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i j seeing the world part 17 i visit to burning ghats once is too much continuing a series ol letters home from janice carter to her parent mr and mrs ormie caterdescribing a tour which she is taking with karen kor- zack 61 glen williams and some english girl friends the trip to nepal was quite an experience we drove near- lq 2500 miles round trip and saw a lot on the way agra and the taj were magnificeriu just outside agra at sikandra there is another mausoleum built by ajchar he built the fortat atak 1 at the headwaters of the indus dwaters or in hjuu through there this one of red sandstone nasj the typical islamic layout entrance archway and formal gardens leading up to the cen tral structure the grounds were beautiful lush green lawns and crimson bougainvihea and lots of monkeys the monkeys really feci that they owned the placeand would attack you if yonaggeayated them enough of course abajn started teasing thorn and had them leaping ab out frighening the rest of us we first saw the taj at sun set we really felt quite excited as we approached it because we could see the minarets from some distance but the main part was hidden by the high walls when we finally walked thro the arch and saw it in full view we were a little disappoin ted because it was so much like all the other monuments however when we came back at night and saw it in the full moonlight it was really awein spiring the dome was reflected per fectly in the pool in front of it and all the marble seemed to glow in the moonlight- next morning we came again and ca vorted around the gardens tak ing pictures to prove that we had been there in the sunlight the while marble is so dazzling that you cant bear to look at it so i think that it is only in the moonlight you realize the perfect symmetry of the build ing and its surroundings inisde you walk through lacy marble arches to the tombs the two on the main floor are only rep licas of the actual tombs which are situated in an underground room shah jahan planned them that way as the people could come to the upper tombs to pay their respects while the bodies remained in peace below them everywhere there is inlaid work flower and bird shapes cut out of the marble and fil led in with marble chips and semi precious stones of course all the souvenir shops have trap- italized in this characteristic art and charge outrageous prices for little boxes and plates inlaid with similar work but of a much inferior quality i sup pose the fact that it was com mercialized spoiled our impres sions a little after travelling a while you just want to go some place where youre not go ing to meet other tourists and where there are no shops selling miniatures and other trash qji well theres always tibet some day we slept the night on the tourist office floor it was free and convenient and we wanted no more bother in the morning we had to be on our way early as the shah of iran was conning to agra and they were sprucing things up a little an impos sibility with great lumps of sleeping bag bodies all crver he floor we drove to fataphur sik- ri in the afternoon thats an other famous fortification about 20 or 30 miles from agra we were suffering from trav ellers ennui and were not as impressed as we should have been it is a huge place with stables for elephants as well as hor ses vast living quarters and a central patio where the shah and his family used to sit on a dais and play chess on the pave- mest with various members of their retinue in the mosque there there was a tpmb of some holy man all encrusted with mo therofpearl that was beauti iiil our next destination was khajurho another days drive away we passed through very interesting countryside saw lots of wildlife and many chan ges in costume when you think of india you visualize saris and turbans but there are a great many variations even within one state and the colours arc so bright i will never be able to think of india in terms of pas tels it does seem to be a coun try of extremes anyway ex treme wealth and beauty ex treme poverty and ugliness at khajurho there are sev eral medieval hindu temples fa med for their sculptures most of the temples v dedicated to love thus the temples are renewed as much for the frank ness and expllcltness jot their glorification of love as for their technical beauty we enjoyed just wandering around from temple to temple as tbe weath- r was luperb and it wm quiet there because khajurho is a little off the beaten track next on to benares the tourist bungalow was full so we found a delightful spot cal led the holiday home it be longs to the postal cooperative people but we were allowed to stay there no beds only a gigantic hard table affair and lots of mosquitoes we went shopping for asari for me and ran into ahenormous traffic jam in the old bazaar as some festival was going on- also we discovered later that a great number of funeral processions when i had finally picked a sari out of what seemed like hundreds the shop keepers younger brother undertook to lead us down to the ganges so that we could see all the ghats you must see the burning ghats he kept saying we expected some kind of temple where incense or something similar would be burned but as we approached the ghat co ming out of crowded winding streets onto the upper level of tthe river bank the air was full of sickly smoke and on the fires we could see the remains of bodies wrapped in brilliant red materials and beside the fire other bodies awaiting their turns even more sickening than the limbs sticking out of the fires were the dogs on the river bank tearing the charred flesh off the discarded bones even the fellows couldnt stand much of that afterwards we rode in a boat along the river bank to see all the temples the people bathing and the holy men med itating our hearts werent real ly in it tho and it was a gray day anyway so we decided not to do any more sightseeing and to leave early the next day the roads in that part of in dia were really dreadful they are very narrow and bumpy and crammed with heavily laden carts which will move for noth ing also there are railroad crossings every few miles and if a train is passing you are uually delayed half an hour we used to laugh at the little signs posted beside the tracks com plaints may be entered into the book kept by the gatekeeper but after so many delays we failed to see- any humour in it as they obviously never read the book anyway besides crowds always used to gather and we had to