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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-03-09, Page 14• ' The Ge(iefriQh Signal -Sfax, Thuarsd r r . ¥au 9, 1967 The S W By ,G, MacLeod Ross India has been much in the news of late and Wil, continue they here are some extracts iron the Christmas letter -from a re,. tired Sapper officer. He was askgd to stay on after Indepen,.: dente in 1947 by the Government ,00 India and .it is only now that he talks of returning to England. He was employedfirst as.,Pir. ectar of Building Research at Roorkee and later as a member of the. Planning Commission. I have not seen him since we were in the same syndicate, at the School of,,Military Engineer- ing at Chatham, Kent, in ,1925, but ,he continues to write to all those of us who, from se veral years' exposure, developed such a warm place in our hearts for the jawans of the Indian Army and that of Pakistan too•, He writes: "I intended to begin with a catalogue of India's woes, for it has been a dismal year, here, but judging from the letters I receive from Horne, England seems to be equally in the dold- rums. We have had every kind of experience from stark tragedy to sheer comedy. Shastri's death within hours of signing the Tash- kent agreement- drought over large areas, so that at one time there was a proposal to'evacuate .A Bombay' and there still is wide- spread . scarcity- devaluation, which has benefited few and driven many businessmen and planters out of the country. students rampaging and univer. safes clos flag-w.ar..thie.s threats • ening suicide- and the crowd chas- ing the West Indian cricket team and the police out of the Eden Gardens cricket. ground. Most people will heave a sigh of re- lief when the general elections are over and the Government begins to govern - vigorously • again. "There is however another Side to the picture, for much excellent work is being done all over the country: The Heavy Electrical Project near•Ranipur Forest Resthouse, the, largest of its kind in south east Asia, has begun production. It is gradually O f, altering .the character of the equintry about Ilaxdwar. Where I camped in 1922 is now the centre, of the . main shops. The villagers warned us that Sultana and, his, gang were in the vicin- ity and we ultimately left. his year an English company ca = to film• the story. of Freddy Y Ig and Sultana. I gave the dire `i' •r a full account of the operations but the film;+ when • published, will not be historical. Shooting was too expensive, here' and_ the company has gone to Spain. "I visited the site. of the new capital of Gujarat, into which the Government hopes, to move in five •years' • time. I was also present at the 'first convocation of the Institute of Technology, on thhe road to Qutab. Only a short time ago Prince Philip" laid the foundation stone. Now it is a very satisfying exarriple of whatIiido- British eollaboeration can achieve, I was present at dis- cussions wfhich finalized the pro- posals for impressive water supply schemes for Bombay, Madras and Bangalore and, the plans, for a six lane bridge over the River Hooghly...Two factors worry: The slow speed at which • the administrative machinery moves, and the fast. rate atwhilh the population increases. - "The annual Group Day cel- ebrations of the Benal Sappers brought together many pension- ers including Hon. Capt.- Umroa_ Singh, who was a bugler in the 51St •Field Company in .1918 when I was with it. He looked so fresh and young that ler warned the Group Adjutant nOrti enlist tum. The new -Guest House in the Mess garden • was ..constructe/1 in 37 days and nights. The C. O. urged and cajoled all concerned to show what the Bengal Sappers could do! I sometimes lunch in the Mess where 'much of the atinosphere is unchanged and I feel completely at home, but, it more like• the Roorkee Mess of 1917 or 1944 than, of the years between the wars. A phenomenon all too com• mon in India cities, towns, can- - tonments anti' all the•services and ainenties in them, veryaeavily taxed, yet four or^ fivb miles Cont.tnum� • away from, any crowded centre it is possible to look across the fields to the, yillages and think how little India has changed. "At Delira Dun, John Martyn, who spent 33 years at the Doon School, left in the summer to be succeeded. by Miller from Christ's Hospital. The old idea of