BURMESE MURDERS
1079 LAST YEAR
EFFECT OF RECENT REBELLION. (.United Press Association— By Electric Telegrapn—Copyright) . (Received this day at 10.45 a.in.) CALCUTTA, November 28.
The effects of the recent rebellion in Burma are reflected in the serious crime figures for last year, when there were 10/9 murders, averaging more than two daily. Th e police administration report siiJ's the percentage of murders is 10.3 to a hundred thousand of population, compared with an average of 10.8 in 180 large American cities. A surprise census, taken between midnight on Saturday and 2 o’clock on Sunday morning estimates there are eight thousand homeless in Madras streets, including beggars, coolies, ana rickshaw pullers.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 November 1933, Page 5
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