STREET BATTLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 97, 26 April 1930, Page 9

STREET BATTLE.

PESHAWAR RIOTING. Mob Emboldened By Official Hesitancy To Fire. BRITISH SOLDIERS BURNED. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 11.30 a.m.) DELHI, April 25. Twelve rioters are reported to have been killed by rifle and macjiine gun fire at Peshawar. Twelve others were wounded. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Metcalf, and the Assist-

ant Superintendent, Mr. Carroll, were seriously injured during a street battle. Order is now restored, and the British troopsj have been replaced by an Indian detachment. The armoured cars have been withdrawn. {The agitators whose arrest caused the riot have been lodged in Peshawar Fort. There seems little doubt that the Peshawar mob was emboldened by the reluctance of the authorities ,to fire. A huge mob surrounded the armoured cars and poured kerosene over them and they were completely destroyed. Indian newspapers report very heavy casualties. It is stated that a British sergeant was pulled from a motor cycle by the mob and murdered with an axe. Additional troops were called out and opened fire with machine guns. The situation was got under control and the military have now taken possession of the city, all entrances to which are guarded. When the news reached Lahore a monster demonstration was held there during which five Moslems and two British subjects were injured. While Peshawar was disturbed, disorders were taking place at the other end of India, at the Oorgaum gold mines, where strikers stoned the Lancers and special and reserve police. They continued throwing missiles despite the magistrate's warnings, and laughed de-

risively when the police fired blank cartridges. A volley of buckshot was then discharged and 20 rioters were injured and taken to hospital. CHITTAGONG RIOT. WOMEN AND CHILDREN SAFE. (Received 11.30 a.m.) DELHI, April 25. Mail advices from Chittagong state that on Saturday night all women and children were accommodated on the steamer Chakdara, which cast off in midstream, and on Sunday returned to their homes, but spent the night again on the steamer Ekma. At first* there was a shortage of ammunition and man power, but there is now ample ammunition and more troops have been telegraphed for.