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(Guyana Graphic: July 10, 1979)
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(Guyana Graphic: July 10, 1972)
THE sponsors of the Linden Regatta next month are intensifying their efforts to make this year’s water sports the greatest and biggest ever.
Already, 15 boats have been registered to participate in the Regatta, expected to be held on August 6 next.
New shorthand system introduced
(Guyana Graphic: July 18, 1972)
SHORTHAND and typewriting teachers and students have been urged by Chief Education Officer, Gaston Fox to make the best use of a new system being taught them by a Canadian expert now in Guyana.
Mr. Fox’s remarks came yesterday when he officially opened the one-week Forkner Shorthand and Typewriting course at the Government Technical Institute.
The sessions are being conducted by Mrs. S. Gilchrist, who is training the participants in a new system developed in Canada by Mr. Forkner. The morning sessions are for teachers, and students attend in the afternoon.
In opening the course, the Chief Education Officer told participants: “We live in a world of innovation. We have to gradually find new and better methods in getting things done as long as this adds to our efficiency.”
He said that the Government had made it possible for them to learn new procedures, hoping that it would improve their efficiency, and urged the participants to make the best of the opportunity.
Palms among buildings to be preserved
(Guyana Graphic: July 26, 1972)
THE Palms, the institution being run by the Government on Brickdam for the poor, is to be among at least nine buildings to be preserved by the National Trust for their architectural importance.
The GRAPHIC also learnt yesterday that other buildings identified for preservation because of their historical and cultural significance are the Victoria Law Courts and City Hall on the Avenue of the Republic, Sacred Heart Church on Main Street, St. George’s Cathedral, St. Phillip’s Church, Leguan and a Hindu Temple at Woodley Park, West Coast Berbice.
A Bill passed in Parliament on Monday provides for the setting up of a nine-member corporate body, to be known as a National Trust, which will be charged with the responsibility of preserving sites, buildings, monuments and other things of historical and cultural importance to the nation.
As a result of research done by the National History and Arts Council, a number of pre-historical and historical sites, wilderness areas, and sites of natural beauty have also been identified for preservation by the National Trust.
These include, in terms of pre-historic sites, the famous Timehri engravings in the interior region, rock carvings in the Cuyuni, and a mound at Port Mourant.
The sites of historical importance will include Orealla, in Berbice, where Sir Walter Raleigh is believed to have made his first landing in the country; an area in Kamuni, on the Demerara River, reputed to have been a Chinese settlement; Fort Nassau, Fort Island and Kyk-over-Al.
A windmill at Hogg Island, and the old Dutch-built koker in Kingston, north of the Rice Marketing Board, will be among other historical sites to be preserved.
The wilderness areas and sites of natural beauty to be declared of historical importance by the Trust will include Mount Roraima and Great Falls.
(Clifford Stanley can be reached to discuss any of the foregoing articles at cliffantony@gmail.com or cell phone # 657 2043)
