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Edinburgh's Famous Greyfriars: Dipping of Flags to Duart Castle: Increase in Scottish Companies: New Year Honours for Scots: Sir Robert Muir:
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London, Jan, 10. Sir William Morris, the motor- car magnate, on whom a barony was conferred in the New Year's honours, will take as his title Baron Of 31 companies with combined Nuffield of Oxford, after the Ox- capital of £161,400 dealing with en-fordshire village on the main Ox- tertainment and sport, 10 relate to ford-Henley road, where he lives cinema companies. accounting for. £92,910, and five relate to grey hound racing companies accounting for £2,750,
GREYFRIARS
Edinburgh, Jan. 10. The rededication yesterday of Edinburgh's
Greyfriars church by the Right Rev. Lauch lan MacLean Watt marks an important stage in a work of restoration first contemplated in 1929, when the con-
THE HONOURS LIST gregations of Old and New, Grey- Scotland is well represented in friars, who had worshipped under the New Your's honours list, and the same roof but with a wall - Glasgow has a particular interest parating them for a century, and a in many of the distinctions conferr half, agreed to unite. Much remained. Lord Weir becomes a Knight to do before the work of restoration Grand Crose of the Order of the e campleted, and another £6000 must Bath, Sir William M'Lintock a bar- be found to supplement the £10,00 net, Mr. David. Allan Hay and Professor Robert Mair-Knights: already spent.
Mr. Cochran Patrick who becomes K.B.E., has a long record of pub- lic and political service in the West
--STILL ANOTHER Still another has been discovered. Having written which we pause to wonder if it is really necessary to | of Scotland. be more explicit for, of ourse,
WELL-MERITED RECOGNITION everyone will have gussed by now
Professor Mair's knigthood will that we have news of a new mon give the greatest satisfaction to the ster," bigger and better vouched for than all the others. And in University and to all the old stad. deed it is so. From Berlin it is ents whose affection it has earned reported that a new "monster has during his 34 years in the Chair of appeared in the Black Sea. Its Pathology. He is, indeed, one of the anost popular as he is one of the ported length of over 200 feet must most distinguished professors at be, treated with some reserve, having perhaps, grown a trifle in transla Glasgow, and this honour comes ag tion from Russian into German and a well-merited recognition of his from German into English. Still, unflagging zeal both as a teacher it must be big, for the Berlin mess and a scientist of the highest order, age adds that three officials of the Eupatoria Ogpu, who put to sea to verify the report, came back "pale and stuttering, but Full of confir mation. What more does anyone Want A "monster" who can scare the Ogpu) in just the same way as the Ogpu scares the rest of the world) must be a "monster" indeed, BIR FITZROY MACLEAN
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Sir William owns most of the land in the neighbourhood, includ ing Huntercombe golf course, which hi scquired, soon after building his house near the first tee
Oxford has been incorporated in the title to preserve Sir William's. association with the city which saw his rise from obscurity to fame. -
the family will definitely establish the fact Boyce was one of the he roes
THREE GENERATIONS OF PIPERS
IN SCOTS 'PARADE "Boy" of 70 marched side by side with boys of seven at the annual New Year's Day walk in aid of local charities at Dufftown,
The oldest boys' in the parade, Mr. Robert Garrow, joined the Juvenile Society-in which the male babies of the town are enrolled at birth over 70 years ago, and like the tiniest toddler he was presented by Mrs G. A. Grant, the widow of an ex-president, with a new penny
Dr. A. Grant, Balvenie House, a well-known Highland distiller, who is president, led the procession, which was proceded by three gen- erations of pipers Pipe-Major "LAW, DRAMA, AND ART
Duncan, Towiemore, who first as8- Mr. Campbell Johnston W., isted over 30 years ago, his son Johu, Mr. Cedric Hardwicke and Md his grandson Gordon-and dis Alec Martio, all of war are made played in its ranks the original knights, represent the law, the banners, and ancient battle-axes of drama, and art hespectively, and the society.
those who may not recognise Mr. The record total of early 500 T. E. Page, a sew Companion of boys took part. Honour, as editor-in-chief of the Although they are really ineligi- Loeb classical library will perhaps ble, girls fell in as the rear. Child- rocal editions of the AEneid andren held the floor at the annual ball other works which he prepared for in the evening until 10 p.m. when
they gave way to adults."
IT IS A SEAL
HISTORIC CHURCH,
Ships passing through the Sound of Mull yesterday dipped their flags as they passed Duart Castle in hon-schools and upon which their know our of Sir Fitzroy D. Maclean, Bt., ledge of the classics was founded. of Dowart and Morvaren, 26th he
REDEDICATED reditary chief of the Clan Gillean, A Scottish scientist declared yes-
Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh, who attained his jubilee na clan terday in Glaegów that there was chief yesterday in the thirteenth only one chance in seventeen million which has been partially restored at century stronghold of his jubilee as, of a monster inhabiting Loch Ness. a cost of over £10,000, was rededi. ancestors, Duart Castle, Muil. Mr. Richard Elmhirst, director of cated yesterday by the Right Rev. Exactly half a century ago be the Scottish Marine Biological LaDr. Lauchlan MacLean Wast. Mo- succeeded his father, Sir Charles boratory, Millport, made that rederator of the General Assembly of Maclean, as chief of the clan. Hemarkable calctilation in the course the Church of Scotland and minis- is now in his 98th year.
of an illustrated lecture for child- ter of Glasgow Cathedral. ren in the rooms of the Royal Ph-There was a large congregation, and it included, the Lord Provost," ilosophical Society of Glasgow.
