taken, to show that the meet ing was equally divided in its choice of a suitable Prices. wife. The meetings are open to the generi).l public List of prices realised for shee))l and cattle from and we welcome those who attend from Glenhinis- .. the Island of Skye disposed of at Messrs Macdon dale, Uig and P.ortree. It is exhilirating to see ald, Fraser and Co . Ltd.'s Auction Mart, Inverness, how often they attend despite the severe wea·ther in autumn, 1951, which will be of interest to Skye ., conditions. readers, are givep. .below:- ' A promising prog,ramme has been arranged - BLACKFACE EWES. for the second half of . the winter's work of the Brae Eynm:t, 70/ -; Glenvicaskill (Lockhart) . Club. 53/ -; North Raasay She·ep Stock Club, 51/ -; Ilrum fearn (Nicolson) , 61 / 6; Glendale Cl_ub, 70/ -; Satran club, 70/-'; Glenvicaskill (Mackinnon), 35/-; Uigini•sh, 46/ -; Totarder Club, 45/ -; Kinloch, 67/ -; Armadale Home Farm, 35/ -; Ostaig, 79/ -; Mugary, 37/ -; Kyle Farm, 64/-; Eyre Sheep Stock C!ub, 59/9 ; Drynoch SKYE N.F.U. (Campbell), 59/ 9; Drynoch (Macaskill). 61/ 3; Tal lisker, 64/ -; Achnahanaid, The Braes (Kelly). 62/ 6; Glenhinisdale (Bruce), 58/ 3; Keistle (Macdonald). 55/ 3; Kylerhea, 31/ -; Crossal, 58/3; Shul!ishadder A specia.l meeting of Skye Branch of the (Nicolson), 65/ 6; Glenhinisdale (Morrison). 51/ -; Na tional Farmers' Union was held at Portree re Balmeanach (Macleod), 59/ 9; Keistle (Macdonald) . 55/ 3; Drynoch (Hunter), 56/9. cently, to decide whet her to press for a Grad·ing Ostaig Farm, Sleat, holds the record price for Station at Kyle of Lochalsh or not. Major John this year ~1951) . Mr Norman MacAskill is the ideal sheep Jiarmer.-Editor. Macdonald occupied the ch Glendale Club, 102/3; Kylerhea, 103/6; Satran Club, garry, stot calf, £9 12/6; Stoddard, 1 F.lodigarcy 112/3; 10 Drumfearn (Maclure), 104/9; Drumfearn heifer calf, £6 7/6; Mrs Mackenzie, 1 Drum:fearn' (Nicolson). 94/-; Kyle Farm, 98/ 6; Drynoch (Mac farrow cow, £20 12/ 6; Macleod, 3 Drumfearn, far: askill), 97/ 6; Kinloch, 95/6; Rigg (Macpherson), row cow, £14 7/6; Do., heifer stirk, £19 2/6; Mac 121/9; North Scorrybreck Club, 115/6; Tote (Mac lure, 10 Drumfearn, farrow cow, £18 7/6; Nicol leod), 107; Corries Club, 109/3; Totarder Club, 87/-; son, 4 Drumfearn, farrow cow, £13 12/ 6; Nicolson Shullishadder (Nicolson), 99/9; Tallisker, 104/ -; 6 Drumfearn, farrow cow, £15 2/6; Macpherson' Glenhinisdale (Morrison) .- 109/ 3; · Glenhinisdale Fearnbank, calving cow, £26. ' (Nicolson), 104/-; Glenhinis,dale (Beaton), 99/9; Bral nacnock, 123/-; Eyre Club, 111/3; Keistle (Macdon ald), 109/3; Drynoch (Campbell), 111/3; Ebost, 83/-; Meadle, 83/-. Local Weather for December CHEVIOT WETHER LAMBS. I Oze House, 52/ 6; Ullinish Sheep Stock Club, 61/ 6; Ebost Sheep Stock Club, 60/-; Ardmore Sheep 1951 Stock Club, 71/ 6; Meadle, .60/-; Oze Sheep Stock Cl'ub, 60/-; Totochocaire, 6'1/-; Claigan (G. D. Cal der), 64/6; Claigan (Grant)., 68/-; Claigan (Maclen nan), 72/ 6; Claigan (Macqueen), 72/ 6; Claigan (N. This has been a very dull month. Though Macphee), 75/6; No. 6 Ardmore, 51/ -; No. 9 Car not excess!.ve, the rainfall has been very persis noch, 60/-; Carbostbeg Sheep Stock Club, 61/-; tent, only one day being completely dry. The North Tallisker Sheep Stock Club, 68/-; Raasay mild spell which commenced ·1ast May w.as main Home Farm, 86/-. tained till the end of the month with little frost BLACKFACE 'WETHER LAMBS. ·and hardly any snow on low ground. One is Tallisker, 73/6; Glenvicaskill (Mackinnon), 64/6; reminded of the excceptiona.Jly mild winter of 1945 Totarder Club, 75/ 9; Glenvicaskill (Lockhart), 66/9; Brae .Eynort, 62/ -; Carbostbeg S.S. Club, 62-/; when violets and primroses were in bloom at th~ Ostaig, 66/-; Camusluinie .Sheep Stock C!ub, 55/-; end of December. Glendale Sheep Stock Club, 66/6 ; Satran Sl:leep Stock Club, 66/6; North Raasay Sheep Stock Club, Total raanfall for this month was 7.71 ins .. 64/3; Kylerhea, 60/9; No. 6 Drynoch, 61/ -; Crossal, which though heavy, falls far short of December, 60/9; Achnahanaid, The Braes, 64/6; Kinloch, 54/6; 1944, when nearly ten inches of rajn fell. '!'he Armaaale Home Farm, 62/6; Kyle Farm, 62/-; Drum hea~iest falls in 24 hours were .67 in. on 3rd, and fearn (Nicolson), 63/ -; Drynoch (Macaskill), 61/6. .63 in. on 30th. During sev·en weeks to New Year's Totarder in Bracadale holds the record in this section.