UNREST IN INDIA.
EXPLOSIVES BILL AND PRESS ACT. Received June 9, 9 35 p.m. CALCUTTA, June 9. The Vice-Regal Council, at a single sitting, passed the Explosives Bill and the Press Act, giving power to confiscate the issue of newspapers publishing criminal incitements. The native members endorsed the Explosives Bill, but regretted the hasty manner in which the Press Act had been introduced, and suggested a month for thekliscussion of it. Mr Harvey Adamson, replying, said it was criminal folly to delay the bill a day. Lord Minto said that everyone closely watching Indian_political life, knows that Indian thought was changing from the embryo state to national aspirations, and was beginning to take shape. India was unripe for the complete freedom of the Press It was possible that the bill was not strong enough—indeed, he believed further general control of the Press of India imperatively necessary for the relief of official circles.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9111, 10 June 1908, Page 5
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152UNREST IN INDIA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9111, 10 June 1908, Page 5
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