THREAT REPEATED.
Gandhi to Fast Till Death Over Caste Prejudices. CAUSE OF "UNTOUCHABLES." CALCUTTA, November 6. The Indian Nationalist leader, Gandhi, realising that his campaign for. the removal of Hindu caste prejudices against the "untouchables" has been unsuccessful, now threatens to resume his fast until death unless the Hindus implement the agreement recently reached at Poona between representatives of the caste Hindus and the "untouchables."
Gandhi comments on the action of a Hindu, Kelappan, in fitting because the caste Hindus refused to open a temple to "untouchables" at Kerala, South India. He adds that if the temple is not opened' in a given time he will fast with. Kelappan.
BIG RAILWAY DEFICIT. DEPRESSION AND UNEEST. CALCUTTA, November 6. A heavy fall in goods traffic receipts through the economic depression, coupled with the unrest due to the Congress campai<ni of civil disobedience, resulted in a deficit of £6,O75;0OO on the Indian railways last year.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 264, 7 November 1932, Page 7
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