-Editor. Day, there were only two days without rai~ .faJ.l. There was slight frost on eight nights. The CATTLE PRICES. highest shade temperature at noon was 5'2 degrees on 16th. The lowest noon temperature was 36 Attested Sale. degrees on 9th, followed by ;four degrees of frost G. D. Calder, Claigan, Dunvegan, cross calving cow. ·£29; farrow cow, £32 7/ 6; heifer stirk, £17 12/6. that night. In December, 1950, t he lowest com Maclennan, Claigan, Dunvegan, cross cow, calvi'ng parative reading was 25 degrees on the 14th, fol April, 1952, £13 10/- ; F. Farquharson, Culnacnock.· lowed at night by 16 degrees of frost. stat calf. £11 12/6; R. Gordon, Ctilnacnock, stot calves, £17 17/6; John Lamont, Valtos, stet calf, £16 There were several gales during this mo'nth, 17/ 6; N. Macdonald, Grelin, Culnacnock, heifer calf, though the severe gales officially forecast during £12 ?/6; Angus Macleod, Grealin, Culnacnock, hei the 26th and 27th did not materia·lise in these fer calf, £10 7/6; Donald Macleod, Culnacnock, stet parts. Pressure was very low generally on the calf, £14 17/6; Donald Macleod, Grealin, Culnac 27th, reaching 28.05 inches a.pprox., the lowest since nock, heifer calves, £11 17/6; Malcolm Macpherson, No. 2 Higg, heifer calves, £15 2/ 6; John Nicolson, 4th February last. Culnacnock, stot cal.f, £10 2/6 ; Bain, Geary, heifer calves, £8 17/ 6; do., stet calf, £10 7/ 6; Finlayson, No general warning was given, however, befQre Halistra, stot calves, £9 17/ 6; D. Maclean, 4 Ard the ·onset of the year's worst storm on 30th Decem more, stet ealf, £19 12/6; W. Maclean, 6 Ardmore. ber, wb.en wind strength exceeded 70 m .p.h. in heifer calf, £13 7/6; Macleod, 8 Ardmore, stot calf, inland areas, and gusts of nearly 100 m .p.h., were £23 2/6; John Macnab, Ardmore, heifer calf, £14 registered el,.;ewhere i n exposed places in the Heb· 17/ 6; Macnab, Halistra, stet calf, £19 12/6; do., stet stirks, £21 2/6; do., cross calving cow, £10 2/6. rides. Pressure fell .9 in. i.n 12 hours during this storm, and rose .65 in. in six hours. Lightning was Non-Attested Sale. observed along with i5olated peals of thunder. on Morrison. 27 Portnalong, heifer stirk, £24 17/ 6; 18th and 19th. R. Morrison, 28 Portnalong, stet stirks, £25 12/ 6; D. A. Mackay, 22 Fiscovaig, stot calf, £9 7/6; Mrs Mackenzie, 11 Fiscovaig, stet stirk, £21 12/6; Mrs * * * Macleod, 4 Portnalong, hejfer calf, £5 17/ 6; D. Mac NOT.E.-The Bartlett Brothers of London, pro· leod, 14 Portnalong, heifer stirk, £16 17/ 6; R. Mac leod, 24 Portnalong, stotcalf, £19 17 /6; Mrs Gillies, fessio.nal weather forecasters; have predicted a cold 2 Flodigarry, stet calf, £16 7/ 6; Angus Gillies. 3 January for 1952. They use no instruments at all Flodigarry, heifer calf, £8 2/6; Macdonald, Meadle, on which to base their calculations, but work on stots, £37 17/6; Do., heifers, £36 2/6 ; do., farrow charts •and weather records covering ·more than 50 cow, £34 17/6; R. Macdonald, Valtos, stet calf, £7 years. They claim 80 per cent. successes during a 2/6; D. Macleod, Digg, stet calf, £14 2/ 6; J. Mac period comprising over twenty years. pherson, 10 Flodigarry, heifer calves, £7 12/ 6; Peter Nicolson, 7 Flodigarry, stet calf, £12 12/ 6; L. Nicol D. A. MACLEAN. son. 9 Flodigarry, heifer calf, £4 7/6; J. Nicolson, 11 Flodigarry, heifer calf, £6 2/6; Ross, 13 Flodi- Struan Schoolhouse, 3/ 1/52. THE CLARION OF SKYE 11 about Skye! .:rus·t hoM your wheest.! Not so New Monthly Series. very long ago-a bitingly cold wintry day-as only 'Glasgow can provid·e on occasion-! met, by ac cident, a man from Skye who has been domiciled in the big city. for the past quarter of a century. " Looking at ·Skye" He learned that I was paying a short visit from Skye and J:iis eyes lightened up. I didn't require to be told where his thoughts were. I could see. ; In a few momen1s his mind had forgotten the busy (By Gordon Lodge.) street, the clanging tr-amcars, the jostling folk, 'the drab smoke begrimed buildings, and . he was back " in · the glen " not so far from where I sit. " Alick," said the, boss in. his customary Mon As we talked I realised just how deep a~d day morning manner-and I guessed then that I moving was his affection for the "Misty Isle." He was shortly in for a wee spell o.f confidenc es. "I've joined me in a journey from Portree to the glen been thinking! Before we know where we are, ·a journey which delights the eye the whole way. To the right, after lea·ving the town, the gentle we shall have t he