Himalayan Times (1950)

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December 3. 1950

LAUGHS AT RANDOM
lentleman Incognito

Two college students
were walking across the
camps and they met a
young girl whom they
beth knew from one of
their class. One of the
students tipped his hat
but the other just smiled
and said hello. After-
wards, the first student
said to the other
"Whatsa matter with you?
Don't you know you
should tip your hat when
yon meet a , girl. After
all, she's a friend of
yours."

"Yeah, I know her,
said the other s'udent.
"But my room mate
doesn't."

"What that got to
do with it !"

"It's my room mate's-
hat I'm wearing."
Repeat Performances

They were very much
in love, hut rather shy.
He longed to kiss her,
but always there were
people about.

Then he had an ins-
piration. Taking her to a
railway station, they wai-
ted until a train was
about to start, when he
gave her a fond embrace.
They repeated the perfor-
mance on several plat-
forms.

Then a sympathetic
porter strolled up and
whispered to the young
man: Take her along to

TIBET AN OFFICIALS
LEAVE LHASA

Kalimpong, Dec. 1.
Latest report reaching
Kalimpong' this evening
through reliable merchants
reaching here from Phari
and Yatung disclose that
Phala Donyr Chemno.
personal A. D. C. to His
Holiness the Dalai Lama
and Phala Kusum Drpon,
Officer-in-Chargo of Dalai
Lama's personal body
guards arc on their way
to India and are expected
to reach Phari within the
next few days. The Head-
man of Phema, a small
village in Chumbi valley has
received instructions from
the Tibet Government to
keep his house ready lest
he may have to receive
an important personage
proceeding to India soon
It will be recalled that
the late 13th Dalai Lama
during his flight to India
in 1910 stayed in one of
the rooms of this house
in Phema and since then
the room has never been
used by any other person
and has been reserved for
special occasions.

TEXT-BOOKS FOR SECONDARY
AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS
List of approved text-
books to ' be used in the
Secondary and Primary
Schools of West Bengal
in the academic session

the bus slop. mate. They
go every three minutes
from there."

FOR SALE
'Flower Patch', bungalow
with adjoining Khasmahal
land of approximately 3
acres and with out houses.
Apply to:—

The Kalimpong Mission
Industries * Association,
Kalimpong Arts & Crafts.)

LEPCHA EXHIB!T|6n

An exhibition of the
old and indigenous culture
of the Lepchas, the abori-
ginal inhabitants of the
Darjeeling District will be
held on the Kith and
17th of December 1950 at
the MAX! GOMPA—the
oldest monastery of the
Lapchas in the Darjeeling
District near Bhutan
House, Kalimpong.

Hon'ble Sri X. Dutta
Mazumdar. Minister fn-
Chargc of Aboriginals and
Backward Classes, West
Bengal is expected to
inaugurate the Exhibition.

commencing from .lanuarv.
1951 will soon be issued
by tho Education Direc-
torate. VVVat Bengal, Head-
masters and '-Headmistre-
sses of Government and
Gcvernment-aided High
and M. E. Schools and
Head Pandits of Primary
Schools should not, has
been stated in a directive
issued by the Director of
Public- Instruction, West
Bengal, select text-books
from any other lists except
those issued, this year and
last year. (Press note)