RIOT IN CALCUTTA.
United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Calcutta, January 4. The police in a Calcutta suburb ■were mobbed because, in deference to the Hindu feeling they prohibited the sacrifice of cow| at a Mohammedan festival. The Mohammedans and Hindus fought and 60 were wounded. The military were summoned and compelled to fire, killing several of the rioters.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9337, 5 January 1909, Page 5
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58RIOT IN CALCUTTA. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9337, 5 January 1909, Page 5
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