Himalayan Times (1958)

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LONDON NEWS LETTER

BY B. B. RAY CHAUDHURI

( Our London Corrwpondent)
London, February 4

Mora than 700 aver-
ihi speoialuts are expeo.
tod to Tiait ths United
Kingdom this year, to
learn about British aohie-
rementi and developmente
in many field* at courses
and lummer sohools or-
ganised by the British
Council in eonjunotion
with other organisation!.
There will be 26 in all,
lasting from two to seven
weeks, oosting eaoh num-
ber between £38 and £60
in 16' centres between
February and November.
New subjeote this year
are industrial diseases,
grassland agronomy and
the conservation of paint-
ings. The world-wide drive
to reoruit and educate
more technologists has
also led the . Council to
organise a new oourse'nn
British developments in
the supply and training
of technologists to be
held at Birmingham next
Autumn. Other oouree*
which have attraoted
strong interest among
overseas specialist* in re-
cent years are being re-
peated; among the eabjeots
are publishing and book
production, anaesthesia,
aeting and production for

the theatre, problems of.
juvenile delinquency and
the mineral nutrition of
farm hnimals. The ''City
of London" course whioh
has for the past four
yesrs brought Bankers,
economists, and financiers
from all parts of the
world to etuoy the City
as an international trading
and financial centre, will
be held from 4th to 17th
May.

At the Annual Gene,
ral Meeting of the Indian
Workers' Association . of
-London, the following
office bearers were elected
for the year 1968:- Pre-
sident: Sardar Rattan
Singh; Vice-Presidents:
B. B. Roy Chaudhuri, and
Pakhar Singh Nidhark,
General Secretary: Har
Dev. Singh; Assistant Seo-
retaiy: Avtar Singh Mar
waha; Finance Seoretary;
Mohan Sing*>; Office Seo-
retary; Sarwan Singh;
Social Seoretary: Avtar
Singh Puriwal. Thirteen
■aembers representing dif
ferent States of India
were elected to the Exe-
cutive Committee.

A rumour is ourrent
her* that Queen Elizabeth,

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the Queen Mother, who
is at present touring Au«-
tralasia, will be invited *
by the Government of
India early next year It
is doubtful whether the
Indian Government i will
invite Her Majesty, the
Queen and the Ouke. of
Edinburgh to visit India
in the immediate future.
Following Mr. Macmillan's
reply at the Press Con.
. ferenoe in India it is quite
probable that the Govern-
ment of India is in oom-
mucation with the Com-
monwealth Hi latioLs Offios
here about the Royal
visits.

I .understand that the
Chief Minister of the only
Communist State in the
British Commonwealth,
Kerala, will issue an offi-
cial invitation to Mr. R.
Palme Dutt, the Vice*
President of the Commu-
nist Party of Great Bri-
tain,-to visit Kerala. Mr.
Palme Dutt , addressed a
meeting of the Indian
Communist Students Group
here in whioh he paid
glowing tribute to the
Kerala Govenment.

We have just received
another wonderful volume
from the famous Bombay
Publishers, Messrs. D. B.
Tarapobeval a ft Co.Ltd.,
viz;- "Arts asd Cbafts

of india and pakistan"

by Santi Swarup. This
superbly well produced
volume contains aocounts

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