Spring and Summer upon us rolling hillside with it;s scattered and homely and there's a lot th:aot you, in your own par ticular croft s. Isolated but friendly and the ·evidence of way, could tell intending visito:rs a•bout Skye. the occupants' labours visible for the passing world Wha1 d'ye think?" to see. One of our good roads, which leads· on to Dunvegan wi,th it's romantic and historic castle, " Well! " I answer ed. " that has shaken me ! the home of !he Ohief of Clan MacLeod. As we What ex·actly do you think I might do aibou,t it? turned to t he r ight, some four miles out from I like Skye---khink it's the grandest · spot I have Portree; a gl-a n'Ce over the left shoulde.F made us found in more than thirty years of wandering halt to admire and rhapsodise about the grandeur around the globe, but, a.part from the fact that of the Coolins. A never-to-be-forgotten sight. ,11 has a tremendous appeal to me, personally, Don't pr ess me for the names of the peaks, I just there's really not an awful lot I know a:bout it's don't k•nOIW them off by heart. One doesn't have geog:raphy ." to .in Skye. They are just there-a.we inspiring and beautiful. Their changing colours cast a spell 1 " That ," said the boss, " i·s just the answer which i,s long remembered, whether it be the deep wanted from you." G·iving me one o.f his sidelong red browns of evening in June, the blue grape glances-you know the kind-like a startled thrush shade of Autumn or the snowy mantle of winter. -a wee "dekko " before ~ting airborne, he con- . tinued, " y ou perhaps don'.t know the geography as All too soon., on this kind of journey, we reach M~ Murray, The Headmaster, would wish, but you t he glen which lies may be. a mile from the road do see Sky.e with eyes which are a•ppre·c-iative and which leads on to Uig Bay. My Skye man's eyes spot the t hings whiich are there for every visitor to are still in the far distance and he sees the see and enjoy. The small daily things all of wl;lich tumbling stream, the golden bloom of the gorse, the mounot. up to make Skye t he delightful Isle th-a-t it ,purple of the heather and the scattered cro1'ts which is and it's folk the charming Hi•ghland folk that form the minute -township. A picture he will they are. Take it easy! St art with Par-tree and c·arry in his mind's eye and heart for all his days. let's ha-ve your pen picture of it as you've seen it I'll not ta.ke you on to Uig just now-that's a over the pa·st twelve months. Then you can go pleasure deferred- (By John N. MacLeod, Beauty) DU~VEGAN CASTLE PART II. The saddesst fa.te of •aU .was of David Fergu- Among the historic houses o-f Scotland, Dun , so~. the manager, who refused to quit · his post veg>an Castle, for centuries ~e home of the Clan in that house. H~ was drowned in the ruins, MadLeod, and still is, shines out illustrious not only and Angus MacTavish, already referrecl to, told as the abode of these descendants of the Royal me that his body w'as afterwards found in the Line O'f Leod, but of dim romance, from which all cellar of the building. tha·t, or nearly all the ancient history of the Isles When the flood·s . were becoming more threa·t radiate. · ening in the evening, Ferguscm went down to the lodge in his anxiety for the sad'ety of the I1nside its stately halls, are he·irlooms unequalled house. Later on, his son became alarmed at among the relics of seven centuries, each with Its the voilence of the flood, and along with the own legend of romance or tragic story. May I grieve of the farm and another friend, he re say to our Canadiap fr-iends that with kilt and solved to effect the rescue of his father. claymore, sons od' this famous family of MacLeod Before the three 'men got to the ga11den wall. cr·ossed, its thFesheld in ma·n-ly stride, when the the water w.as up to their wai-sts; and soon after, Incas and Indians roamed with the buffalo across one of them was carried off his feet by the the plains of Canada. When the white man strength of the current of water. touched the shores o.f the New World, a son of The party shouted 1 to the ol The Far Horizon T·he millstreams that turn the clappers of the world arise in solitary places.