AFFAIRS IN INDIA
STRIKES COLLAPSING RAILWAYMEN REPLACED BY OUTSIDE LABOUR. UNREASONABLE DEMANDS. By Telegraph—Prese Aesn.—Copyright Australian auil NZ Ca-b.e Association, (Received March 12, 5.5 p.m.) DELHI, March 11. There is a police strike in Patna anti district, owing to dissatisfaction over the recent increases in pay and allowances. The Lucknow railway strike is breaking. l’h<. men desire to return. The authorities are unwilling, regarding the demands as unreasonable. Outside labour is replacing the strikers, and the service is nearly normal. THE LEGISLATURE GOVERNMENT APPLIES VETO FOR FIRST TIME. (Received March 12, 5.5 p.m.) DELHI, March 11. In reference to the forthcoming census, Gandhi writes in his paper “Young India” :—“I am clear that we must co-operate with the Government in the census.” The Government disallowed an Indian resolution in the Legislature that the salary of the» Governor of the United Provinces be the same as before the Reforms Act was passed. This is the first time the Government has exercised the veto.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10848, 14 March 1921, Page 6
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