AFFAIRS IN INDIA
POLICE AND BAILWAYMEN'S
STRIKE.
(UNITK* PKS3S ASSOCIATION.—C9MIUHT.)
(AUSTRALIAN ■ NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION,) ■ DELHI, 11th Mafbh.
There is a_ police strike in Patna and district, owing to dissatisfaction over the recent increase in pay and allowances.
The Lucknow railway strike is breaking. The men desire to return, The authorities regard the demands as unreasonable. Outside labour is replacing the strikers, and the. service' is nearly normal. ' j In reference to the forthcoming census, Ghandi writes in his paper, Young India: "I am clear that' we must'ooopefate with the Government in the census. '*
The Government disallowed an Indian resolution in the Legislature that the salary of the Governor of the United Provinces be the same as before the Itoforms Act was passed. This is the first time the Government has exercised the veto.
(Reooived March 14, 10.30 a-.ni.)
-DELHI, 12th March. Five thousand strikers rushed the Wellington jute mills at Calcutta, with brickbats, demanding a final settlement. The Magistrate and polioo averted a riot, with difficulty pacifying th"c infuriated mob by suggesting an early settlement. The mob dispersed, but £he> situation is not hopeful. The mills are safeguarded.
AFFAIRS IN INDIA
Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 62, 14 March 1921, Page 7
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