Himalayan Times (1953)

January ]1, 1953

Five

ONE MORE T E. TO

CLOSE DOWN

Darjeeling, Dee. (i

A meeting of the
labourers of Tukvar Tea
Co. was held at Tukvar
Tea garden on the .1st
Jan. 53 under the Presi-
dentship of Sirdar Daulat
Dass Bokbim. The ma-
nagement of the said Co
has ordered closing down
of Singla Tea Estate from
1st Jan. 53, inspite of the
recommendation of - -the
Tripartite Conference that
there would be no retrench
ment and further closing
down of Tea gardens. The
foil' wing resolution was
passed in the meeting :

“This meeting- of the
labourers 'of Tukvar Tea
Co. resolves that the ra-
tion to be. bought at
I I s. 17 8 - per Md by the
labourers for two months
(Jan. 53 and Feb. 53), la-
bourers to be compensa-
ted for this enhanced price
of ration when financial
aid is received, from the
Govt., working days to be
(j days in a week, no re-
trenchment and no closing
down of gardens — that
the labourers are willing to
buy ration for two months
at -/7/- per seer provided
the management concedes
to the following:—

1. All workers above
the age of 12 years to be
provided with work in
the garden.

2. No recovery of

tEii-.us

Advances from any labou-
rer or staff for these two
months.

3 Singla Division1 to
continue functioning with
effect from the 2nd
January 53

4. Adult dependents
to be allowed to buy ra-
tion at landing cost

5. Old aged and inva-
lids to continue free ra-
t^n. as usual.

It was further resolved
that the resolution be put
to effect from the 2nd
Jan.’53. In. the event of
failure on the nart of the
Managem'et. to- give effect
to the above resolution,
the Management shall be
held - responsible for not
. taking action.” 1

v HEALTH VIA FOOD

: ( Continued from page 3) -

-When speaking of the.
next element A.p (water)
he- advised to drink stiff!
cient. water preferably in,
the. morning.. He also stated
that we. can get energy
from tight (Trj) by expo-
sing to the the sun, from
air (Marut)• by inhaling
sufficient fresh air, from
ether (Bynm) by fasting
and some other process

As regards the exer-
cise, he advised to discard
muscular exercises and
preferred yogic ones, whose
aim is to keep vertebral
column.

At last, he demons
trated some beneficial
asanas and the Suryana-
maskara which is a dy-

LEAGUE LEADERS
WARNED

Darjeeling', Jan. 5
A Public Meeting or-
ganised by the Communist
Party of India was held
at Chowk Bazar-, Darjee-
ling on -the 4th January,

1953.

First of ail, Comrade
Ananda Prasad Pathak
exposed the reactionary
policy of Gorkha League
leaders of allying with the
Planters in the name of
protecting the- interest of
“Gorkha1 workers and its
dangerous possibilities of
flaring up communal riots.

Then exposing the
real faces of the Gorkha
League Leader Comrade
GaneslilalSubbawain >d the
reactionary leaders of Gor-
kha League that they are
trying to follow the foot-
steps of Hitler by carrying
on crude chauvinistic pro-
paganda against other
nationalities.

MAIL VAN OVERTURNS

Kalimpong, Jan. 7
The Postal Mail Van
coming from Bagdogra
Airport to Kalimpong
overturned this evening on
the Teesta Valley Road
between Siliguri and Sevoko
seriously injuring the dri
ver.

namic sort ol yogic exer-
cise and- conforms the
movements of all parts of
body including the lungs
and the glands.