Himalayan Times (1953)

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Five

January 25, 1953

TIBETAN DOG BITS
20 PERSONS
Kali in pong, Jan. 21

A four feet Tibetan dog
weighing more than amd.
created much, alarm in the
local bazar last evening
when it bit nearly twenty
persons in course of
t wo -h'!ursThe do'g, came
from. Tibet along with a
mule caravan very rec. nt-
iv. The police and ' the
public made a long and
risky chase to catch the
dog aliye but all attempts
failed and at last theVdog
was shot'dead by a Nepali.
,^gentleman. This morning
the dog has been sent for''
p istmortem ; .examination.-
The victims of the dug
bite have recorded -them-
selves in the local police
station.

Ri:i>l BI.IC 1)a\

I'KdCRAM.MM

Kaii'mponc,.[an. 22

The lollowmg ■ is the'
prog amni • for Republic
Day m Kalimpong.

At Sunr;se—(i) Prabliat*
I’liari.

(ii) Hoisting of lhe
National Flag • on Govern-
ment an priv ite builiings,
cars a'l other ir.ti sport

8-30 A. M—Police
Parade at liie Mela Grourt 1.

10-3.) A.M.—-All Faiths
Prayer.

12 Noon—(i). Two mi-
nutes silence in memory of
the martyrs.

(ii) Ritual Spinning.

MAKAR SANKRANTI

FAIRS IN SIKKIM

From Our Corresi> >ndent)

G.anktok, Jan. 16

Makar Sankranti is one
of the most important fes-
tivals observed by the peo-
ple of Sikkini. Three days’
fairs are held all o,; erSikkirn ..
wherever there are'cqnfluen-,
Oesof tworiyers or streams ,
The most important of
them were' at Rangpd,;
UoralhantT; Tribeni (in the
district of Darjeeling) Nava'
Kawir; Sarafnsa, Reslii-
thahg. etc.; The people
- assemble' at thf> confluen-
ces,- take a dip in the river
and worship the river gods
and goddesses, sacrificing
goats, sheep fosvls.j etc.
Performances of Pujahs,
recitation of Puranas and
KiiChas are also done. The
people, of all communities
and religions . pass the
day, in marty-making.

CRAMA IN GORUBATHAN

Gorubathan, Jan. 21

A Drama was staged
by t hf local hoys and girls
at the Gorubathan Catholic
School compound under
the management of Father
P. Ranger. Many villa-
gers and students of the
Adult and Social Educa-
tion Centre, Gorubathan,
were present.

The Social Education
worker Sreo M 11. Dahal
gave a speech regarding
Social Cultural education.

SUNAR RE-ARRESTED
Kalimpong, Jan 21
One Mam Kumar Sunat
who fled from Kalimpong
Sub Jail by. overjumping
the twenty feet high jail
wall has been re-rearrested
at Siligiifi this- morning,
according to the local
police herb.

UGLY SIGHTS IN
DARJEELING

—Advertisement signs
aro beginning to mar the
natural beauty of Darjee-
ling landscapes. The atten
Lion of the Municipal
authorities is drawn to
this highly undesirable and
commercialised _ practice
which should not be per-
mitted in this bill station.

—If the benches at
Cowrasta cannot be re-
placed then it is high time
if they were repaired and
painted.

— Spittons are necessary
to be hung up at conve-
nient places so that' the
prevailing practice of che-
wing pan and spitting
while sitting, on benches
could be prevented

PKMItA-XOHBU

(From Our Correspondent)

Gangtok, Jan. 21
It has been learnt that
the marriage between Nozin
Pemba elder daughter of Sri
Pemba Tscring, and 'Mr,
Duwa Norbu, eldest sor. of
Sirdar I.hakpa Isering of
Jorcbungalov has ‘been
arranged & will b ■ perform
next month in Gangtok.