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- On Saturday forenoon we had a meeting of the teachers of Story Parish to consider the S. Bd’s [School Board’s] offer of £400 towards a bonus. Resolved to decline bonus & to ask again for Craik Scale. It was also agreed that in the event of refusal Headquarters be asked to offer the resignations of the Nicolson Institute staff! … Stornoway 10th Mar. 1919
- Lord Leverhulme comes tonight … The town is being swept up today and the mud carted away … Stornoway 6th Mar. 1919
- … we discussed educational and Lewisian problems … The Story. Bd. had offered £400 of a bonus. The teachers’ committee had recommended its apportionment as salary … But Mr. Maciver, Tong, was not satisfied with the amt. … and made a most convincing exhibition at the meeting of how far we are from being a profession yet … Stornoway 2nd Mar. 1919
- Mr. Rennie was in on Saturday afternoon for a bit … Did I tell you that his second daughter went to Canada with the emigrants … Stornoway 15th May 1923
- Telegram recd to-day that the “Metagama” had arrived at noon on Wednesday at St. Johns, New Brunswick. She had been diverted from her course as there was too much ice in the St. Lawrence … Stornoway 3rd May 1923
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Donald J. Stewart (1920-1992) of Stornoway : local and national politician, Member of Parliament and Privy Counsellor
Donald Stewart was a Stornoway Town Councillor and Provost; he was elected to Westminster as its sole Scottish National Party Member of Parliament in 1970, and was awarded the Freedom of the Western Isles. Attribution: Wikipedia and The Independent During … Continue reading
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Roderick Smith of Stornoway: pharmacist and local politician
Roderick Smith was twice Provost of Stornoway; he fought to ensure The Nicolson Bequests remained true to their original purposes, and was granted Freedom of the Burgh in 1961. By Sandy Matheson During 2023, to mark the 150th anniversary of The … Continue reading
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Sandy Matheson (born 1941) of Stornoway: pharmacist and local politician
Alexander (Sandy) Matheson was the last Provost of Stornoway and the first Vice Convenor of the Western Isles Islands Council; he was Convenor from 1982 to 1990, and Lord Lieutenant of the Western Isles from 2001 to 2016. Attribution: Who’s … Continue reading
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