-Heeps. I caugohi a glimpse of a lone, grey isle *'* * .. With eilent homesteads, mile on mile, Unless a;bove himself he can And Ourlews crying all the while Erect himself, how poor a thing is man! Daniel. Out on the far horizon. *** I trod the heatl:h of my native place Work as if thou had'st to live for aye; And SaJW .the :florm of a well-known face; Worship as if thou wanrt to die to-day! And I heard the tongue of a vanished-race- Tuscan Pil"over.b. Out on the far horizon. * * * [ heard a sound that saddened me Man marks the earth Wi•th ruin; his con•trol Where the mounta·ins slope down to ,kiss the sea; stops on the shore of the watery plain. Byron. 'l1he SO'b of the chanter at "Cogdh no Sith " Out on the far horizep When men speak ill* * of* thee. live ;;o that no Glasgow_ .J.MoL. ona will believe them.-Plato. -\ 14 THE CLARION OF SKYE Month's Poetic Quoation The Road Back to Torrin HAIL TO THE ISLE OF SKYE. Oh, happy day, when on my way (Continued). ,To see ~gain Loch Slapin, And there I may, with loved ones stay, Among the· hills of Torrin. Majestic and proudly Thy cliffs do surround thee, - what pleasures rare await me there, Afar till enshrouded When wjth the friends I gather; In c~ouds they expand; W·i:thout a care, their blessings share Their base curbing boldly In Isle of Mist and Heather. The waves of the ocean, In dreadful commotion 'IIhat roar on thy sand. I'll tread anew, my home in view, 1 Tha.t pathway to contentmen•t; Though dwellings few, and poople too, Oh where are the gallants They live wi·thout resentment. That lived in 'thy valleys, '·Mong mist crowned summits Ever the same in Nature's frame, Who travels enjoyed! The rugged peaks of Coolin, The chase was their custom The road I came, it has no name. Where glittering musket, .Who cares, It leads ,to ToNin! And hounds unexhausted By haste, they employed. In sunshine bright, glorious sight , Torr in 'mid scenes entrancing; Oh hail to thy summits · And then at night, with Northern Light, The stags verdant dwelling, Albove the Coolins dancing. Thy dells that are buried In desolate gloom! The rigours of winter, Loch Slapin deep, where salmon leap. Thy passes do enter; And seal•s wi·th young ones playing; And groves by the tempest, The hill-sides steep, where Blackfaced sheep Are stripped of their bloom. With their young lambs are straying. I see the high Coolin On Summer day, with children stray, A lion so sullen; A picnic upon the sands; His head is enveluped, There we will play mong the spray, And bearded with snow; And we'll fall down holding hands. His cheeks are deep-furrowed Sy thundering torrents OJ" Seidlidh bright, on Winter's night, That sweep in their hurry, With song and dance and stories; To meadows below. By fires-ide Jig.ht, aH snuggled tight, w .e'll hear of ghosts and fairies. My heart prizes proudly Thy glens and "thy mountains, And to the shore, I'll go once more, The "mist that is crowning Around cliffs and roc•ks I'll roam. The brow of each hill There the waves roar, and will birds soar. Thy broad fertile meadows, To their nests above the foam. And steep rugged headlands, The hind's liquid treasure- Many a thrill, I'll take my fill, The murmuring rill. And Nature's pleasures share in; When I go back to Torrin. May thy name never perish, And this I will, to do no ill, Thy sons ever flourish, Till moulder the mountains Aldershot, 1944. J. MACKINNON. And clouds shall be rolled! ' While rocks do not quiver, At rag.ing of billows, SKYE CALLING CANADA. The dear " Misty Island " I highly will Jlold. F you have Relations in Canada, send a call in I " The Clarion." Feature cost 3/6 each. Clarion NEIL MACLEOD, going by air to Canada in January to May. Name The Skye Bard. and address of your friends required. THE CLARION OF SKYE -rs OBITUARY These Twenty-One Boys of Chatham. A DOUBI,E BEREAVEMENT. It is not o.ften one finds a double bereavement On a night in December, to the town of Chat in the one home ori the same day, and it is our ham, Engl·and, came the grim reaper with his sickle sad duty to record such, in the passing of Flora keen; at a breaJth left the bearded grain and <:u t MacDonald, and her ·mother, widow of William the flowers that grew be!Jween. Out of their Mac.Oonald, tailor o,f Easandubh, .Dunvegan. While homes. these 24 young lads, with the murmuring Mrs MacDonald reached a goodly age, her daug.hter, brooks of youth in their · happy hearts, that De Flora, was a compara1ively young woman, whose cember evening went forth to their · d_estlny. That long mne:s was borne with Christian patiel)_ce. dreadd'ul accident which caused their death, has During their indisposition, they were care.fully and set a pang of sorrow and grief to the world of