WELL IN HAND

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 August 1942, Page 4

WELL IN HAND

SITUATION IN INDIA DESPITE HOOLIGANISM IN SOME AREAS. LITTLE DISORDER IN BOMBAY. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 1.10 p.m.) LONDON. August 13. The Indian situation is weil in hand. There were no incidents in Delhi and only minor incidents in Bombay today. A mob at Dacca raided the local Indian Magistrate's Court, broke windows and' set fire to records. The District Judge attempted to save the records, but was attacked with lathis and brickbats and a guard was forced to fire a revolver to save his life. A crowd in Central Madras set fire to the railway stations at Tenali and Chirala. The police fired, killing four persons and injuring ten. Sporadic disturbances in Poona included setting fire to a police post. Trouble flared up in the business area at Nagpur, when hooligans broke into a railway goods shed, looted grain, damaged railway installations, smashed water mains and cut telephone wires. Crowds made a bonfire of the contents of a suburban post office. The police opened fire at three places. Police at Secunderabad used tear gas to disperse crowds which were throwing stones. Three police officers were beaten up and the District Magistrate and Police Superintendent were injured by stones.

Hooligans raided three post offices in Lucknow, destroyed some property and took some cash. A partial strike is being observed, but nearly all the Moslem shops in predominantly Moslem localities are open. Some shops in Old Delhi have reopened and the authorities are taking steps to reopen other shops retailing essential supplies. The curfew in Delhi has been extended to two more days and the prohibitions on processions and meetings have been extended for three clays. Pandit Nehru’s sister has been arrested at Allahabad.