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so, The brides are generally young women, and therefore outlive their hus bande by many years. Hence the large number of widows: This state of affairs emphasises the fact that there is conges- Lion on, the land in the Western Isles The existing holdings are too smail ade quately to support a third generation, and the man of the second generation have A grave feature of the unemployment difficulty in finding the means to achieve problem is that roer than forty per cent. their independence of the parent croft of the unemployed in Scotland are young Congestion begins when the second gene- men between the ages of 18 and 29 Atration of a family-become-adults, and it tention was called to this fact at a luis this that has led many of them in chean of the Rotary Club of Edinburgh | the past, as at present, to migrate to the by Mr. J. M. Cramond, Divisional Con cities or to the new countries beyond the troller at the Ministry of Labour. Taking seas." Large families are the rule on seven different towns in Scotland with these islands. For those who remain on sufficient variety in their conditions to the islands and some must always do give a sample from which general couch-is-there is little hope of independenco sions might be drawn, he found that there or marriage in early life. It fa in the were in these towns 13,444 young men light of such factors a these that emig between 18 and 29 who were unemployed, rast movements should be considered. and of that number there were 606 per No one can fail to regret the severance cent unskilled. This amber apresented of such people from the land t

"they love 407 per cent of the tofal, registration. so well, bat when the departure of some In Edinburgh, 40 per cent of those on, the means an improvement for all the ties of register were under 20, and 449 per cent sentiment cannot govern the lives of men of them were unskilled. In one place in

and woman. A prominent Highlander Scotland the percentage of unskilled was who has rendered a lifetime of service to high as per cent. The significance his fellow-Gaels, and who has been "in of these figures can hardly be missed. Fclose touch with the problem of life in Before the way the toer !! unskilled was the Hebrides, has estimated that the generally applied to labourers who, departure from the Outer Islands of as though not being apprentices, had a mea-many as a third of the total population. sure of skill and training. The plasterer's would bring nothing but good to the re labourer" and "the" eugiorer's labourer,mainder. Since the Highland blood and though * unskilled," had a "practical the Highland spirit is being, preserved in knowledge which an suntrained man did the new Canadian settlementa, there is not possess To-day, the young men belittle need for lasting regret at the tween 18 and 8 who are “unskilled "

emigrant movement from the Hebrides. have not had the opportunity of employ- aent, and are without that considerable HISTORIC CASTLE FOR DUNDER. degree of technical knowledge possessed

The Earl of Home proposes to hand by the plasterer's or the engineer's over the old castle of Claspots, Broughty labourer. Many of these men entered the Ferry, to Dundee Corporation, to be held Army 1914, and. Snd themselves ten by them at a nominal feu-duty of La a years later without the prospect of being year. The matter, it is expected, will trained to follow a trade. Their position come before Dundee Town Council. this is deplorable. Mr. Cramond said that week. The idea in that the castle. should the number of unemployables was very be renovated and made a folk museum small-not quite & per cent. But unless the first of the kind in Scotland-furnish- some remedy is quickly found the mened with furniture of the period at the will become less and less employable end of the 10th century," gifts of which In their distress they may even become it is hoped to obtain. The castle was the ready tools of those who seek to erected nearly five and a half centuries destroy the social order without being ago. In 1672 the famous Joha Graham able to rebuild it. If the youthful un-of Calverhouse occupied it. Fearsome employed are not to be handed over to stories used to be told of wild ogries held the architects of rain, their case must by Claverhouse in the castle of mystė- receive special consideration, Mr.rious convocations of witches, warlocks, Cramond placed the onus of finding aand demons in the old building over solution upon the employers. But he which the laird of Claverhouse presided was told by the Rotary Club members as host, and at which he ouained from that the restrictions imposed by the Trade And Hornic himself that mystic Unious on the number and age of ap-power which made him safe from leaden prentices were mainly responsible for this bullets in the midst of the battle. Not a condition of affairs, The tyranny of hundred years ago it was confidently Trade Enions in well known. Their opstate on Hallowe'en the night when position to dilution of Labour imposes witches in Septland held high revelry- upon workmen something like a cute the Castle of Cloypots had been seen, by system. An employer who desired to pro- belated travellers, lighted up with baleful mote a deserving employé to a different fires, and sounds of wild delirium and type of work might well find himself eldricht sights had been heard and wit- threatened with a strike of all his omnesied.

