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— DUKE OF CONNAUGHT AT MADRAS A WARM WELCOME (By Electric Telegraph —Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association) DELHI, Jan. 10. The Duke of Connaught paid his first official Visit to Madras, where h e was loyally welcomed by great crowds of Indians from all parts of Southern India, despite the efforts of non-co-operators to boycott the visit. The Duke declared that his mission was to inaugurate the new councils constituted under the Reform Act, which l(a hoped would help to heal the old sores and meet the new spirit of India which Britain recognised. THE NEW VICEROY. | LONDON, Jan. 11. I Lord Reading, replying to congratvu j lations in the High Court, said he felt that- his appointment to the Vice-. Royalty of India indicated the Govern-; ment’s desire that justice should remain the supreme guiding factor in the I destinies of India, !
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 12 January 1921, Page 5
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143INDIA Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 12 January 1921, Page 5
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