Himalayan Times (1951)

November I, 1051

St. Augustine's School
Stages

■Trbasukk Isuutn

Kalimpong. Nov. 1.
The students of St.
\ugustii.es School staged
on 20th Oct. Robert I*
Stevenson ■ Treasure
Wand."

This ph>v in three
acta ami eight scenes
Occupied the main portion
of tlm programme anil
was hightened by a very
hilarious comic and a short
recitation Iw the younger
bo\ s.

Tiie play included se-
veral interesting characters
especially Jim Hawkins.

the pleasant lad. Capt.

Billy Hones, the oM bncca-
Mar Black Dog and Blind
I'ew, two sinister mates.
Dr. bivesey and his friend
Squire Trelawnev, Capt.
Smollett, Ban Ounn nnd
Long .lohn Silver. The
pirates played their parts
with great zest.

The costumes of the
Will th. century were

tastefully designed. The
scenes, especially those ol
the inn ti e ship and the
island were very realistic.

The live parrot on
Silver s shoulder and the
behaviour of his master
siemed to have walked nut
of Stevenson's pages. It
may he said that without
exaggeration that all the
main parts wcie beauti-
fully acted.

IHimnlanau (r*»»»«

Depawali in Kurseong

[Frjtn <'ii' corr«.»iwii1'.**""

Kurseong, (Jet. .51.

l)-wali was celebrated
in Kurseong. I he tow n
was beautifully decorated
with flowers and ligh*».
Streams of people were
Boating alons the roads,
to witness th" decoration.
The people mo tlv use !
candles and lamps for
illumination
Sri Sukhendu Goswami

(Kmni uiir '-..rn-sp.....lent)

Kurseong. Oct. 31.
Sri Sukhsoda Goswa-
mi the renowned Bengali
sinner was entertained by
the public of Kwteoog,
at a function, on the 20th
October. 1931, at •> p. m.in
the Oh a ram sal a Hill. 'Ihe
hall was packed up to its
capacity. Sri tioswami.
alone with his accom-
plished pupil Suit. Leena
Bahut, gave masterly per-
formance of classical music.
Almost all the sonss were
in Hindi and a few in
Bengali. Hie function was
Organised by the Institute
of culture. Kurseong.

The evening was plea-
sant and among the dis-
tinguished guests were His

Royal BUghneaa Prince

Peter of Greece and the

Consul General of France.

Ureal credit is due to
the teaching staff who
have been kro to prepare
our boys to relive the
past in so natural way,
and we wish the school
every success.

Five

Electricity in Kurseong

Consumers to Institute a
Civil Suit

Kurseong. Oct. 31.
A meeting of the
members of the public
and consumers of Kur-
seong Hydro-KleclricSup|>-
Iv Company Limited was
held under the auspices
ol the Electricity Kates
Knhancement Protest Co-
mmittee Kurseong. Sree
S. K. Kai. M. L. A. presi-
de! Several speakers in-
cluding M 8 B. N. Baner-
jee. K. B. Bhandari,
Sitaram Agarwala and
Others vehemently denoun-
ced the action of the
unjustifiable enhancement
of electrical rates by the
Company. Out of the
eight hundred consumers,
more than seven hundred
have voluntarily asked the
Company to cut off their
connections as a protest
against the arbitrary action
of the Company.

The consumers have
also desisted from burning
any extra electric lamps
in the Dewali. The Klec-
tricitv.Kates Knhancement
Protest Committee. Kur-
seong, have decided to
institute a Civil Suit at
Kurseong for an injunction
till the matter is investi-
gated by the Government
to whom the Committee

has already approached
and a decision is arrived
at to ttie effect.