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Grey River Argus, 15 September 1937, Page 8

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OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. INDIAN NATIONALISTS. I Our Own Correspondent]. SIMLA, September 13. The Viceroy (the Marquess of Linlithgow), delivering his speech from the golden throne at a joint session of the Central Legislature, said there were distinct signs of settlement in Waziristan. The tribesmen were accepting the moderate terms imposed. He said the British Government was considering the reorganisation and re-equipment of the Indian Army. Turning to constitutional problems, the Viceroy emphasised the necessity for a strong Central Government, capable of formulating economic policies affecting the interests of India as a whole. He was confident that the achievement of a federation of British India and the native state would modify disparate economic conditions. The Congress Party boycotted the speeoh and failed to attend Parliament.