GHANDHI’S CAMPAIGN
[United Press Association.—By Electric Te|egiaph.---Copyright.J
DELHI, April 29,
Two were killed and many were injured in rioting a.t ■•Madras' when the police opened fire on a mob of over 5000 people who attacked them with stones. This followed on a meeting in connection with,.Gandhi’s civil disobedience campaign. ' .> Scores of police, officers and men were injured by ,:.s,tones The rioters were also injured,,, 'and they stoned Europeans in motor, cars. Mounted police then drove the mob on .to the beach. There a fierce battle occurred in the darkness. Later on the rioters returned to the town, where there. ,was more stoning of the police., who opened fire on four occasions, Finally , the police dispersed the crowd, being aided by a detachment of the,,. Middlesex Regiment,
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 April 1930, Page 5
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126GHANDHI’S CAMPAIGN Hokitika Guardian, 30 April 1930, Page 5
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