Himalayan Times (1953)

September (>. 1 bn.i

MUNICIPAL BYE-t LECTION
Darjeeling, Sept. 1
As many as four nonii-
nati( n papers were filled
for the hve election of the
Darjeeling Municipality to
ward IX (Kutchery Ward)
arising out. oi the vacancy
caused by the resignation
of Sri N. Thing who is now
employed under the Central
Government.

The nomination papers
of the ftur candidates
were scrutinised by the
Vice-Chairman of Darjee-
ling Municipality at the
Municipal Council Cham-
ber this rnornin'g and it.
is reported that all the
nominal icn papers were
found in order and have
been rceepted.

file voters and rate
payers of tile Da jeeling
Municipality are cveming
great interest in the elec-
tion of the local bodies
and keen tnssel isexpmted
The candidates whose
nominations have been ac-
cepted are l.Sri K. Luna
2. Sri Ganesh ball fjublia,
Sri S L. Pradlian and
4. Sri I) P. Rui.

DARJEELING MUNICIPALITY

Darjeeling. Sept I
283 applications have
been received for the past
if Secretary. Darjeeling
Municipality, it was said
here. Out of these twen-
tytliree candidates have
been se'ected to be inter-
viewed on the 7th &Sth
in st.. t

tfjima’nuaii Simra

SIKKIM MAHARAJKUMAR
HONOURED

Gangtok, Sept. 1
The Sikkim Soldiers’.
Sailors’ aVid Airmen's
Hoard presented a Guard
of honour to the Maharaj
Kumar of Sikkim for the
title of Lieut. Col. which
he received from the Indian
Government. The Maha-
raj'Kumar is the President
of the Board .since its
birth in Sikkim and under
his Presidentship many
improvements were an.)
are being done. After the
Guard of honour lunch
was s°rved to all ex sol-
diers and pensioners and
a few local gentries in
his honour.

33 LAKH UNDPR MODI-
FIED RAT ION ING
The total number of
p'rsons under modified
rationing in West Bengal
on August: 20. 19.33 stood
at. 37 81 lakhs as against,
.3752 lakhs on August 1.3,
1953 Of the 37-81 lakhs
under modified rationing,
25 90 lakhs enjoyed the
benefit of subsidised modi-
fied rationing The num-
ber of persons under sub-
sidised modified rationing
in the districts ate given
below 24 Parganas 14,89.
366; Nadia 5.67.619. Bur-
tlwan 50.97+;. Bankura
2 27 334 Midnap-ire 1 IS, 169;
Honglv 20,630;West Dinaj-
- pnr.t Raiganj) 24,875; .Tai-
paiguri ( Alipur Duars )
55 200; Gooch Behar 362;
and Murshidabad 16,800.

Three

HOSTEL RE-UNION
Dai jeeling, Sent. 1
The hostel Be-union day
of Darjeeling Government.
College Boys' hostel was
celebrated ‘on 28th August
last vyitli ponip ami gran-'
dcur. The function started
with a Nepali ‘chorus led.
.by Sri ,1. IV Alley. ‘Then
Sri M.M. Rasaily welcomed
the ex-boarders and Sri'
N . Sharma gave a fitting
reply This was followed
by an interesting -item
‘ Fancy Toast / "iv li i c b
was presented - by Dar-
jeeling Govt. College girls'
hostel. Then some melo-
dious songs* by LabhfiiaU:;
Dipak Gurung. Jintendra.
Alley. Gourisbankar Rnttu.
Subrata Ghatakj Anjali,
iSabitri and Sumitra Mu.
-kherjee and a spectacular
fiance by Sri Passang Lep-
clia charmed the audience.
Pa rush u ram’s ‘Rata-Batj’
was then staged. Those
who'took part in the play
were, Sarbasri Bijon Rov,
Biren Mitra, Tamil Cfta-
tterjee, Gonrisankar Dutta,
A rind ha j i t Mu kherjee, Ra-
inen Roy, Dipankar Mu-
kberjeej Rajat Mtikberjee,
damini Sinha, Subrata
Ghatak Anilendra Taluk
dar Haladhar Das, Amu
Banner joe-;. Moni Gupta
and Krishna Sengnpta.
The fu-ne.tion was organi-
sed in an exemplary man-
ner by the boarders -of
Darjeeling ,0'ovt. College.
Roys' Hostel and was. a
grand- success.

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