The Botanical Gardens, one of the population recreation parks/ Green Spaces in Georgetown, is one 137 years old this year. Historical records reveal that the decision to establish the

(Guyana Graphic October 31, 1970) Part of the celebrations to mark the recent festival of Diwali was a torchlight parade through the streets of Georgetown to the tomb of

(Guyana Graphic September 6, 1970) A new booklet written by former expatriate staff members of the Geological Surveys Department has disclosed that radiometric tests in the Barama-Mazaruni area show

(Guyana Graphic October 25, 1970) The Demerara Rowing and Aquatic Club holds its fourth annual Regatta today from 11.00 a.m. at their Ruimveldt headquarters.Promising to be the most exciting

(Guyana Graphic October 14, 1970) Magistrate Roopan Singh, after being urged to show leniency in meting out punishment for the last time before leaving the magistracy, yesterday imposed a

INTRODUCTION Egbert Martin, who published under the pen name ‘Leo,” was the most accomplished and prolific of Guyanese writers in the nineteenth-century, highly praised by his contemporaries. The great

(Guyana Graphic July 26, 1970) Assistant Commissioner (Crime) Mr. Dalrymple Heyliger yesterday issued a warning to Guyanese to carry out thorough investigations before responding to job offers by overseas

THE WATER BED (Daily Chronicle October 26, 1970) Ever been spanked as a child for wetting your bed? Well this would not have happened if you had slept on