Himalayan Times (1952)

September 21, 1952 ISimiilanan tlimr-

THEFT FROM DEPUTY

commissioner’s CAR

(I'l-jin (.',:r Corresp iml'uit)

Sili<_uri. Sept. 17
There was a surpri-
sing theft on the 11th
night here at District
Hoard Dak-Bungalow when
the Battery from the De-
puty Commissioner's Jeep
was stolen. The Jeep was
garaged at D. B. Dak-
Bungalow and D.C. himself
was 'Staying there. The
Battery was however re-
covered from a driver
named Krishna Bahadur
bv the Town. S I., Mi roe
K ha gen Bose.

MRS V. A. WILLIAMS

Kalimpong, Sept. 10
Mrs. V. A. Williams <f
Kalimpong Arts & Crafts
has been nominated by
the West Bengal Govern-
ment to be a Municipal
Commissioner of the Ka-
limpong Municipality, it is
reliably learnt here. Offi-
cial confirmation is, how-
ever lacking.

It is felt here that
unusual delay is being
made in the annoucement
of names of nominated
members of the Munici-
pality.

CONCERT AT CHINESE
SCHOOL

A Concert by school
children and magic show
bv Mr. Lee Seonglen will
ho held at < hunghwa
School Hall at 3 & f> p m.
daily on 2‘\ 27 & 28th
September, 1952..

SRI B. B. MONDAL

TRANSFERRED

Kalimpong, Sept. 19

Sri I LB Mondal,i.A s ,
Sub-Divisional Officer Ka-
limpong has been trans-
ferred to Cooch Debar as
A D.M.

Sri Mondal was given
a farewell party by the
members of the local Sub-
Divisional Court and he
left for Cooch Behar this
day.

Sri S. N. Ray, M Se.
oc the Provincial Civil
Service at present S D.O..
Ghatal (Midnapch^) will
arrive here shortly to take
over charge as Sub-Divi-
sional Officer, Kalimpong.
“AUTONOMOUS REGION”
of Darjeeling

West Bengal Commu-
nists have called for
regional autonomy for the
predominantly tribal areas
is the State, particulaly
the St pali-sp?aking hill
sub-d.v'sion of the Dar- .
jeeling district. This auto/
nomous region of JJarjf^e
ling should however, they
added, remain inside the
State of West Bengal. .

The West Bengal Com-r
mittee of the Communist
Party, in a statement on
Tuesday, called upon the
hill people of Darjeeling
to . “unite with the demo-
cratic forces of West Ben-
gal” as “only by such a
united moveinent couJd the
realisation of regional auto-
nomy in practice be
possible”.

Three

“STARVING COMMUNIST”
ARRESTED
Kalimpong, Sept. 18
Aged about 2G one
Kewal Kumar Mehra, dec-
laring himself a starving
communist was arrested last
week etvtkj^v Kalimpong
police in Pednng forest on
Tibet border while attempt-
ing to cross- frontier line
posing at times as ‘forest
ranger’ and at times an
‘officer of India Govern-
ment Survey Department1.
Still detaining him in hazat
police are toothcombing
frontier forests for possible
lurking associates.

Kalimpong Footballers’ Success
At BagJogra

Kalimpong, Sept. 15
Members of the local
Motor Sporting ‘A’ scored
a victory over Thakurganj
team at Bagdogra by 1:0
in the Bagdogra Shield.
The Kalimpong team was
captained by Sri Jai Na-
rayan and wassponsord by
Messrs Onkar Mintri, Tashj
Tshering and Kazi Tempo#

|CHILD DIPS BYSWALLOW-
ING ‘PUTPUTIA’

j Kalimpong. Sept. 19
: A young child of a

[Marwari gentleman in the
:10th mile here died last
plight clue to reported
{swallowing of Putputias
{with which the child was
{playing. T'utputias are
{small pieces of fireworks
{with which children g ne-
{rally play during Do a!i.