PROCEEDING TO DELHI

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 152, 24 December 1929, Page 9

PROCEEDING TO DELHI

TO TAKE UP RESIDENCE

ARRANGEMENTS UNCHANGED

British Official Wireless.

Received 24th December, II a.m.) j

RUGBY, 23rd December. !

TJie Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin, this morning took up his residence at Viceroy House, the new official tituj of the residence, which occupies a commanding site in New Delhi, and is fast reaching completion. As the Viceroy^ train reached New Delhi, it was struck by a bomb, which wrecked the' restaurant car. One attendant was slightly injured. Lord Irwin was in another part of the tram. The arrangements made for his reception at New Delhi wer<i unaltered. v ■

PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS,

According to the latest information, the bomb was buried between the rails! and was fired by means of a concealej cable attached to a small batten? which was atterwaras found some dfs! i seA°?5 eA°? the raih™y The bomb oxX4 bi?" the Viceroy?s coach v™nll^J* *he seeona bomb outrage in. Delhi this year. T wo bo mbs % thrown last March from the gallery of the Legislative Assembly, and five people were injured. An attempt to assassinate Lord Hardinge, who P wa» then Viceroy, was made exactly seven" teen years ago to-day. Lord H^rdi^ge , was about to make his state entry into Delhi, accompanied by Lady Hardinge. They were riding an elephant, and the bomb strucK the howdah, wounding Lord Hardinge and killing an attend? I UilL.

MESSAGE TO THE KINO.

Heplying in the House of. Commons to a question about the outrage afc Delhi Captain Wedgwood Benn, Secretary for India, said: "I ha Vo His Majesty's permission to read to you a message which the Viceroy of India, Bent to the King through the Sd£ Oflice this morning. The message says:

I regret to l^ve to inform yo ur Majesty that an attempt was made this morning to wreck toy trah; by exploding a bomb under it as we were approaching Delhi. Luckily n o harm was done, and few of us realised what had occurred. I hope Your Majesty therefore will not be disturbed by exaggerated reports.

Captain Benn added: "I dm sure I shall be expressing the sentiment of tne House in voicing our tirofniimT thanks that Lord a,i Lady IrwL "nf their staff so providentially escaped injury in this dastardly outrage."