INDIAN “DISOBEDIENCE”

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 July 1933, Page 7

INDIAN “DISOBEDIENCE”

GANDHI’S ATTITUDE [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT.] (Rec. July 15, 9 a.m.) CALCUTTA, July 14. Gandhi declared, at a meeting of Congress leaders that he is prepared to accept an honourable settlement with the Government but is not prepared to withdraw civil disobedience unconditionally, and would prefer the movement continue, even if only one honest worker remained. Gandhi is now seeking an interview with the Viceroy, but if unsuccessful, is prepared to advise the continuance of the movement on modified lines. BOMBAY HOUSING CONDITIONS. CALCUTTA. July 13. Only four per cent of the total population of Bombay City live under conditions which ensure reasonable privacy. The remainder do not know what it is to have a room to themselves, and there are eighty-six per cent, of the people housed so inadequately that they are compelled to sleep in the streets.

These revelations are made in the Bombay census report, just issued. The periodical communal clashes in the city are attributed by the Census official largely to these conditions. A NEW HARBOUR. • CALCUTTA. July 14. It is announced that. India’s great new harbour on the Vizagapatam coast, constructed at a cost of four millions sterling, will be open to ocean going steamers of the 27 feet draught in November. Vizagapatam will provide the chief port for the Manganese district to the west and the productive territory of Orissa.