Himalayan Times (1960)

September 18, 1960 Himalayan Times

Five

TEA GROWING POPULAR
IN U.S.A.
New York, ?ept 16
Current reobrds of tea

imports in the U.S A.
indicate lea driukiirg is
growing in popularity, the
U. 8 Tea Council .reports.

Tea imports rose to
73,f>iO,0<JO lb. during the
first erven months of
196'\ an iiicreane of
7.400,000 lb. over the
corresponding period ot •
the previous year. Total
imports for the year, the
cout.cil said, are expected,
to reach a record 117
million lb. about u million
lb more than in 195H.

PLAN FESTIVAL WEEK
AT KALIMPONG
Kalimpong Sept. 17
The FiTe Year Plan
Festival week will be
celebrated from 2lth Oct.
to 30th Ootober '60 at
Kalimpong. The pro-
gramme will include
exhibitions in villages,
Symposium at local Town
Hall and Kssay Compe-
tition among the students.

PENSIONS FOR
EX-SERVICEMEN

Darjesling Sept. 17
The ex-Serviceuien in
West Bengal will be paid
their pensions for July &
August, 1960 in the month
of September and that for
September in October,
I960.

DARJEtLtNC NEWS LETTER

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stood first Class First
and another trainee, Sri .

Dilip Chatterjee First
Class Second. While Miss
Santi Das stood , First
Class Fourth in the Cal-
cutta University. Last
year, another Nepali stu
student from Kurseong,
Miss Radhika Prodhan,
stood First ('lass First.
Since its inception three
years agi\, the Kam
krislina B. T. College has
aohieved the unique dis-
tinction of securing the
Ftn-t .Class First award 1
for threecons-cutiveyears!

« « i
1 understand that a
composite cbildrens'read-
ing-cum-recreation corni r,
of the Darjeeling District
Library—the first of its
kind in this area, will be
inaugurated by the mid
die of next month. Built
speoially for ohildren on
the latest designs fr m
specifications supplied by
the U.S.J S. the^ corner
will have many annui-
ties inc.tilling an aquarium
and more than 2,(00 books
on various subjects spe-
cially written for children.

* • *

The non-supply of
fertilizers to hill areas is
causing concern to cul-
tivators and embarrass-
ment to local agricultural
officers. I am told that
during the current khanf

NEPAL KING 'fit QUEEN
TO VISIT BRITAIN

London, Sept. 16
King Mahendra and
Queen ' Rajyalaksbmi of
Nepal will undertake a
th reed ay 8tate visit to
Britain from Ootober 17
According to an an-
nouncement mad* today
irom Buckingham Palace,
the royal family's pro-
gramme includes placing
» wreath on the grave
of the Unknown Soldier
on the day of his arrival,
receiving addresses from
the London Country Cou-
cil and the City of West-
minister at St. James
Palace and watching the
Queen review the Brigade
of Gurkhas in the garden
of Buckingham Palaoe on
the last day of their
stay.

Jus t Unpacked
NEW STOCK OF

BOOKS

HIMALAYAN STORES,
KALIMPONG.

season not an ounce of
fertilizer was supplied to
this snb-division, while
the supply during the
past two years has been
negligible. As eiich area
is allotted fertilizer quotas
from time to time, there
is a feeling here, that
Darjeelinjg's legitimate
quota is being unscrupu-
lously diverted rliiewhere.