with creditable devotion, looked a·fter by the re feeling. Though far off from the din and bustle maining daughter. Miss Annie MacDonald, who is of that busy seaside city, the feelin.gs of the ·people a teacher in Dunvegan School. To her, particu of Skye were deeply touched. To these fa.thers larly, the sympathy of the people of Skye goes and mothers, brothers and sisters, the Misty Isle out, having already this year lost a brother as well. folk send their d!!epest sympathy, and on that Largely attended, the double funeral as it night were w.ith them in their grief. The driver of wound its way to the family lair in Dunvegan that fatal bus, apparently a mature man of 40 Churchyard, created in the district a pathos not to years service, and on the eve of being ·presented be easily forgotten. Being of a high·ly respectable with a 25-year recorq of safety-attracts the feeling family, both the deceased will be greatly missed of universal forbearance-as it could have been you ,, in the West o.f Skye. or I who drive cars; and let us not boast of our 1 prowess and accuracy, as there are othe~s. like To the daughter and sons, "The Clarion" speci those of tha·t once-happy throng, on the. roads cf ally desires to express sincere condolence. Britain to-day.-BE CAREFUL. Gach linn a thig no thainig riamh Tha 'n uaigh gun sgur ',gan slugadh suas Tha avis is ojge ruith gu dian Sa' tuiteam leis; The Twenty-One ·s-oys Ach c'ait am bheil iad uile triall, Si sin a' c'heist! of Chatham Tha sin am falach air gach sui! · Ach .gliocas siorruidh Righ nan dul Sna laimh-san, fagaidh sinn air suis Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, D'an aithn ar neart; Why do you fall so fast? Your date is not so fast, Ughdar gach sonais beatha. is iuil. But you may stay yet here awhile Ni Esan ceart. To blush and gently smile, And go at last. What were you born to be- ... An hour or ha'lf's delight, " THE CLARION OF SKYE " invites enquirers And so to bid4 goodnight? . from pqssible Pioneers in Industry, with a 'Twas pity Nature brough1; ye 'forth view to encourage participation in th4!' Electric Merely to show yeur worth, Powers to be avai\able in · Skye within a few months. Young man, way go abroad? SKYE And )ose your quite. POWER WILL BE AT YOUR SERVICE. HAVE YOU STILL GOT THE PIONEERING SPIRIT OF But you were lovely leaves. where we YOUR FATHERS? Write "Clarion" Office. Struan, May read how soon things have Skye. Their end, tho' ne'er so brave: · And after they have shown · their pride. WANTED, free lance Reporters for "Clarion of Like you, awhile they glide, Sky,e "; circuit to include Inner and Outer Into the grave. Hebrides. To solicit adverts., news, etc., on com minion. Would ault disable ex-aervlcemen ApplJ, With particular• to Editor, Struan, Slt,-e. Editor. 16 TUE CLARION OF SKYE HOUSE WIRING PAINTCRETE (A Cement Paint). I WONDER if you coul'd ·draw the attention of your readers to the desirability of fitting as WE from now onwards take Orders for · many plugs as possible when thex are having their PAINTCRETE. suitable for outside and inside houses w ired for electricity. This has sever al ad walls. It is available in the following colours vantages as follows :- Biscuit, SjJ.ver Grey, White, Broken White, Light (a) Electricity for lighting 'costs approximately CFeam, Mid Cream, Dark Cream, Portland Stone, 6d. per unit while electricity for other pur Pink. Primrose, Daffodil, Pastel Blue, Pale Apple poses costs approximately ld. per unit and Green, Terra Cotta, Brick Red. after a certain amount has been used, it drops We may remind you that Paintcrete is now the to approximately ~d. per unit and then in the best and Lowest Priced Cement Paint on the mar winter months to approximately !tl. per unit. ket, selling at the following prices:- If. you use lighting only you do not benefit 14 J.b . Tins . . . . 15/6. from. these cheap rates. 56 lb. Drums .'. 38/ 6. (b) Without plugs you cannot use electrjcity for 1 cwt. Drums .. 