Civic Affairs, Volume 13

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P. C. Kapoor at the Citizen Press, 1965 - Local government

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Page 29 - And, he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 44 - Statement about ownership and other particulars about newspaper ( ) to be published in the first { issue every year after the last day of February. FORM IV (See Rule 8) 1. Place of publication 2. Periodicity of its publication 3. Printer's name Nationality Address 4. Publisher's name Nationality . Address 5. Editor's name... Nationality Address 6. Names and addresses of...
Page 15 - There should be somewhere upon earth a place that no nation could claim as its sole property, a place where all human beings of good will, sincere in their aspiration, could live freely as citizens of the world, obeying one single authority, that of the supreme Truth, a place of peace, concord, harmony, where all the fighting instincts of man would be used exclusively to conquer the causes of his sufferings and miseries, to surmount his weakness and ignorance, to triumph over his limitations and...
Page 42 - ... as the State Government may, from time to time by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.
Page 35 - THE FIRE SERVICE The fire services in Great Britain are organised on a local basis, subject to a measure of central control exercised by the Home Secretary (in England and Wales) and the Secretary of State for Scotland. The fire services in Northern Ireland are controlled by two authorities, the Belfast Corporation and the Northern Ireland Fire Authority, which are responsible to the Minister of Home Affairs. Every part of the United Kingdom is covered by a public fire brigade.
Page 14 - Of the three or four types or systems of local government which I have described, that of the town or township with its popular primary assembly is admittedly the best. It is the cheapest and the most efficient ; it is the most educative to the citizens who bear a part in it. The town meeting has been not only the source but the school of...
Page 18 - So we must give every child a place to sit and a teacher to learn from. Poverty must not be a bar to learning, and learning must offer an escape from poverty.
Page 24 - ... legal proceedings may be continued by or against the trustees of the trade union or any other officer who may sue or be sued on behalf of such trade union notwithstanding its new name.
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Page 85 - Copies of the draft standard would be available, free on request, from the offices of the Indian Standards Institution located at New Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Hyderabad, Kanpur and Madras.

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