Himalayan Times (1951)

September 2, 1951

COMMUNISTS REACHING GYANTSE
Cotton Textile to China!

Kalimpong, Aug. 31.

'Communist forces wor-
king along Tibet Himula
yan frontier from Eastern
and Western Tibet are
expected to reach Gyantse
very shortly' sa\ s a messa-
ge received here today
from Gyantse. Chinese
Communists are said to
have established check
posts at strategic Himala
yan points and also cus-
toms outposts on all im-
portant trade routes, par-
ticularly in Eastern Tibet
on routes leading to Cham-
do and Jaykundo to Wes-
tern China.

Recently at Jaykundo.
Communists are reported
to have levied 25''0 tax
on all merchandise inclu-
ding Indian Cotton Textile.
The tax on cloth is being
collected only in kind. i. e.
the collectors are taking
one mule load of cloth
for every lour loads pa-
ssing the frontier. It is
reported that most cotton
cloth sent from Kalimpong
through the Tibet Cotton
Cloth & Yarn >yndicate
to & for Tibet eventually
find its way to China.

In Lhasa plans are
being speeded for establi-
shing Chinese Military .V
Administrative Headquar-
ters in view of the arrival
of a small detachment of
liberation forces who

accompanied Sewang Nga-
boo,Chief Tibetan Delegate
signing the Sino Tibetan
treaty, to Lhasa some
time back. Tt must how-
ever he made clear that
the local Tibet Cotton Cloth
and Yarn Supply Syndicate
has no hand whatsover
in sending cotton cloth tn
communist China beyond
the Sino Tibetan border.
Here '.he bales of cloth
are delivered with T L.O's
seal to genuine Tibetan
Traders and the responsi-
bility of the Syndicate
ceases as soon as the hales
leave Syndicate premises
and the T. L O. is also
free from all responsibility
when officers poeted at
Rangli and a place two
miles beyond Gangtok
certify that these bales
haveerossed their outposts.

The present quota of
cotton clothforTibetallow-
cd by the Govt, of India is
only about (55",, of what
it was in 1945 when the
Syndicate was first started.
This cut is in conformity
with the overall textile
policy of the Govt, of
India due to world shor-
tage of cotton cloth and
if Tibetans chose to part
with a part or whole of
their reduced quota, it is
absolutely their own affair.)

KURSEONG GIRL
GUIDES

(Prom Our Correspondent)

Kurseong, Aug. 28.
Kurseong girl guides,
belonging to the St. Jo-
seph's Girls H. E. school,
staged variety prog-animog
in the Raj Rajeswari Hall,
Kurseong, on 25th it 2lith
August, 1951, foi charit/
purposes in aid of Girls
Guides fund. This inclu-
ded "Merchant of Venice",
in Nepali, which mti
excellently played exclu-
sively bv the girl students. .
Mrs K. Haider, Mrs.
Narmaya Singh and Miss
Yankee Dolma tjok pains
to make the show a success.

NAMTHANG CASE ECHO
Suspected persons on Trial

Kalimpong, Aug. 21.

In connection with the
Namthang Sikkirui dacoity
case which occured on 15th
December, 195(1, eight
persons of Kalimpong were
arrested. Seven of these
are now on bail. The
fingerprint of the remai-
ning one is said to have
been identified as the one
left on a tooth brush case
found on the site of
occurence. He along with
another Sikkim man ia .
taking his trial in the
Sikkim Court.

In the first instance
the case was investigated
by the Sikkim police with
the active co-operation of
Siib-Inspeetor K. Singha,
D C, Kalimpong.