RACIAL RIOT IN MINES

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 April 1936, Page 4

RACIAL RIOT IN MINES

EIGHT CHINESE DEAD. SINGAPORE, March 1. Eight persons were killed and 31 seriously injured when houses were blown up by dynamite, others'burned down and all sorts of weapons used in a violent racial "battle ’ amongst Chinese in a big mine at Dungan. Trengganu, British Malaya. The opposing factions were Northern Chinese and Southern Chinese, working in a, Japanese-owned- iion mine. It began with gambling quarrels, according to the Assistant Protector of Chinese. Mr. R. P. Bingham, who went to the scene from Singapore. The Northern Chinese, distinguishable by - their red body sashes, formed themselves into a small army and rushed down on the living quarters of the Southern Chinese. Here large builclings each quartered about 130 men. The attackers used detonators, nresticks, iron bars, bottles, and many other weapons. Blowing up and burning the houses, they turned the wholeplace into a battlefield. War was waged for three hours before the attackers withdrew. Eight Southerners were found dead: 31 had been seriously injured and many others had received lesser injuries.—Reuter.