RIOTS AT CALCUTTA
■ LEGISLATION RESENTED. HI POLICE EIRE ON MOB. ffijJMBER KILLED AND INJURED. Press Association—By Electric V Telegraph—Copyright.) Received April 2, 10.5 a.m. ■ DELHI, April 1. ■ Two sharp riots occurred at Calcutta ■to-day, when a number of carters, bitHerly resenting the recent legislation Reducing the carryable loads on bullock Bind buffalo carts, unhooked their ■karts and blocked the roads and train ffiffines in the busiest part of the city. HS) They received the police with showlllprs of brickbats. |fe. The mob getting out of hand, the fSwolice fired. HE Two hours later a more serious riot pMjkicurred. ml The total known casualties are five gslulled and 60 injured, including a numIjjSer of police. The Commissioner of Police estimates Mjltiat every second policeman was hurt.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 107, 2 April 1930, Page 7
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