INDIAN BOYCOTT
EFFECT ON BUSINESS DELHI TRADE RUINED. BY MISTAKEN CONGRESS POLICY. lUnited Preu Aaeoclation—By Cabl*Copyrlfbt.l (Received 27, 8.40 a.m.) Delhi, Sept. 26. As a result of several months’ picketing and boycott of foreign cloth-goods, trade in Delhi has been ruined by Congress. Unless there is a return to normal within three months the capital city will permanently lose her position as a distributing centre for northern India. Three-fourths of the shops are now I closed. BENGALIS TRANSPORTED. (United Pre** Association—By Cable— Copyright.] Delhi, Sept. 26. Twelve Bengalis were transported for life and five were sentenced to two yean’ rigorous imprisonment in connection with the death of an Indian police inspector named Bholanath Ghosh at Daspur, in Bengal, in June. Ghosh and another inspector and four constables were attacked by a mob of several thousands while engaged in suppressing civil disobedience. THE SIND FLOODS. (United Press Association-By CableCopyright.! Delhi, Sept. 26. The immensity of the floods in the Sind district of the Bombay presidency, which are only now subsiding after six weeks, is revealed by the district commissioner, who says the total area inundated is over 550,000 acres. Over 900 villages and hamlets were destroyed, and 40,000 people are homeless. The damage is estimated at £1,500,000.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 239, 27 September 1930, Page 5
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