Himalayan Times (1950)

July 2. 1950

RELIEF COMMITTEE AT

DARJEELING

Nearly Bs. 25000'-Collected

Kalimpong, June 29.
A relict committee
styled as the Djrjeeling
Disaster Relief Conitiiiilet;
has been formed ;it Darjee-
ling under the patronage
of H. E. the Governor of
West Bengal an I Maharaja-
dhir.ij of Burdwan as'Presi-
dent aiid Sri Rainnath
Agi'awala as its Si cretarv.
It is gathered that the
committee has so lar been
able to collect about Rs.
25ooo/-"which includes Rs.
5000,- fro'ii'the Maharaja-
dhiraj of Burdwan,.Rs. 3000/-
froni Raja S. T. Dorjee of
Kalimpo ig,-Rs. 2001;- from
Hi li.Dr. Kailashnath Katju'
and.. Rs. 1060,- from Mr.
Averi of frarjeeting. More
donations are expected 'to
eome to the fund.

Relief Committee At
iukL.a Polhri

( Vtam a Col respondent )
Sukliia Pok.hri, June 23
In a public meet^ig
»cld' at Siikhia Pokhri on
June 15, 1950 a Relict
Committee was formed with
Mr. Sanlbir Lama as- its
President. Sri Surajniall as
Vice-president and Mr. K. B.
Shivakoti as the •*Hpny.
Secretary. . .

Inttralia the Relic1
Committee conveyed to the
people of Darjeeling its
deep sense of sorrow arid
heart felt sympathy for
the people of Darjeeling
jjl tin ir sufferings due to

ROUND ABOUT
KALIMPONG TO DAY.

K.ilimponi^, July 2.
Rf|>nrt.4 gathered here reveal
that till yesterday overling 2730
ui'ls. of Rico and Atta have- been
brought into Kalinijiosi^ by the
eontraetnrs. This finishes the
Reyang stock and now the Bill-
(:ui i str ck of riot* and attn is on
the way to Kalimptm?. Th«
weather is very unhelpful *nd
impiteoftha fact that the. con-
tractors have cm pined 400 coolies,
200 muleS, ami nbnut forty super-
visoW all over the route the
progress U not as they would
wish it to be. U is gathered
that the eontrarto saic incurring
heavy loss in the movement of
food stuff.

* * . * .*
Kalimpong, Teesta and the
neighbouring places arc having
heavy rain since yesterday and
reports reaching here this morning
say that the . Tcesta is in spate
and the water level in higher by
17 feet and is very near to the
level it reached on the 12th June.
The old ^eesta* Bazar is fast
sinkinc and some portion*' have
sunk up" to eight fret. One
very old banian'tree hut fdfen
rldwn nnd people am being
evaluated to safer places. The
Second Officer of Kalimpong
Mr. 8. G.* Macdon'ald. has pro-
reeded to Tcesta and is taking
• great pains to P-ilitMe matter-;.
All movement over the Lake Yir
slip on the SUiguri road is.
stopped and due to a slip lust,
night near the Pont«ley. J horn.
. t rntilc toward* 1 'eShok from
Tcesta bridffs has been closed.
Water level is rising. Further
details are awaited.

the receni disaster, Al'
members assembled In the
meeting joined in the sijent
prayer for ponce to, the
departed souls, courage and
fortitude to the, bereaved
and suffering, and speedy
recovery to the ailing.

Five

Kalimpong Rainfall.

Kalimpong, July 2.
It has been raining here all
flays this week. Total rainfall in
June has been 44*28 which is
approximately 60% of the ave-
rage annual rainfall of this place.
Last year, rain fall in June was
15*46 and ths total rainfall up to
30th June was 25*12. Rain-

fall fit- 21 hours finding 7 a. m.
this morning as recorded at tho
local Sericulture Research Sub-
station has been 4.02.

English Lady'* Daring Act

(ConUnuso fr,)m pafjt i)

by tho Indian Frontier.
Police on the 2nd June
at Rangpo for a violation
of the frontier regulations.
Miss ISovan's regret was
that ''she had not met
the Mahatmas."

Sirdar Phurba Tsering
who accompanied Miss
15 e v a n told your
correspondent "I sugges-
ted several times that wo
turn back but Miss Sevan
was determined to roach
Shigatee. 1 then felt it
was my duty to accom-
pany her as I could not
very well leave her to
journey in a. strange land.
I have been in the trekking
business for fifteen years
and I have yet to see
a lady with the courage
of Miss Hevnn. She wont
only a riding skirt, glovesi
and a coat, and on one
occasion had a foil from
her pony when she injured
her face and arm. It is
certainly tho most hazar-
dous journey I have ever
made."