68/ -. electric fires, wireless sets, kettles, washing Carriage Paid. machines, irons. table lamps, carpet sweepers, floor polishers. etc., etc. Order now for early delivery from:- / (c) Without ·a cooker circuit you cannot use elec tricity for .. cooking and around this district ·sracadale Stores, where supp\y has been available for a year or two roughly three-quarters of the con STRUAN, SKYE. sumers have installed electric cookers. (d) It is much more satisfactory to install plugs RONALD MACLEAN, and a cooker · circuit while the lighting cir cuits are being installed as if. they · are in Livestock Haulage Contractor, stalll!C\ at a ~ater date, it may mean lifting DUNVEGAN the same floor boards twice and also may mean duplicating switch gear, etc.. which ISHES to thank all his patrons during the last could have · been fitted as part of the original W season for their confidence in. him for the installation. transpor t of livestock. With equal means at his The initial cost of installing a comprehensive in disposal he hopes that he will be able to be of stallation in the first place sometimes acts as a service to stockmasters, and that the unfa1ling con· deterrent to consumers who fully realise the dis fidence placed on him will n ot be frustrated. advantages of a part installation but to meet this He is also pleased to record that not one animal the Board run an ·ASSISTED WIRING SCHEME was killed or injured of the large number put under whereby the Board pay the contractors and the con his care for transport to the Mainland, etc. sumers -pay the Board by quarterly instalments over THANKING EVERYONE. a period of three, five or seven years. This is an excellent scheme and it is surprising that so little advantage is being taken of it in Skye. THE AGENTS FROM WHOM· If you wish any advice on· t):J.e matter. do not hesitate to write this office. 1 11 The Clarion of Skye" T . NICOLSON, Area Manager. CAN BE OBTAINED. Main Street. Kyle of Lochalsh. H.amish Macintyre, Bookseller, Portree. A. Macleod, Merchant, Staffin. M. Masleod, Post Office,. Culmacnoc, . .Portree. WATCH REPAIRS. M. Matheson, Merchant, Lincro. Kilmu·ir. C. Ross, Post Office Buildings, Uig, Portree. MacFarlane Bros., The Stores. Edinbane. WATCH. CLOCK and JEWELLERY REPAIRS. J . Beaton, Mercha,nt, Hallil). Post Office. AI! work Guaranteed. Prompt Po.st ServiCes. Anna Maclean, Merchant, Dunvegan. Moderate Charge. Co-operative Stores, Glendale. Skye. Colin Campbell & Son, Kensalorag, Dunvegan. ,JOHN M. MORRISON, 203 West George Stre·et: J . Maclennan, Corbost Stores. Corbost, Talisker. GLASGow; C.2. Telepltone: Central 0449. Hector Macdonald, Tarksavaig, Sleat, Skye. Maclennan's Stores, Broadford, Skye. Calum Macleod, Central Stores, Portnalong. CALOR GAS. DEMONSTRATION. Cameron. Pier Stores, Kyleakin,. Skye. Mallaig Railway Bookstall, Mallaig. ·DUE 'to Weather Conditions, we regret that the I. Macinnes, Broadford ·post Office. Calor Gas Demonstration due to be held at Menzies Bookstalls, Edinburgh, a.nd· all branches, Broadford in January and February, Hl52, has had or direct from the "Clarion·" Office, Struan. to be POSTPONED indefinitely, Skye. · .. ... ·· · We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Will Postal Subscribers ' please c!Teck up on· keeP' lng advance payments -in · order;' 'ensuring deli\iery. .. CAMERON'S STORES, KYLEAKIN, SKYE. If you don't get the •• -Clarion of Skye;" order now. THE CLARION GF SKYE 17 FOR SALE, WANTED, TO LET. OR SALE, one _!'up (dog) , six months old; trial F bred; b.w . , and t.; very keen; offers over OR SALE, 10 Pul.le:ts, em point of lay; pr ice £1 £ 3 ~/ - . ·Apply, Box No D1, " Clarion " Office, F each. Ap{illy, Box A, CJ.arion Office. Str uan, Skye, OR SALE, one pair Oars,- 14 J!t., · new; offers. FOR SAL.E, Me,> tor Cycle, Royal. Enfield, 350 c.c. ; F Apply, Donald A. MacPhee, Ho!msda!e, Glen fi rst registered 1947 ; mileage under 14,000; Lucas dale. mag-dyna mo ; four-speed gearbox, speedometer, etc., good lights, needs new battery; unlicensed; OR SALE, Pull out Table; mahogany, in good seen at Portree. Offer s to john MacDonald, 12 F order, o1fers.-Appy Box No. K1, Glarion Idrigill, Uig, Skye. Office. FLOWERING BULBS. - Best quality Tulips. OR SALE in Skye, 10 Pullets, on pe~nt of lay; Daffodils, Narcissus, etc., 5/ 6 per dozen. Large price £1 each. Apply, Box H, ClaFion Offi.ce, F Hyacinths, 15/ - per dozen. Rose Bushes, 4/ - each. Struan, Skye. Red and Black Currant Bushes, 18/ - per dozen. -OR SALE, one " Cook and Heat,; Cooker, as Ge oseberry Bushes, 36/ - per dozen. Obtainable F new, complete with Boiler. Apply, Box C, fr om:-Whyte, Seedsman, Old Polmortt, Stlrlingshire. " Clarion " Office. GENERAL Maid wanted for Dingwall; house wit.:. OR SALE, one Reconditioned Car Tyre, 16 x 500 ; au modern conveniences; good outings; wage F never used; £2 16/ -. Apply, Bracadale £2 10/ - to £3. Apply, Mrs