CABLE NEWS
RIOTOUS SIKHS. By Electric Telegraph.—Press Association—Copyright. CALCUTTA, Oct. 4. Official.—The Komata Maru's Sikh passengers, rejected at Vancouver, have arrived at Bajbaj. Many refused to entrain. A Punjaubi fired, killing Lomax, assistant traffic superintendent of the railway, and four natives and wounding the Commissioner of Police and several policemen. A volley from the troops killed sixteen Sikhs, and the remainder scattered. Many were arrested. SHIPPING. Eeceived 5 p.m. SYDNEY, Oct. 4. Arrived, yesterday: Riverina. NEWCASTLE, Oct. 4. Arrived: Hanley, from New Zealand. MELBOURNE, Oct. 4. Arrived: Kaiapoi, from Kaipara. LONDON, Oct. 3. Sailed: Turakina, for Wellington.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12909, 5 October 1914, Page 6
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