UNREST IN INDIA
FIGHBNG ON FRONTIER MOHMANDS MAKE ATTACKS SUCCESSFULLY DRIVEN OFF [By Telegraph—Pres* Association—Copyright) DELHI, May 15. Large bands of Mohmands attacked several British posts on the frontier during the last few days. At Data an Indian scout was killed. The raiders in each case were driven off and subsequently attacked by aeroplanes. Troops have arrested many agitators and are disarming tribesmen in the villages whence the raiders come. The liquor shops have been reopened at Pashawar.
The authorities, assisted by military, surrounded the Utmanzai headquarters of the red volunteers and successfully disarmed the whole village.
Mrs Naidu, commanding the disobedience campaign, is loading tho raid on the salt works at Charsana to-day. Two thousand volunteers are planning a raid on Saturday on the salt works at Wadali, near Bombay. One hundred arrests have been made at Sholapur since martial law was declared.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 115, 17 May 1930, Page 9
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