spending the, hat: weather in the Hills no longer ,- j a'1dsand •holidan 'traffic to and from Muss. orrie in the, summer is confined to a few weeks only. , . • - •� "1 • visited the Himalayan Mountaineering Institnte at Dar. . jeeling, to give badges 'toa large number of girls Who had com- ple,ed the advanced and normal class: There are magnificent views from t of Kazichenjunga while there is a well -stocked Zoo,. next door,. The- chief instructor is none other tb,aXi Tenzing Norgay, of Everest fame and there is aline team of Sherpa instructors, in - eluding Nawang Gombu, who climbed Everest twice, At a dinner party given, 'by •Mrs. Kumar, the wife of the principal, it was -noticed that Tenzing's son. In•1gw- kept on answering the phone. At last...the news came through- a boy- and the baby's health was drunk. The Institute was founded to mark Tenzing's success on Everest and it,has done a great deal to enhance the standing and welfare of the Sherpas. I was much impressed by the obvious 'toughness' and charm of the girls. • "The Principal of Mayo College is still an E•n`glishman, ° Jack- Gibson. There ar,e now 3Q Public --Schools in Indi `I am on -the boards-, of several -and we spend time considering how the latest • methods of teaching Paul's Delivery Owned and Operated by Pail I' Spain Local Delivery Service Local Hauling ANYTIME For Information CALL 524-9469 roubles o, y Q science and mathematics can be introduced into India^ . "4n° interesting feature in re- cent years is the increase in the number of young meta and women, ,vho come from the U. K. , as volunteers and work for a year " or two before going to a Uni` rer. sity. They teach in schools and workshop and seem to make a success or it; They spend the hot, test months of theayear seeing India on a shoestring; travelling third class and eating at wayside cafes and doing all sorts of things . we would • have thought were mad. "Local colour: I spent Sunday watching at various jheels around Delhi. At one we watched 400 barheaded and greylag geese at less than onehundred yards'. range. At another not less than 6,000 ducks of.all kinds. -- "The cost of living: Small ,_chickens: are Rupees 7.50 each. veaa Animal REMOVAL For dead and disabted a�nimah call. collect Darling & 'Company of •Canada Ltd Phone 482-7269, Clinton Dead animal licence' numb,eir 350-C-65 1 4t1. (They probably used to be per., haps 8 annas each in the days of yesteryear.) r. "My present assignment with the Plannipg Commission ends in -April and rplan to sail .for En. gland, ' in the, latter half of May. As the •present „Fourth Plan Is ready for publication, I am not likely to be required fora further term. Many people have sug, gusted that I ,should stay on in India, as I have many interests .here. The difficulty is the cost of living couple with what is virtually double taxation. Si) my future is still uncertain. "We still manage to ,keep the H irnalayan Club going, but only Just so. Owing to security . reg. ulations there have , been few expeditions to the Himalayas in India in the past few years and 1 epal is to all intents closed for mountaineering." *Note: *A Public School in India is • the same as a Public School in England, i e. you pay, to attend. NOTICE Due to increased casts, we, the undersigned ^I1echanical Con- tractors, find it necessary to establish a charge out rate of $4.50 per hour, as of April 1st, 1967: WORSELL BROTHERS • 122 1 he Square —. Goderich, Qntarre JOHN PIN DER, Plumbing and Heating 44 Victoria St. — Goderich, Ontario SERVICE ELECTRIC Goderich, Ontario - A NEAR & HOFFMEYER, Plum°bing._& Heating, 55 Kingston Street — Goderich, Ontario WM. FINK, Plumbing and Heating Clinton, Ontario HAROLD WISE LTD. Clinton, Ontario ARNOLD MAKINS, Plumbing and Heating Bayfield, Ontario E. BRECKENRIDGE HARDWARE K. K. 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Complete 'the form and mail At to an Unemploymefit insurance Commission office. There is no .charge for it. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BOOK'-- If you are insurable you are required to have such a book, which may be ob- tained from the nearest office of the Unemployment Insurance Commission. You simply have to give your •full name, date of birth and Social Insur- ance Number. There is no charge for it. e, Anat,,er A&P . 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