March K 1091

Nine

IRON

[Ctmtinfrom jiaj* /)
lor the contruction work. If cement and
steel aro available even in small quan
tities, many people will start construction.
It is sad to gee that Iron rods although
not available in the ordinary way are
being freely broug'ut into the town and
•old at exorbitant prices. It pntwm one's
understanding h w an iron rod whether
flat or round, becomes a ''Disposal Bran-T'
under which these are being brought
and sold by simply bending 'ine or both
ends of the round bar or drilling a hole
inio the ends of the flat bar. It can
not change the colour of the bar which
is the chief criterion of Old or New
bars. 'Ihc«e rods are not being brought
stealthily at r ight but openly in daylight
and sold in the open market mostly to
outsiders. T e price quoted in the
Calcutta papers for rods or flats is less
than Us. '.'.~<o - per ton but those bping
m.ld here fetch Rs. 1080 per ton. Govt,
is losing a lot of income tax on such
profit! I fear, and the town is the loser
in pipalariiy, because enough ace >mm >da>
tion is not available.

li is sohciud that early action mav
be taken by the authorities to put a
real check on these sales anil export:
surely the polio - on which the state of
W. lt>ngal spend about Rs. 5 crores
annually has a duty or is there a (law
in the law, which does nut make tin-in
competent enough to take action ! Vours
etc. "JIhmi"

TEST PURCHASES

Kaliinpong. Mar. IT.
Several ca-cs of Test purchases
wen- carried out by the local branch
of tl.o Knforci incut Ileparntent to-day.
it in gathered lure. While no delimit-
resuit is known it seems some cases
have been detected where prices of It: by
I-'iumI, vt-itahli' ghee nt.d cl" !i charged
Were thought to be higher than the
Government fixed price a.

NORTH BENGAL INVESTORS LTD.
Goenka-Chamber, Darjeeling,

Dear Sir Madam,

Re : Kurseong Hydro-Electric Supply
Company Limited.

As you may be aware, the Kurseong
Hydra Electric .Supply Company Ltd.,
have succede I in obtaining Licence from
the Hovcrnm nt fir the electrification of
th iliuuri at a also With the extension
of 'le activities of the Company to the
S ligu i area the importance and future
pr ispects of the Company are very bright
mdi e I. '-sprc'dly so wlv*n we realise
that Silig ri t iwn is a growing, important,
commercial a id industrial c-ntre in thesis
paits. Of the industries, el-itiical under-
takings it is needless to say, are the
soundest and steady, because their revenue
is not dependent on any of the market
fluctuations or other factors.

In conformity with our policy of
assisting our esteemed clients, when the
o-canon calls for such service, we have
obtained some shares of the above Com-
pany, which we offer to all interested
persons at the par value of Rs. 10,'-
each. Further the number of shares at
our disposal is limited and wn shall be
glad to receive applications from persons,
Interested in good ar.d sound mvi'suiietiU,
with regard to the number of shares
they require. We need not dwell at
length about the advisability of investing
money in the shares of such a good
company as above, as the investing
publ c arc only fully aware of such fact.

Your application, suiting the number
of shares required by you, together with
the talus of shares at Rs. 1(1/. ccch,
may please be 6ent to us at :

"Goenka Chamber", Nagar Chand
(loenka Kosd. Darjoeling.

Thanking you,
Yours faithfully.
For North Bengal Investors Ltd.,
Pro: GOJiNKA & Compass,