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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1957-12-04, Page 7WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4th; 1957 • THE LUOKNOW SENTINEL, • LUQKNQW, ONT41.lQ • .• PAGE SEVEN; gnews GENERAL INSURANCE • s � � -stableshed•--F}vei-hi-r-ty ears-�-Ago Kuiness:• ¶i ciebwies: JI �WARIy:'AG1ZlE1 SCOTTISH . PAPER CARRIES STORY OI' LUCKNOW .SIE GE, T • The Sunday.: Post, a • Scottish' publication, carried a brief sketch in a recent issue ' of the siege of Lueknow, India,, under the caption, "It Happened A Hundred Years Ago". Here's how we r eeived •the paper. A few Months •Alan. McCourty came to Canada from Scotland., and became a friend,. of a, fellow worker, , Wallace; Hogeboom of . Napanee, a son -in- law Of Ars., Albert Alton.. It was through_,_ Wallace;;_.that, we • •re eiv •ed. 'the, . paper, and here's the sto`Y; • Wednesday, September 25th, marks 'the centenary : of the re- lief of Lucknow. One. hundred :years' ago, .Mayor -General Have- lock, commanding a 'relief force of the 78th Highlanders •(now' Seaforths), broke through the ring:of besiegingIndian Seaoys and . ;entered the ,hard-pressed . Resldence 138 A, :r. The • Indian Mutiny was at its height and for eighty-seven: days the . small garrison at Lucknow had been slowly.' fighting a los ing ba,ftle ' 'against far superior numbers 'of mutinous • Indian troops. Food was getting low and the garrison''s. number • grew smaller every ,day, ' but still the •.gallant defenders held out.' By Sdptem- ber• the, situation was really desperate and it looked as if the town must 'fall. •Then, on , .the :25th; :the weary defenders . heard a• Sound • that Sent ••their flagging spirit's., 'soar-` -Ing. aii tly, above the noise 'of the Indians' 'fire .came ,the,, stirs- Jing. sound •of; the pipes. Have - lock's relief col•unin • had arrived: With • pipers '<plaving,...the . High- landers fought 'their ,way th>?ough': the :besieging 'troops. Although the siege was not raised, Have - lock's , reinforcements; were all that • was , needed to. beat' Iba'ck the: ,fierce attacks •of , the : Sepoys' until ':the final relief, six weeks . 7Own;: A1►1 1 CT" ER 04y A. M. Nicholson, 1VI P,)- ` J November 25, 1957. This letter is, being written while flying from Karachi ,to Colombo on November. 19.The Pakistan Branch of the Com- monwealth 'arijarrnPntary AcSoe:- iation has: entertained us. most ,graciously; •in : Karachi the, capi. tal, ' Lahore • .the. capital , of the Province - of 'West Pakistan, and a1s .i o. _ n Peshawar in, the far north Where we''wer.e able:to: go thru the Khyber Pass, : There we vis- ited the Canadians .at the dam being built .as..a Joint anadi n.- Pakistan project' under the 'COI - combo .plan, at Warsak,', Lahore : Euerythir� but the wheels arP.. being Trade here There is • a good deal rrtore 'hand Tabor than in similar Canadian .shops. In.. the foundry menin bare feet were Ioi`ng very heaver :physical jo'hs • which would be .dome .by' Machines; in Canada , - who had ' been in . Canada' under the Colombo or . U.N.T.A. pro-- grains, ro-grams. They, Were very happy" to see Canadians. in •Lahore. What. impressed mer ssecl them most; in Canada; was the friendliness;• of :the' rank and file of ,the ,Peopie ,who spoke' to them on the trains, in the . ho- tels or restaurants,,_ They_._ .all., had. passes on, both' ,CN and •CP • anad saw :indre ..of Canada than most Canadians. It has been a. -good Lahore, nearly :eight hundred investment 'to . ;have 'helped their miles north of Karachi, was the top officials do a; better Joh ir• Emperor's home. , several' hundred 'solving••their: rail. ,pr'oblems. • years ago ,' and ` would probably • Lahore: Fort, the Badshahi have been..the capital , now were Mosque, Jehangir's Tomb and not for . the fact that it is only :Shalimar Gardens .were' ,places about eight miles from India and we 'Will; never forget: We, saw they. feared India 'Might have de- ,the way the Emperors three , or signs •on their' .capital four hundred: years ago lived. A Visit to , the . mainPakistan. • and the sort oaf tombs arranged railwaysl ops:.:gave Us -a • ehar}ce when they . died.Millions _ of ! to , appreciate some ,of' the accoin plishments in' 10 " years. The shops originally built by the Br.i- tish abo'u't ''50: years ago are hours of Tabor' • went into ;the building, of each.: • Peshawar •Peshawar is the first city 'peo-. :manned • entirely 1-;y Pakistani ple . visited after, 'coming • through meci:,now. About •15,000 are 'ein- •the Khyber Pass' from the north, played. < The; men.;' work . 