RIOTING IN BOMBAY.
POLICE RESORT TO FORCE. , CALCUTTA, May 24. Wild scenes occurred at Bombay last night. Police fired 50 rounds at riotous textile mill strikers and also made a baton charge, injuring ten, upon which the strikers attacked the police with stones and bottles.
The police succeeded in dispersing the mobs when they used revolvers and rifles. The casualties are unknown.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 149, 25 May 1934, Page 7
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62RIOTING IN BOMBAY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 149, 25 May 1934, Page 7
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