INDIAN DISAFFECTION.
A DANGEROUS MANIFESTO. ~. ~ Calcutta, November 13. the Government as well as the mess now recogmscs tluit the demonstration at Kanais funeral wan a seditious maniicsto of a pronounced typo. A KTATI'E DlNFluiiiED. Ucecncd l.i, 4.30 p.m. Calcutta, November 14 The face of Queen \'ictoria'B statue at Nagpur has been daubed with tar the sceptre smashed, and the nose and fingers broken oil'. KUNAI'S FUNERAL. AN EXTRAORDINARY MAXIFESi'ATION. Received IS, 4.30 p.m. Calcutta, November 14. The authorities handed Kunai's bodv to relatives, unsuspecting what was about to occur. When out of sight of the place of execution a Brahma blessed the body. The neck was garlanded and the bier smothered with flowers. Ladta of every household along the route loudly demanded to see the* dead. Hence, contrary to custom, the face was uncovered. The procession halted at almost every third house to allow the body to be viewed. A large percentage of the mourners belonged to respectable Calcutta families. Rice and paddy wore strewn along the route. Several Bengalis are projecting the erection at Chandernagore of a block of marbls over the ashes, inscribed, "Kunai died for his counEry."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 276, 16 November 1908, Page 2
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190INDIAN DISAFFECTION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 276, 16 November 1908, Page 2
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