contend with the inevitable question where are you going where do you come from whats your programme baksheesh sahib etc etc the fi nal straw was all the misinfor mation we got in patna where we had been told that we could cross the ganges by ferry npt so another 60 nule drive out of our way to baruni where we could cross on afbridge that was after driving all along the river in patna from ferry com pany to ferry company in addi tion to that we had been put off several rest houses because they would not allow us to stay overnight as the man who could give us permission to stay was not available continued next week occupancy rate rise is noted at hospital the occupancy rate at geor getown district memorial hospital continues to rise fig ures just released on the hospi tals operation in april shows the rate of occupancy for that month as 859 percent compar ed to 807 percent for the same period last year medical and surgical floors have been busiest with the oc cupancy rate there 95 per cent maternity ward had an occup ancy rate of 48 per cent which pulled the over all rate down considerably hospital boards like to keep their occupancy rate below 80 per cent over all allowing a 20 per cent cushion in case of a local disaster adults and children admitted to hospital during april totalled 199 compared to 175 in april 68 while births increased by one to 30 the daily average number of patients in hospital rose to 57j from 542 adults and children and to 66 from 58 newborn april 68 april 69 emerg visits 261 347 deaths 2 8 operations performed 66 71 xray exam 639 640 average length of stay days adults children 10 8 newborn 6 10 red cross officials meet governor general an honour guard formed by members nf the lied cross corps and junior be- cross and red cross youth representatives of different metro- toronto schools welcomed the govevnor general and mrs michener in the royal york hotel in toronto on may 5th the governor general and mrs michener were there for a luncheon held by the central council of the canadian red cross society the governor general was bestowed vith the award of honorary counsellor- ship and mrs michener was presented with a stole made by warveterans as well as a gift for the two nyoungest grand children the governor general bestow ed several special awards in his speech the governor general spoke on his recent trip up north and stated that our pioneering time was not over yet it had just started in the north president of the local red cross branch mrs gerry walsh and public relations chairman mrs connie nieuwhof were able to attend this special event forecast double population in county town 20 years bkll lines by arnold blachford your telephone manager bell canada people are turning up everywhere these days in spain turkey greece the philippines the bahamas the barbados nigeria kenya uganda and the united states and they arent on vacation its all part of our rapidly growing consulting services program under this program bell canada specialists in various fields prov ide advice and training on a paid consulting basis to for eign telephone companies negotations for our most recent contract with the spanish telephone company began in 1987 when span ish telephone authorities were in canada and gained first hand information about this countrys telecommunications last month 10 bell canada men flew to madrid where they will be stationed for about six months they are respon sible for recommending long range plans for the spanish long distance network the madrid metropolitan network and for future methods of charging for customefolaled long distance and international calls while its a fact that bell canada people are turning up all over the world its also true that people from all over twc world are turning up at bell canada visiting our panorama of progress in telecommunications after just one year of operation the panorama has received more than 34000 visitors hailing from canada and the united states and from such distant points as austra lia kuwait russia great britain france india and south america particularly popular with students they constituted some forty per cent of last years visitors the panorama puts sound light demonstration and narration to dramatic use in telling the story of man and his communications through past ages in modern times and into the future a bell canada guide escorts each group of visitors along a fascinating journey through time each tour takes about an hour and a half and the narrations are given in either english or french evpn though tho panorama has only been open for a year it is becoming well known as one of the principal tou rist attractions in the city of montreal if your holiday plans include a trip to montreal we hope youll drop in to sec our panroma its open monday through friday and since the panorama is so popular we would suggest you phone or write to us first to make a reservation that way youll avoid any delay between your arrival and the time the tour gets under way the phone number is 914 8708893 in montreal or write bell canada panorama of progress in telecommunications 601 lagaucbetiere st w montreal 128 quebec jliltons population will more than double in 20 years planning board figures releas ed recently show an expected increase of 7300 with the proj ected population in 1988 around 13800 at present milton population is 6500 the plan will serve as a guide for town council decisions on future development programs in- milton land milton annexed in janu ary is being used as industrial and residential some development land that is set aside will not be put to use in near future because of the extra cost to the town in servicing it this land includes a large area southeast of milton where it would be necessary to install a pumping station or sewage plant near no 10 sideroad to service the area but if developers want to set up sub sins the town would work out a method to service the area with the development firm the amount of land annexed earlier from oakville and es- qucsing township is 1900 acres and increased the size of milton to 2900 acres the off icial plan will go be fore the public at a meeting to be held in the martin st school on may 22 if there is no objection it will go to council for approval next step would be zoning by laws passed by council declar ing certain tracts of land for residential commercial indus trial public institutional or park land use barragers fur storage 772279 conservation work is 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