CONDITIONS IN INDIA
CONGRESS INFLUENCE WANING. DEMAND FOR BRITISH GOODS. (Press Association.—Copyright.) • * (Received 8.30 .m.) Delhi, March 4. Mr. V. J. Patel the veteran exSpeaker of the Legislative Assembly and ex-president of the National Congress, has been released from prison, but under a pledge to abstain from any participation in the disobedience movement.
, A steady impiwement in the sale of British piece goods is reported in all the big centres of India, except at Bombay, which is still suffering the after-effects of the Congress rule. Inquiries up country for British textiles are increasing, Calcutta and Madras being busier than for many months past. ' The demand for-Manchester goods is welcomed as a sign of the waning influence of the boycotters and a return of confidence consequent upon the official action against picketing.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3439, 5 March 1932, Page 5
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