INDIAN RIOTS
(Per Press Association —Bv Electric Telegraph—Copyright). DELHI, Fell. 11. An important menace in Bombay arises from the activity of hooligans, who light huge fires in the streets. Yesterday a tramoar was surrounded and stopped l>y a crowd of two hundred Moslems, armed with laths and knives. The Farsis and Christians in the car were allowed to depart, but tbe Hindus aboard wore butchered, tlx* tramcar resembling a slaughter house. A Bombay auxiliary force has been called out to assist the military headquarters. A mysterious explosion occurred when an apparently harmless looking tea box, lying high and dry on tlx? Hooghley River bank, near the Diamond Harbour, blew up. r lbis explosion iceultcd in thirty serious casualties. AFGHAN UNREST. BOMBAY, Feb. 12. In the course of seven weeks. R.A.F. planes have rescued three hundred and eight persons, each with 20 lbs of baggage. from Afghanistan, twelve nationalities being represented.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1929, Page 5
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150INDIAN RIOTS Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1929, Page 5
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