McCallum, Sliochd, Stores,, Struan, Skye, Dingwall. OR SALE, No. 4 Rota ry Water Pump, in very C>USES. Furnished and Unturnlahed, w.ante4 In F good order. Apply, CoUn Campbell & Son, H Skye. Have you one? Only reliable adverti~en Rosk'ill, Dunvegan. - considered. Apply " Clarion " omce. OR SALE, one Mangle, In exceuent order; also ROUBLE-FREE 1933 Austin 16 for sale; licensed F one Butcher's Mincer. as good- as -new. Apply T and insttred ; excel•lent tyres, two new batteries, Box W ," Clarion" Office. coil. plugs, plug ~eads, etc., an new; easily started, gr eat pUller; body good but two· windows· cra~ked; OR SALE, quantity of new Wood Sarktng; ex £50 or nea rest offer; ready to drive away. Apply, F cellent quality.. Crofters only need apply to No. 69, Clarion Office, Struan, Skye. · Malcolm _Mackenzie, The B1mgalow, Conon, Uig, Skye. ANTED, S, at obair na Bard Gaelich. Apply, ,, W No. 3, Clarion Office. OR SALE, Excelsior Autocycle, in ·very good F condition ; two gears ; only done 2,400 miles; ANTED for Sligichan Hotel, Assistant Cook for £'ill or nearest offer. :Apply, C. MacAskill, Water W coming season, to commence April; state age. stein, Glendale. WANTED fer Sligichan H9te-l. Scullery Maid for . OR SALE, good Pitch Pine Mantlepiece, . ver y comirng season, to commence April; state age. F well made, in attractive design; almost new. ANTED· to contact any native of Skye who Apply, MuFdo, MacPhee, Balmeanach, Dunvegan. W served in the Boer 'War. Apply, Editor, 'Phone: Balmeanach 1. Clar ion Office. fOR 'SALE, one Black Pall Cow, dwe t e calf 12th ANTED: Shea, size approx. 10 ft. x 8 ft., in March ; quiet and correct; nirn e years old; W good condi·tion. Apply, James Campbel.J. price £30 or nearest. Apply, Bruce, 8 Upper Roskill, Dttnvegan. Mtlivaig, Glendale, Skye. ANTED, House 'Tablemaid ·for Duke of York fOR SALE, best quaUty 12-Bol'e Double-barrel W Boys' Hostel, Portree, immediately; good Hammer Gun, by P!.!Fdey (of world fame): wages and holidays with pay. Apply, Miltron. gold ova! and nicely engraved. -Apply, No. GlO. Clarion Office, Struan. Sk'f'e. . ANTED, that classic composition of Gaelic fOR SALE, on!! Haystack ; best quality ryegrass, W Poetry, known as "Bathadh Clann a Phee." 21 f t. x 9 ft. x '10 ft. high; haU can be sold if h itherto unpublished. Apply, Editor, Clarion Office. required: offers wan.ted. Apply, C. MacAskill, ANTED- for Siigichan Hotel, Post Offlc;e ah!i Waterstein, Glendale, Skye, W Bar Assistant, to commern ce end of March. fOR SALE (Special Offer), 24 ft. 35-rung Ladder, When applying please state age and previous ex -· shop soiled, excellent condition, FUI'lgs fitted, perience. if an,y. · sound, straight; price £6, subject unsold. Apply, Box 2, Clarion Office, Struan, Skye, ' :ANTED, Second-hand Range, in good coniU W t ion, with tiles at back, size 3 ft. 6 ln. wide. f 0 R SALE, three Step-: laddeFs, new, strongly. _ilnd Apply, M'rs Nicolson, Plantation View, 3 ., West well made and painted; six steps, height ap Suisnish, Raasay, Kyle. p:oximately 5 ft.; price 30/ -. Apply, M. Mac kmnon, Secretary, Berreraig, Village Club, Borreraig, OMMENCING in January, 1952, those who have Dunvegan, Skye. C Rooms To Let would be well advised to ' adver tise in " The Clarion," a·s it covers Great Britain • fOR SALE, one pair Front IFon Wheels for Ford- in circulation.- Do not delay, 'do it now-- W. R. GRAY, F.S.M.c., Fish is MY Line Ophthalmic OptlclaR, BANK ST~EET, PO~T~EE. LACHIE MACRAE, IS NOW IN REGULAR ATTENDANCE AT THI<: Fish Merchant, Fish Curer and Fishmonger . ' ABOVE ADDRESS. PORTREE. Consulti.ng Hours : WINTER CURE good keeping qHality SALT Monday: 9 a.m . - . 6 p .m . • HERRINGS now in stock. 'I'uesday : Visits Kyle of Lochalsh f rom 10 a.m. - 2 p.m . DAILY SUPPLIES of FRESH FISH, SMOKED Wednesday: By Appointment only. FISH, SALT FISH and KIPPERS always available. Thursd.ay: 9 a.m . - 6 p .m . Friday: 9 a.m . - 6 p.m . IRONMONGE~Y Saturday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. UITABLE for Crofters, Farmers and Small S holders. among which are the following, at GREAT. . SENSATION OF 1952 Keen Prices :- Bolts (all sizes), Manure' Forks, Spades, JUST THE THING NEEDED -IN Shovels, Chisels, Claw Hammers, Small SKYE ' Ax es and Hatchets, Hacksaw Frames and Bla des, and a large variety of the Cycle ..- Master Rear Wheel usef ul Tools required f or the Agricul- With Small Motor attached to your Cycle. 