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December 16,
1962
Himalayan Times
Nine
PEOPLES' CONSULATIVE
COMMITTEE MEETS
Gangtok, Deo 11
The first meeting of
the thirty member Sikkim
Peoples'Consultati ve Com-
mittee wa« held here today
under the Chairmanship
of the Dewan, Shri Balesh-
war Prasad. Among other
deliberations of the meet-
ing, three sub committees
of five members each were
formed, namely for De-
fence, Finance and First-
Aid.
In this meeting a
highly commendable pro
posal was put forth by
Kazi Lhendup Dorji
Khangsarpa of Chakhung,
the President of the Sik.
kim National Congress,
to the effect that, in view
of the present national
emergency, it was the
sacred duty of every Sik.
kimese national to help
strengthen the defence
efforts both morally and
materially, and as such,
all the Members ot the
Committee including the
Executive Councillors
should voluntarily forego
their allowances, which
should be deverted to the
National Defence Fund.
The Kazi said that the
Members and Executive
Councillors should show
the way to the pecp'e of
Sikkim by thus relinqui.
ehing al! their allowances.
However, in view of
the lack of spontaneous
5,000 JAWANS
MISSING
New Delhi, Deo. 12
During his speech to
theRajya Sabha this morn-
ing, Mr. Nehru placed the
total casulties on the
Indian side on both eastern
and western fronts (Octo-
ber 20 to Deoember 10)
as Ia7 killed, including
11 others and 13 JCOb,
wounded in battle and
over 5,000 unacoounted
for.
He told the House
that according to latest
information 9,811 officers
and men had returned to
Tezpur from the Sela and
Bomdila areas. Another
2,000 officers and men had
also returned from the
Walong sector. Some mora
were expected in the next
few days.
X'MAS & NEW YEAR
CARDS
Available at:
Himalayan Stores,
Kali mpong.
and unanimous support to
this worthy suggestion
mooted by the Kazi Saheb,
the Maharajkumar of Sik»
kim, tbe President of the
Committee, stated that
th<ise who were willing to
forego their allowance in
favour of the National
Defence Fund eould, at
their own volition, credit
the monthly allowance to
the Bank for this purpose.
HILLARY PRESIDE5 OVER
H.M.I. CEREMONY
Darjeeling, Deo 12
Sir Edmund Hillary
broke his holiday in
limpong to preside over
the graduation ceremony
of the 13th advance and
33rd basic courses of the
Himalayan Mountaineering
Institute here tbia mor-
ning.
Today's oeremony was
an historical one for many
reasons. It was the first
time both Tenzing and Si;
Edmund, joint conquerors
of tbe world's highest peak,
had been at the ceremony
together and it was the
first time the graduation
was being televised.
Also for the first time,
SI members of the basio
course climbed Fray peak,
which is, over 20,000 fd.
high.
The present course
also had its share of tra-
gedy—the advance course
which was ambitiously at-
tempting to climb Otbang
peak had to be abando-
ned as one of its mem»
bers. iid Lt. Bhatt died
of pneumonia.
After pininnig the
H.M.l's insignia—minia-
ture silver ice, ioe axes
on each of successful
trainees, Sir Edmund
talked to them ae "one
mountaineer to an an-
other."
1962
Himalayan Times
Nine
PEOPLES' CONSULATIVE
COMMITTEE MEETS
Gangtok, Deo 11
The first meeting of
the thirty member Sikkim
Peoples'Consultati ve Com-
mittee wa« held here today
under the Chairmanship
of the Dewan, Shri Balesh-
war Prasad. Among other
deliberations of the meet-
ing, three sub committees
of five members each were
formed, namely for De-
fence, Finance and First-
Aid.
In this meeting a
highly commendable pro
posal was put forth by
Kazi Lhendup Dorji
Khangsarpa of Chakhung,
the President of the Sik.
kim National Congress,
to the effect that, in view
of the present national
emergency, it was the
sacred duty of every Sik.
kimese national to help
strengthen the defence
efforts both morally and
materially, and as such,
all the Members ot the
Committee including the
Executive Councillors
should voluntarily forego
their allowances, which
should be deverted to the
National Defence Fund.
The Kazi said that the
Members and Executive
Councillors should show
the way to the pecp'e of
Sikkim by thus relinqui.
ehing al! their allowances.
However, in view of
the lack of spontaneous
5,000 JAWANS
MISSING
New Delhi, Deo. 12
During his speech to
theRajya Sabha this morn-
ing, Mr. Nehru placed the
total casulties on the
Indian side on both eastern
and western fronts (Octo-
ber 20 to Deoember 10)
as Ia7 killed, including
11 others and 13 JCOb,
wounded in battle and
over 5,000 unacoounted
for.
He told the House
that according to latest
information 9,811 officers
and men had returned to
Tezpur from the Sela and
Bomdila areas. Another
2,000 officers and men had
also returned from the
Walong sector. Some mora
were expected in the next
few days.
X'MAS & NEW YEAR
CARDS
Available at:
Himalayan Stores,
Kali mpong.
and unanimous support to
this worthy suggestion
mooted by the Kazi Saheb,
the Maharajkumar of Sik»
kim, tbe President of the
Committee, stated that
th<ise who were willing to
forego their allowance in
favour of the National
Defence Fund eould, at
their own volition, credit
the monthly allowance to
the Bank for this purpose.
HILLARY PRESIDE5 OVER
H.M.I. CEREMONY
Darjeeling, Deo 12
Sir Edmund Hillary
broke his holiday in
limpong to preside over
the graduation ceremony
of the 13th advance and
33rd basic courses of the
Himalayan Mountaineering
Institute here tbia mor-
ning.
Today's oeremony was
an historical one for many
reasons. It was the first
time both Tenzing and Si;
Edmund, joint conquerors
of tbe world's highest peak,
had been at the ceremony
together and it was the
first time the graduation
was being televised.
Also for the first time,
SI members of the basio
course climbed Fray peak,
which is, over 20,000 fd.
high.
The present course
also had its share of tra-
gedy—the advance course
which was ambitiously at-
tempting to climb Otbang
peak had to be abando-
ned as one of its mem»
bers. iid Lt. Bhatt died
of pneumonia.
After pininnig the
H.M.l's insignia—minia-
ture silver ice, ioe axes
on each of successful
trainees, Sir Edmund
talked to them ae "one
mountaineer to an an-
other."