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Southland Times, Issue 21821, 26 September 1932, Page 7

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SETTLEMENT IN INDIA GANDHI EATS AGAIN TO-DAY HEALTH AFFECTED (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Calcutta, September 24. A settlement was reached on Friday afternoon between the Hindus, and Gandhi is ending his fast on Monday. A draft pact, which includes 150 provincial council seats for the suppressed classes, is being drawn up for submission to the Premier with an appeal to the Government to expedite a decision. Gandhi is growing weaker. He is unable to keep awake during the day and his voice is feeble. He condemned his followers for fasting in sympathy, and appealed to them to exert their energies for the eradication of untouchability. HINDU-MOSLEM RIOTS TROOPS RESTORE ORDER. (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Calcutta, September 24. Fifty were seriously injured in Hindhu-Moslem riots at Srinagar (Kashmir) yesterday. The trouble arose through students attacking a “health week” demonstration arranged by the Government to improve the condition of the city. Shops were looted and set on fire. Troops were summoned and restored order. CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE GENERAL IMPROVEMENT. (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, September 23. Although there has recently been a slight deterioration in the Indian civil disobedience situation in Bengal and the United Provinces, a general improvement occurred during August and the total number of convictions was 3046, including 73 women, which was considerably less than July. Convictions since the beginning of the movement on January 4 totalled 58,774, and the number undergoing imprisonment at the end of August was 21,422, including 843 women, a decline of 3210 on the previous month. FATALLY STABBED EUROPEAN OFFICIAL. (Rec. 11.15 p.m.) Calcutta, September 25. Joseph O’Hara, a European forest official, was fatally stabbed by five Burmans in his lonely bungalow in the jungle near Pystmana, Burma.