The lonely island of St. Kilda, off the const of Scotland, it is understood is for sale at £3000. The island is 3M miles long and two miles wide, and has a population of 43. For eight months annually it is cut off from regular communication with the outside world, save for the spasmodic calls of Fleetwood fishing steamers, which convey the mails to the island and take provisions. Sheep rearing and spinning tweed by hand are the only occupations and means of livelihood of the lonely islanders, who live in rudely- ' c <H»**ructed one-storeyed bouses, many of tkJJFiLJ** <***&** in "bap* and have V
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 225, 22 September 1928, Page 10 (Supplement)
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