INDIAN PROBLEM.
MR BALDWIN'S STATEMENT. APPROVED BY PARTY COMMITTEE (United Press Association—Copyright). (Received hTis Day, 12.45 p.m.) LONDON' 1 , March 16. The Unionist Party's India Committee approved Mr Baldwin's statement of the policy in regard to India. RELEASED FROM PRISON. TOTAL OP 13,927 PERSONS. ■(Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) LONDON!, March 10. Answering a question in the House of Commons, the Secretary for India (Captain Wedgwood Benn) said that 13,927 male persons and 408 women who were disobedience prisoners in various provinces, had been released as a result of the agreement for the cessation, of civil disobedience.—British Official Wireless. •fit INCREASE IN POPULATION. DELHI, March 15. A census taken last month shows the population of India, including British India and the Indian States, to be slightly under 351 millions, an increase of nearly 32 millions. COTTON MILLS PROPOSED. TO ESCAPE COTTON fI)UTY. DELHI, March 15. With the object of escaping Indian tariff duties on cotton piece goods, Lancashire businessmen are considering the establishment of mills in India.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 132, 17 March 1931, Page 5
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