Clansmen and Highlanders in all parts of the world will rejoice to know that the venerable chief has made good progress after his serious illuess about a year ago.
"The jubilee was observed very quietly at Duart, where there was a family reunion,
The Western Isles mail boat, Lo cheara, proceeding from Oban to the Isles, blew its siren yesterday morning on the instructions of the captain,
The title of the lecture was "Sea- magistrates, and councillors of Ed shore: With Pictures and Speci.inburgh in their official robes (the mens." Mr. Elmhirst threw a pic-original seventeenth-century church ture of an innocent-looking seat on having been erected by the Corpor- the screen, and with dramatic ensation of Edinburgh). ualness declared "It is my firm There were also present repre The Clan Maclean Association, conviction that that is the Loch sentatives of the general trustees of the Church of Scotland, of the kindred Highland societies, and Ness monster!" other clan chieftains sent expres The children in the audience star- Baird Trust, the Pilgrim Trust, sions of loyalty and greetings toed, because the seal did not look the Presbytery, of Edinburgh, etc. Sir Fitzroy.
a bit like some of the things they "Lord, Sands, chairman of the Re- storation Committee, recalled the have read about.
of the associations We have heard a great deal historic about this Loch Ness monster." church, including the signing of the National Covenant and the continued Mr. Elmhurst.
"The possibilities of it being the Covenanter and Cromwell links.
SCOTT'S SAYING real creature that some people
He told the congregation that 150 would have us believe are 1 in 17,000,000. I don't bet on chances years ago, Sunday after Sunday. there sat within the church a fair- Mr. Elbirst recalled the state-haired boy, beautifal in Counten ments of several people who claimed ance and sturdy of build, though that they had seen the monster, and lame of foot. That boy, Walter said that there were points in con- Scott, was destined to make Boot- He wie mon between what they had been land a land of romance.
to cast a spell over the world that This shows an increase of 140 and the seal." companies compared with the pre- "Indeed, one of them gave a beau-still called visitors from every quar- seal," heter of the globe to his own romantic vious year and an increase of £2,-tiful" description of a C44,043 in nominal capital..
said. Then a woman saw a bead town, The average capital per company looking out of the water and go was 29241. compared with £6118 in straight down again What she saw the time, Erskine and Robertsam, 1932. There were three concerns was a seal?
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The banner of the Macleans flew from the sacient battlements of the castle
CAPITAL FOR SCOTLAND like that." The total number of companies registered in Scotland during the past year under the Companies Act was 559, with a total pominal cap. ital of £1,608,385.
registered by guarantee and without "In face of all this, everything nominal capital.
points to the fact that there are This year there were 12: compan-ly a few seals in Loch Ness."
SCOTS BRAVERY IN U. S. es registered as unlimited, repre senting a total nominal capital of The hitherto unknown hero of a 21,009,000, and of that amount, recent drowning rescue in the Unit £570,000 was made up by four com-ed States will, it is expected from panies with nominal capital of information that has just reached £100,000 or over. They were the Paisley, prove to be a Paisley man, Solagirth Investment Trust Com James Boyce (51), whose wife and pany, £200,000; Libertan and Graig-family reside at 3 Shuttle Street, millar Estates. Edinburgh. £170,- Paisley.
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To the merits of two ministers of
Scott paid the striking testimony. that it mattered little, whether a minister was a moderate or an evan- gelical so long as the one party claimed Robertson and the other Erskine."'-
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In the porch on the north side of the church the boy Scott first met the girl who was to unlock in his heart the chamber of remance and whose memory after 50 years still moved him to tears.
Dr.
Lord Sands went on to say that. 000; Coltness Estates Wishaw, £100,- Boyce and a companion jumped the scheme for the restoration, part 000; and Gordon Richmond Estates into the ice-cold river Passaic at of which was completed, had been Company, £100,000.
Newark, New Jersey, and rescued conceived. by the late Ber. 31 WHISKY COMPANIES a woman who jumped or fell into James Ogilvie, minister of New There are 31 companies dealing the water from near by bridge, Greyfriars. The committee hoped with the manufacture and sale,pf The rescuers disappeared without to be able to complete the restora
tion, but they most wait until the, spirits, etc., with a total capital of giving their names £178.303. Of that amount £120,000 They guilt & bonfire and lay down necessary funds were provided. A represents the capital of. J. and J. to dry their ice-coated alothing, bút sam of shout £8000 would be requir Grant, Ltd., Glen Grant Distillery, Inter succumbed to exposure. As ed for this purpose.
friends could be The Moderator then engaged in Bothes, a private company acquire no relatives or ing the business carried on by the traced the bodies were buried by firm of J. and J. Grant, distillers. the authorities There are 19 companies, with no-
Since that time & newspaper Rager, and subsequently preached
minal capital of £100 each, dealing desorbing the tragedy has ing with the exporting and import-reached Mrs Boyce, and it is Ling of wines and spirits.
pected that particulars supplied by
an impressive Sermon
At the conclusion the Rev. Dr. Gardiner, maister of Greyfriaen affered the prayer of rededication
the congregation.
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