INDIAN UNREST.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 December 1921, Page 1

INDIAN UNREST.

USTIt.M.IAN AND N.Z. fAlll.f. ASSOCIATION. INDIAN TRAIN TRAGEDY. INQFKST PROCEEDINGS. DELHI, X»v 3U. \ i til-respondent in Tinm reports s remwittee appointed to " lto lll j i ii„»o of the train tragedy, me.itimied , (be •>■{,■'! has l.egaii sitting. Iratlc Lisped.U' Reeve said the valY was not ~-c'l for conveying prisoners pre.imi<- ] v L however, was identical with a van which carried 122 prisoners. He examined the van and found the wire gauze ventilation, much smaller Hia.i iiiimuil. had been blocked witli paint T})o van was clonno<l and disin foe toil iiefire the prisoners entered it. The police sergeant in charge of the prisoners deposed that after the van was emptied he found nothing wrung. He did not particularly examine the wire gauze, lie stated the prisoners were given food and plenty water liefore startin'.: at (live o’ehtek in the evening. He f" 111 "! l' l '’’" Iloa 'Hiy when be took charge. On arrival at Rhorpur at g.BIt, the Sergeant heard the prisoners shouting for water and told them they would get water at l'udpur. fie did not open the doors of the van as h,. saw no special reason. Moreover the escort was weak, and the prisoners we v< > not liandeulfed. Tie mentioned fifteen uceasions when he had never' given water at f-hormtr to prisoners lie was ■•envovine in a similar van. Al Claval.i,Je he went into tlte. 'an and heard m tliine unusual, not se much nois" but forlher requests for water. He Lie ernpberl in Pcdjur t’o keen him buckets of wl.'C readv ami oil arriving at Podpur In' took the water. He then found all the prisoners lving 'I nvn and some irreaiiioi:'. w hereupon h l ' sinnmoned medieal aid.