STRENGTH FAILING
GANDHI REMOVED
FROM GAOL TO HOSPITAL,
(British Office'll Wireless.)
. RUGBY,. August 22. Gandhi is now at the Sassoon Hosptal at Poona. He was removed there yesterday from the .Yeravda prison, because of the Hospital’s better medical facilities. •
His: strength. has decreased and his weight is now only 95 pounds, but he insists on continuing his fast: despite • the desire, of the. authorities and of his friends that .he should continue living, and should ddvote himself to the’ cause of the untouchables and' other work of social reform. V - It was stated in tjie Btei&bay. lative Council . to-day f hai'vtwo;friends in addition 1 to .hie wife; bd al- a - i lowed to visit Gandhi daily. A It is not intended to employ, forcible, feeding. Private doctors will be permitted to treat • Gandhi if he should desire it. A
MISS SLADE’S VISIT TQ GANDHI,
(Received fiiis day at io a.m.) a CALCUTTA, August 22. Miss Slade, daughter of the. British Admiral, who renounced London society to live in Gandhi’s ashram was released from prison on the expiry of her term, She went straight to Poona to see Gandhi, who is .'still iasting and losing weight-. v
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 August 1933, Page 5
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