REVOLT IN MADEIRA.
CHIEF TOWN SEIZED. NOTABILITIES ARRESTED. PORTUGAL TO SEND FORCE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received April C, 7.25 p.m.) LONDON, April 5. A message from Funchal, the chief town of Madeira, states that on the alleged instigation of deportees from Lisbon the local troops and troops sent from Lisbon to deal with a recent general strike revolted. The rebels arrested the High Commissioner and the civil and military Governors, look over the telegraphs, telephones, the Bank of Portugal and the local Finance Department and nominated General Sousa Dins as Governor and head of a military junta. A manifesto issued by the junta says the movement is aimed at abolishing the revolutionary regime. The Portuguese Government to-morrow will despatch a cruiser and a macliinegun battalion to Funchal.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20841, 7 April 1931, Page 9
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