DEFIANCE IN INDIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21164, 22 April 1932, Page 9

DEFIANCE IN INDIA.

CONGRESS MEETING.

PROHIBITION IGNORED. GOVERNMENT DETERMINED. RIOTING IN BOMBAY. POLICE FIRE ON MOB. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received April 21, 10.55 p.m.) CALCUTTA. April 21. The All-India National Congress is determined to meet at Delhi in spite of the Government's ban. The commissioner of police at Bombay has served an order on Mrs. Sarjini Naidu, president of the Congress, to prevent her leaving Bombay without permission. The Delhi police raided several houses in connection with preparations made there for the meeting of the Congress The Government is fully determined that no meeting shall be held. One man was killed and 30 were injured when the police were forced to fire in order to quell serious Hindu-Moslem rioting in Bombay. Moslems objected to Hindus singing and playing music near a Moslem mosque during the Bakrid festival. The religionists attacked each other with knives and stones. The police were caught between the opposing factions and had to fire to disperse them. Fourteen police officers and meji were injured. There were similar disorders in all parts of the native quarter in Bombay. However, the situation now is under control. NEW LEGISLATURE. KING'S GRACIOUS MESSAGE. NORTH-WEST PROVINCE'S STATUS (Received April 21, 6.5 p.m.) British Wireless. RUGBY, April 20. At the opening of. the North-West Frontier Province Legislative Council at Peshawar the Viceroy, the Earl of Willingdon read the following message from the King:— Recently I had great pleasure in according my sanction to the elevation of the North-West Frontier Province to the position of a Governor's province under the Government of India Act, and I rejoice that to-day you are celebrating the fulfilment of that decision. On peace and good government in the North-West Frontier Province depends in great measure the security of India and I look with confidence to the people of the province to set in order their affairs so that the momentous changes which my Viceroy to-day is inaugurating on my behalf will conduce to the benefit of their province and of India as a whole.

Through niv Viceroy I send to you, 1 he people of the North-West.Frontier Province, and to your new Government and Legislature, my warmest greetings. It is my earnest prayer that to-day's happenings may promote your lasting contentment and prosperity.