Hello Everyone: The "Times of London" was available again for a couple of days so I printed off a few more references to the Isle of Tiree. Ann Hentschel, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Saturday, Oct. 9, 1920 - Marriages: MacDiarmid : MacMeikan - On the 1st Oct. at St. Andrew's Church, Edinburgh, by the Rev. John Sanderson. B.A., Hugh MacDiarmid, elder son of Hugh MacDiarmid, Island House, Isle of Tiree, Argyll, to Vivien Helen daughter of John A. MacMeiken, barrister- at- law, Queen Anne House, Deal. Saturday, July28, 1928 - Services to Scottish Islands: From Oban to Tiree return, pre-War, was 6s steerage and 8s cabin. Now the fares are 15s and 30s. A business trip from Lochmaddy to Castlebay now takes nearly a week instead of a day, and costs about £5 more than pre-War. Over the whole system the charges show like and in many cases greater increases. I trust, if the written evidence submitted is available and is read by you, you will change your view. Given decent accommodation and reasonable fares, the traffic will in two or three years' time reach the highly remunerative state that existed a generation ago, when Hutchison and the first MacBrayne realized that it would be fatal to impoverish their clients by high fares and freights. Even today the fertile Isle of Tiree exports £15 per head of its population of nearly 2000 people - a record of industry to be proud of. For they have large families. Surely these people cannot be allowed to perish by the continuance of an unrestricted monopoly. If you can support the present system, which will quickly destroy the people, then all I can say is that the methods of the Duke of Cumberland after Culloden were more humane. For he at least put them out of pain. F.A. MacQuisten, Member for Argyll. House of Commons, July 27. Tuesday, Mar. 3, 1931. - Obituary - Lady Frances Balfour: An Appreciation from a Friend: Her flag always flew mast-high. "Prove yourself unconquerable", she wrote to a friend; and again, from the Isle of Tiree, "In a great flood of sunrise light this morning the text came to mind, 'See that ye love one another with pure hearts ferverently.' Gathering up the heartsease memories of life and love, one knows that there is a future life that neither heart nor eye can understand." Wednesday, Mar. 1, 1950. - Baby Born in Aircraft: A baby boy was born yesterday in a B.E.A. air liner flying between the Isle of Tiree and Glasgow. The mother was Mrs McFarlane, of Balephuill, Tiree. At the time of the birth the aircraft was 800ft. over Scarba Island, Inner Hebrides. It landed at Renfrew airport half an hour later. Wednesday, Aug. 31, 1955 - South Uist Range - Letters to the Editor: Letters expressing concern regarding the proposal to construct a guided missle range in South Uist. The present condition of the Isle of Tiree, 10 years after the War which left it a mass of derelict huts, broken concrete, and corrugated iron, is a warning of the fate of South Uist if this disastrous proposal goes through. E.M. Bullock - St. Rule, Windemere, Westmorland. Sarurday, June 1, 1963. - Iona the Saintly Isle, by Seton Gordon: Lover of Birds: West, the Celtic saint, Columba, would have seen the lovely fertile Isle of Tiree where, in recent years the growing of hyacinths and daffodils is being successfully carried out. South, he would have seen Jura and Islay, and south-east, in clear weather, the high hills of the Scottish mainland. Monday, Aug. 24, 1964. - Tracing Broch Forts Origins - Skye. Aug. 23: Excavations have been in progress at two sites on the Isle of Skye, which, it is hoped, will throw light on the origins of the Iron Age broch forts of the Scottish mainland and islands and of their builders. The work, directed by Mr. E.W. MacKie, of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University, follows the recent extensive excavations at Dun Mor Vaul, on the Isle of Tiree, where the building and occupation of a broch were part of an elaborate archaeological sequence. Saturday, Mar. 23, 1974. - U.K. Holidays - Isle of Tiree, Hebrides. Beautiful log cabin by sea. Totally secluded and comfortable. All modern conveniences. Sleeps 10. Free mid-April to mid-July. From £60 p.w. Tel. Broxton 280. Thursday Nov. 10, 1977. - New Homes & Conversions - Isle of Tiree, Argyll: For Sale - Dwelling House in a ruined condition. Architect conversion plans available. Application made for planning permission for rebuilding. Offers around £2000. For futher particulars apply to Messrs. Brown, Mair, Gemmill & Hislop, 190 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4JE. (041-331 1816). Saturday, June 22, 1985. - U.K. Holidays - Isle of Tiree: Converted crofthouse on beautiful isolated bay. July 13-27. Sleeps 8. Tel: 0273 474456. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 29/07/2004