Himalayan Times (1953)

February 1, 195.$

Hj-imal ana.n CLtinca

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SNOW FALL IN
DARJEELING

(From Our Correspondent)

Darjeeling, Jan. 2&
Darjeeling experienced
quite a heavy snowfall since
after i945, when on the
24th January, 1953 it recor-
ded a fall of abbut 3"
dropping the temperature
to 24 deg. lowest and 36
deg highest. On the 23rd
.it hailed and a slight in-
tensity of hailstorm swept
over dropping the tempera-
ture to 26 deg. lowest and
34 de . highest On 24th
Jalapahar recorded a' fall
of 6'' . and ; Gho'onv ""5
The tr^in was detained for
2 hours at Ghoomand only

after clearing the railway
track of the snow the train
managed to move on.'

Snow balls -were in full
action an_i one had to keep
very alert to avoid one
c tching you, hut very
remote chano-s of escaping
unhit was noticed as volleys
l of snowballs were, coming
from all directions. Child-
ren could be seen ma’ ing
snowmen and the old folks
. did- not fail to give* a help-;

‘ ing hand. - A few' visitors
who had evidently .heard,
of the snowfall in Ca'cutta .
lid not lose the oppofunity
ttY fly up to just' get a
fbe3utifui picture of Darjee-
ling clqakea .in 'sno\y. •* A
" . fey 'remarked t'hat thev had

INCREASED REVENUE
FOR SIKKIM

(From Our Correspondent)

■ - Gangtok, Jan. 24
Contracts for Excise
shops and. Bazars for the
next two years* I9p3. and
195* were auctioned by
the Auction Committee,
from January B th to 22nd.
The contracts, specially for
the imported and country
Liquors shops at Rangp.o,
Singfcam and Gangtok have
fetched greatly increased
offers, and the total inc-
' tease has been about a
lakh of rupees per annum.

not seen anything so beau-
.tiful and picturesque.

GOHKIIAS IN 1X1)1 A

[Continued f/otn page S). • •

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With India’s independence, every.
Gorkha expects that no more shall the-y
remain the daik ' orse, that haV 'been theirv
fate usually during foreign tub1,' but’today
they expect, facilities to excel the l editions
of sublimity of (heir forebears- Among
the Gorkha patriots the name of Dulbahadur
Giri is we 1 known to the great leaders
■of the freedom movements of the Twenties.
Young men of the cal.bre-'oi Kharag ahadur
have been born among the Gorkinas, who
to save the chastity, honour an I self res-
pect of our. womenfolk, even attempte ! to
face the gallows; hut the storm of, pro-
tests raised by the fair sex s.-v- : 1 i•«•

youths life tor yet a nobler cans**- an 1
sacrifice. The late lamented- Damh.u- Singh
Gurung who represented the cause of
Gorkhas in the legislative and the Consti-
tuent Assembly never missed an opportu-
nely where a national cause concerned
Gorkhas, was indeed a lode-st r, and the

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past centuries.