250· tural Industry. miles to the gallon of petrol •. V!lrY reliable; fitted to Posted C.O.D. if desir ed. PROMPT ATTENTION. any ordinary cycle. Price, £27 10/- or Easy Pay- ments. Ask us te g_ive you a Demonstration. D. MACPHEE, Write or Call- 'Blacksmith, Dunvegan, Skye. RONALD MACLEAN, " PREMIER " IRONJ\10NG ERY STOCKIST IN AGENT, WEST SKYE. The Garage, Dunvegan, Skye. 'Phone: Dunvegan 218. THE EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY AssuRANCE Cov., 'KENNETH MORRISON 179 West George S'treet, Glasgow. (Mr MacDowell, Prop.) . OTO'R. GENERAL, FIRE, AND ALL CI,.ASSES Wholesale Warehousemen, M of INSURANCE. IMMEDIATE COVER. Full Information on . spot from~ 27 .NELSON. ST~EET G~EENOCK. TATIONERY. Harberdashery. Fishint Tackle, 'JAMES CAMPBELL, S fatent Medicines, Paints, DistemP,er•. Pi~. Roskill, Dunvegan. and .many other l!~es . · 'Phone : Dunvegan 230 . . The Proprietor calls personally on Shopkeepera in Skye, and along 'the West Coast Quarterly. If " LOCAL BUSINESS IS THE SUREST AND r he does not call at your ahop, di'OP him a Poatcard SAFEST FOR LOCAL MOTORISTS." . for ilext jou:rneY,. · · Thankine Praaent Cuatomers for continued RODERICK MACPHERSON Support. Electrical Engineer, .ONUMENTs. erected any Cemetery in Skye. UIG, SKYE. M_ E:x:perienced Sculptor always available to clean ATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP GUARAN· e~lsting , .stones, and ,. ad,d new letters. . Beautiful designs, at ,Keenest Prices. Apply- M. TEED. Authorised to carry out work under tl).e Hydro-Electricity Board's Assisted Wiring Scheme. Enquiries and Estimate6 personallY at· JAMES ..PORTEOUS, tended to. T·HE ·RECTORY PORT~EE : SUPPOR'r LOCAL ENTERPRISE. ·• · ,: 'Phone!. Portr._ 2'1. ALWAYS AT· YOUR SERVICE. THE CLARION OF SKYE 19 The York Drive Laundry . and Sk-ye Dry Cleaning Co., Ltd. Launders, French Cleaners and Carpet Renovators. ENTERPRISE! (a) POST US YOUR WORK It will be returned c:;:.o.D. I OR (b) SEND YOUR WORK BY Don't Stand Yo.ur STEAMER and PASSENGlm TRAIN . Own Light . QUANTITY NO OBJECT. . BUT IN TQ.E ONE All work received wlll be returned within SEVEN DAYS from receipt at our workl. We Can. ·Convey to You ! THE YORK DRIVE LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING CO., LTD., U yo~ wish to partake ·of the full benetit of Electric Light and Power, let us WIRE YOUR 'PHONE: York Drive, 'PHONE: HOMES. GARAGES and STEADINGS, etc.. with FIRST CLASS GUARANTEED MATERIAL. All 322. 'INVERNESS. 322. our work is done by Fully Experienced Trades men and only tli.e finest of Materials used. ,, DIRECT FROM MAKERS Ask for particulars of the:- ASSISTED WIRING SCHEME, TILE GRATES. all types of Cookers, Raeburns, etc .. in stock. W·hen in Portr~e. call or write instituted by the Hydro Electric Board. and for tor prices and particulars to- whom we are Approved Contractors. w JAMES PORTEOUS, Auctloneer and Valuator, YOU CAN - DEPEND ON- THE RECTORY PORTREE. 'Phone : Portree 21. Neil ··.Beaton, Ltd., ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE. Electrical Engineers, D. A. MACPHEE,, • Portr~e. Boot and Shoe Repairer, 5 Holmisdale, Glendale, Skye. All communications to be addressed to A . W. BEST Materials only used. every effort made to Nicolson, Struan House, Struan, Skye. (Telephone satisfy Customers. -Struan 3.) Orders C.O.D. Anywhere " Send me that discarded pair of boots " Printed by the Ross-shire Printing and Pub I" YOU WISH TO TRACE OLD FRIENDS and lishing Co., Ltd .. Castle Street. Dingwall, and Pub ~ :RELA TIONs-tl')' an Advert. In the " Clarlan ot lished by A. W. Nicolson, Struan House, Struan, Sk7e." Isle nf Skye, once month!y.-(Copyright reservsd.) 20 THE CLARION OF SKYE Immediate /)eliv~P'I · Con~t;akl · t·~<-'Se~vice - o ' I Two things make " 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- There 1!-re 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 I 310T. DEALERS In• SKYE: '·' John A. Clark, West Highland Building • Bayfieid Road, PORTREE .. Co. Ltd., Telephone : Portree rs. DUNVEGAN and PORTREE. C. Cameron Telephone: Portree So. The Pier, KYLEAKIN. Telephone: Kyleakin rg. Messrs D. MacLennan --- & Co., A. McLeod, General Merchants, CARBOST. Grenicle STAFFIN. Telephone : Cm·bost 5 . .M. McLeod, Stein Inn, WATERNISH. P. ·Gillies, Telephone: Waternish 8. · Contractor = ISLE OF RAASAY. Angus Stewart, Neil Kennedy, Pier House UIG. General Stores, Ardvaser, ARMADALE. Telephone: Uig rz. Telephone: Ardvaser 24 . S.C.W.S., Ltd., L. McKinnon, GLENDALE. zt' Elgol BROADFORD.