Himalayan Times (1952)

May 18, 1952

iSimalauau lEimra

Five

TAGORE JAYANTI

(From 1'ur Correspondent)

Kurseong, May 14
On the 8th May, 1952,
the birth day of Kaviguru
Rabindranath Tagore was
celebrated at a public
meeting, held at the Raj
Rajeswari Ilall. Kur.eor.g,
under the Presidentship of
Sri Mriganka Mohon Sur.
Sri S. X. Chatterjee spoke
on the Tagorian school of
ideas and its merits. The
local girl students staged
the famous Tagorian drama
“Natir Puja” which was
greatly appreciated by the
audiance.

PREVENTION OF COW-
SLAUGHTER

( Fntn Our t‘arresp<'ndont)

Kurseong, May >4
Some persistent agita-
tion is being carried out
in Kurseong town, suppor-
ted by the local Arya
Samaj, for prevention of
'cow slaughter. Posters
have been displayed throu-
5 ghout the town and hand
bills widely distributed
urging stoppage of cow.
slaughter. A public meeting
was In-Id at K. Sen Park,
Kurseong, on the lltli
May, under the president-
ship ol Sri (.'hand Kumar
Goenka in which different
speakers including SriS. K.
Rai, M t .A and Sri K. 11.
Bhandnri spoke on the
subject, saving that sto-
ppage of cotv slaughter is
sure to bring ' forth
better prospects.

PANCHEN LAMA
GREETS MAO TSE-TUNG

Hongkong, May 10

The Panchen Lama,
la year-old spiritual head
of Tibet, hag cabled Mao
Tse tung, the Chinese lea-
der, saying he is convin-
ced that under his correct
leadership’ the Tibetan
people tvdl build a new,
free and happv Tibet ,
the New China' news
agency said yesterday.

The cab'e from Pan-
ehen Lama was sent to
the Communist leader after
the former arrived at
Lhasa from China on
April 28

It is said that at his
meeting with the Dalai
Lama, 17-vear-nld nominal
head of the Tibet Govern-
ment, they ‘conversed in ,
a friendly manner on thp-'"
great achievement "of tl'ie
mother land (China) our
unity in the future and
our work for the fullil- >
ment of the agreement on T
the peaceful liberation of
Tibet.'

NOTICE

‘Auction sale of eon
iisonted firearms of this
District .malkhana will b<
he'd on the !6tb June
9f>2 at 12 noon. The
list of arms to be auc-
tioned may be inspected
it mv office "during
office hours.”

.1. L. KUNDU,
Addl. Deputy Commissioner
Darjeeling.

Debate on ‘ Students and
Politics”

(Correspondent)

Kurseong, May 14
A debating compel i-
tion was held at 2 p. m.
on the 10th May at the,
Goskha Public Library
Hall, Kurseong, organised
by the members of the
Kurseong Chatra Sangha,
on the subject ‘students
and politics”. The func
tion was presided by Mr.
Sainual Rai Those who
spoke in favour of parti-
cipation of students in
polities were headed bv
Sri Agni Raj shrestha and
those against it were under
the leadership of Sri Mohon
Rai. 'The parly of Sri
Agni Raj Shrestha won
the Debate by a fair
margin of secured points.

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