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30 April – first section of the 132kV AC National Grid, the Central Scotland Electricity Scheme, is switched on in Edinburgh. [1] 16 May – Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 comes into effect. Parish councils and Commissioners of Supply are dissolved and other local government units reconstituted, merged or abolished.
Pages in category "1930s in Scotland" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1930 in Scotland;
The list contains the areas of local authorities as created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, as amended by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947. These areas were abolished in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 when a system of regions and districts replaced them. The district in which the abolished area was ...
Scottish football: 1930–31 • 1931–32: Events from the year 1931 in Scotland. Incumbents ... Jenny Brown's documentary film A Crofter's Life in Scotland is made.
Glasgow in the 1930s. The Glasgow razor gangs were violent gangs that existed in the East End and South Side of Glasgow, Scotland in the late 1920s and 1930s and were named after their weapon of choice. H. Kingsley Long's novel No Mean City (1935) contains a fictionalised account of these gangs.
30 April – First domestic flight service in Scotland, Renfrew to Campbeltown, operated by Midland & Scottish Air Ferries Ltd. [1] Winifred Drinkwater, "the world's first female commercial pilot", is hired to fly the route. [2] 2 May – First modern "sighting" of the Loch Ness Monster.
Pages in category "1930 in Scotland" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Cromarty Firth in Scotland. In September 1931, as part of its attempts to deal with the Great Depression, the new National Government launched cuts to public spending. In the Navy this amounted to a 10% pay cut (matching 10% cuts across the board for public sector workers) for officers and senior ratings, and for junior ratings on the "new rate" of pay, introduced for new entrants in 1925.