Himalayan Times (1954)

July 25, 1954

LICENCE FOR STOCK-
ING RICE

With the decontrol of
rice, the West Bengal
Foodgrains Control Order,
1951 is no longer in force,
and licences issued under
that Order have ceased
to bo valid from July 10,
1954. Dealers, however,
who si-ll, purchase or store
for sale rice in ^quantities
of 15 maunds or more at
a time will be \required
to take out lie noes under
the Central Government's
Foodgrains (Licensing and
Procurement) Order,\1952.
Applications for suchlicen-
ces in the prescribed form,
accompanitd by non-judi-
cial stamp of the value
of Rs.5/-. should be sent
to the officers mentioned
! elcw. who are the autKo
rities for issuing licenses
within their respective
jurisdictions. Licencees
who have paid fees under
the West Bengal Food-
grains Control Order, 1951
for the current year will
be exempted from pay-
ment of fresh fees. The
prescribed form of appli-
cation will be available in
the office of licencing au-
thorities mentioned below.

For all t he districts
of West Bengal excluding
the Sadar. Kurseong and
Kalimpongsub-divisions of
the district of Darjeeling.--
Assistant Regional Con-
troller of Procurement and
the Deputy Assistant
Regional Controllers" of

5Simnlanan tEimeii

HIGHER TRAINING IN
NURSING

The Government of
West Bengal are awarding
two scholarships to suita-
ble candidates for the B.Sc.
(Hons.) Course in Nursing
at the College of Nursing,
New Delhi. The scholar-
ships tenable fcr 4 years
are valued at Rs. 1,000
for the first year and
Rs 950 for the three subse-
quent years. 1 he State
Government will also
award two other scholar-
ships of the value of Rs.
605 each for training in
combined Nursing Admi-
nistration and Sistpr Tutor
Course of 9J months' dura-
tion in the. College of
Nursinp, New Delhi.

In both cases the
Director of Health Servi-
ces, West Bengal, 'will
select candidates and selec-
ted candidates will be
required to sign an under-
faking to serve the State
Government in suitable
posts after the completion
of their course of study
for a period of not less
than three years,

Procurement-in-charge of
Circles within their res-
pective jurisdictions-

For the Sadar, Kurseong
and Kalimpong Sub-divi-
sions of the District of
Darjeeling : The Sub divi-
sional Controllers of Food
& Supplies within their
respective jurisdictions.

Five

BACKWARD CLASSES
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
1954-55
The laBt date of reoeipt
of applications for ■ the
Government of India Scho-
larships for • Scheduled
Castes, Scheduled Tribes
and other Backward Cla-
sses for the year 1954-55
has been extended upto
August 15, 1954. .

Candidates are requi-
red to submit only Pajt
1 of the application form
■by the prescribed date
through the head of the
Institution last attended
by them and Part II of •
the form containing infor-
mation about the institu-
tion to whioh they are
admitted for the proposed
course of study for 1954-
55, may be sent separa-
tely within three weeks
of their securingadmission.
Candidates who are in a
position to send both parts
of the application by the
prescribed date should do.

Application forms, re-
gulations, and instructions
to candidates may be had
of the Director of Public
Instruction, West Bengal,
of the. Tribal Welfare
Department, West Bengal,
Writers' Buildings, Calcu-
tta, or of the Secretary,
Scheduled Castes, Schedu-
led Tribes and other Back-
ward Classes Scholarships
Board, Ministry of Educa-
tion, Government of India,
New Dclhi-2.