6 . days It is the gateway,, of Central Asia: ,..1. ;Of .8: hours' each and`.wage's seem Mr: 'St, Laurent' was given .ant to ranee from about 50 ;cents' a honorary degree , when he , visit-' da`,,u. w.ard.•`'To wa es would• ed Pakistan duri ' ,his' Y P p. , g hgI. round - be about $100 per month for the -world'. tour. Near .Peshawar• an engineer on' a fast train is.' found the . Warsalk�`Dam' where Theyare •n 'vis making, about- t 150 Canadians and.: .8000 4 ,g freightu , and passenger' •cars=-locomotves..local . people.: are bu-irding• Pakis- a.,ii�.�u i► n a tan's largest darn koitzuvuO est ooreeon� c ooa oeA stir 8 le 0. 000,Vtir taquO tiilii Ae. uwoar: hrva nr Started in 1985: t •it .is to be finished.•m 196,1 •' '' • :� .. NI' This is. one of our major pro- �.. - . _.. '� jects .• under the ','Colombo `Pl`ai5. 'Engineers diesel and motor ex- perts are in the main groups -of 4 Canadians They have built very 4 domfortable .quarters for married; 14; and single men There`: are four. . teachers for about.' 80 'children. i\\\\.NA, 1,1" 7 hi Ifrt Clug-6 •modern. and traditionnl'share"vaiue: honors:,. for every home' oourift.lisand r•own' . I' 1 • • • ..:S.. 11 . to ;what 'they would receive ,in { Canada plus a bonus with free rent. and light. They, do not pay any incom: e. tax -'in either coon It is. interesting :to. see' •dgnkeys:l 4. and 25 -ton s 'au euclid'hauling rock,ear on . the • same .project..A • donkey. carries .about 100 lbs, Of rock, on .,, its back.. One of the tribesmen • . . • 4 will 'br lvha�e three ni • four donkeys Nand'. will Jibe paid on " a niece -work basis.,, Most of t:he cat operators are local men Can, aches recent shipment of-wheat`i Sold':for rupees and the ,money . is =used to.Pay-part 'of -the -wages - . earned by the: local'. men. While 3: wages. to local ,men are Low by our standards, there are five, men looking :for: 'every :available u L.r.3 We are : theonl;v rnan fac- •turers .in.this part of •Ontario -of high -e'Lass-m-unurirents- • HUNDREDS -'OF TRADITIONAL TABLES • roam. Masi. in worm .inahagany and.Walnut *litany with hand tooted, lenthei fops ... all MODERN YAIBLE4, GALORE! 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Canadians on .:'the „trip :hada slimier at the home OL_ r Miller' of Montreal : •The two men. 1 who •do' his cooking had .a •typ-. ' - .ical .Canadian. ''meat, the second. we :have'4had in. ten.',days. +.. Khyber.. Pass Ir =11i iT1er-. -and- three`" ofhe Canadans- • drove. us through the • Khyber Pass of Afghanistan:' No - /41 -*We're in•°,the Roeki` std°o your • ex:perieince so many sharp turns 111 • mOngolS. ,and Afghahs moved. Hitler had planned 'on haVing IALS troops . conquer India by coining, to •do their dances. ti4ht days in a country do not ority. We have been' here long 16 enough to 'realize that people all Over the world have a great 'deal 3 my on hospitality iri` Canada. StandardS of living are very loW 2 They are trying to raise 'theft? Attoitioit, Thgy have not good VOA: • ,Write or phone Walkerton and reverse charges., it the power ancl climate that we have. If . they only had Wateivor, rainfall they icould fdgek, progress in fighting . hiingeri They have large tracts of seTrii: cannot solVe. problemS of the Istan but bur cOntributicifis, have Canada Ave would like to have, ••• ;available vfor all,in Pakistan. The third meeting' of the Col - held at the home of ,.lo Anne and Dorothy AltOri With. nitie,! ineniberi. Present,' The meeting