ployés at the instance of the Trade NO INFORMATION. Uaions. This tyranny, if it cannot he

removed, should be modified Tö effect. The reticence and evasions of the a change in this direction the employers West Highlander when questioned re- Even & Socialist Govern-gading private business matters, have

are helplessling policy hampered frequently been commented on. A Gov-]

ment finds

by Trade Union restrictions. Secialists ernment official who recently tried to themselves do not take much thought on pump a crofter who went in for this matter. Their solution for this as dairying in a small way asked, with in- for other evils is to make the taxpayer tention to arrive at his profits" What pay. It is time that serious consideration do you sell your milk for?" Gootness! was given to the question of the Trade for drinking, of course." Well, what Unions responsibility for the cautinu do you get for your milk from the visi ance of restrictions made in the interests tors A lot of complainta." Does "Not atal, of those who are already in employment it pay well to sell milk " and designed to seeure to them some not atai, stal Then why do you sell thing like monopoly of the right to milk "Well. sbust because we can't drink it all ourselves. The official then gave it up. OBITUARY::~:

work.

MOBAY GOLFERS 'AND' THE PREMIKL

Mr. J. Ramany MacDonald, to whoin an offer of honorary membership of Spey Bay Golf Club was addressed, has intimated his acceptance of the invitation. They asked him to accept this small recogni- tion from a Morayshire club for the great honour and distinction that you, a Moray man, have attained in becoming the head of His Majesty'inveroinent. The Spey course is six miles from Lossiemouth, and has, of course, no connection with the Lossiemouth Club which expelled Mr. MacDonald from its membership for his Farifist conduct during the wa SCOTTISH OIL FIELD ABANDONED."

Suddenly, at Marseilles, on March 26th, of peritonitis, un way home from Hong kong, Robert, aged 25, third son of the late Robert-Hutchison, Glasgow and South Western Railway, and Mrs. Hut chison, 4. Millerfield, Shawlands, late Kenilworth Avenue, Glasgow.

The death has occurred in London of G. T. Campbell, a famous Scottish Inter nationalist of the nineties. "A prominent member of the London Scottish Mr. Campbell was a brilliant three-quarter, and appeared-for-Scotland-apon seven teen occasions, six times against England, seven times against Ireland, and four The oil-buring scheme at D'Arcy, Mid- times against Wales. He figured in lothias, has been abandoned by the memorable match for Middlesex against Government U was struck at D'Arcy Yorkshire at Richmond, when, althougħa a coape of years ago by Messrs. Pearson the other three quarters were A, E, &Sou. Loridon, who held the contract on Stoddart, A J. Gould, and Gregor Mac- behalf of the Government. The bore was gregar, the Yorkshiremen proved victor- sunk to a depth of 1,810 feet, and the fous. He was an old Fettesian. oil-bearing formation was penetrated to the extent of 10 feet, the cost being £42,000. The Government has failed to find anyone ready to embark upon a com- mercial enterprise

THE DUKE OF ATOOL'S JOKE

The Duke of Atholl was present at the centenary: dinner of Messrs. Pullar, dyers and cleaners, Perth, the largest concern of the kind in the world. When ñg WAS a small boy his kilt inckets required much Puttering, and one of his earliest re. collections was of going up to a some Swhat prim-old Indy, and a3ng her if she "know the difference between-Mr.

Pullar and Ananias. She was quite pleased when he explained that Mr. Puller was a lama dyer, but some- what shocked when he trtuspored, the labiles and dentals The incident, was impressed not only, on his memory, but on a more material part of his body as well.. THE NEBRIDELY PROBLEM

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