AWAITING GANDHI

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 January 1931, Page 7

AWAITING GANDHI

• TERMS OF CONSTITUTION WILL HE APPROVE ? [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] (Received January 24 at 9 a.m.) CALCUTTA, January 23. “What will Gandhi say and do next?” is the question official and unofficial India is asking. He is spending the whole time on a careful study of the Premier’s offer and is provided with about a dozen newspapers, both English and vernacular, and will be able, accurately to judge the country’s feelings. It is unlikely, however, that he will make known on views without the Congress mandate, and as Congress decided to await the return to India of Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, Lord Sastri, and others, no sensational acceptance of the British terms to India is likely just yet. A hundred and sixty-three prisoners were released last night from Nagpur gaol.

MAIL TRAIN ROBBED.

CALCUTTA, January 23.

A band of masked and armed young Indians attacked a train in Eastern Bengal, and attempted to seize the mail bags. The guard seized one intruder, who struck him violently in the mouth, breaking his teeth. The intruder fired a revolver, but the bullet missed its mark. Passengers hearing the revolver shot, pulled the communication cord, but by the time the train had stopped, the whole gang had jumped into the dense jungle, and disappeared with a mail bag. y