RED INTIMIDATION
BENGAL MILLS IDLED,
COMPLETE STOPPAGE FEARED
(Australian Press Association.) (Received' 11 a.m.) DELHI, August a
A complete stoppage in the Bengal jute mills is threatened, due to Communist agitators, whose influence has thrown idle 120,000 rndn. Nine more mills stopped today. Forty per cent of the looms in the industry are idle.
The weavers declare that they are satisfied with the conditions, but declare that they were threatened with molestation if thev went to’ work.
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Northern Advocate, 6 August 1929, Page 5
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77RED INTIMIDATION Northern Advocate, 6 August 1929, Page 5
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