RIOTS IN GAWNPORE
HINDUS AND MOSLEMS CLASH
(Received 11.58 a.m. ) United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. GAWNPORE, February 12. Hindu-Moslem, rioting broke out owing to the Moslem’s objecting to Hindus playing music in front of a mosque, resulting in 15 being killed and 157 injured. Three hundred were arrested. The police fired six times.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14066, 13 February 1939, Page 6
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