TURMOIL IN INDIA

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14601, 26 February 1921, Page 5

TURMOIL IN INDIA

FIGHTING AT NAPUR CROWDS STVONE THE POLICE. RAILWAY STRIKE LIKELY. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received February 25, 11.5 p.m. DELHI, February 24. The trouble at N'apur was the outcome of the non-co-opei l ators' activities. Crowds stoned the police when li'ying to dispel them with drawn swords, and many were injured in the melee. The mob raided and demolished a number of liquor stores. The (roups are guarding the civil population, and reinforcements are arrivingA meeting of European and Indian rallwaymen at Allahabad declared in favour of a strike on Monday unless ■their demands are granted. A committee of inquiry has been appointed. The .situation at Ton!; is still unsettled. More arrests have been made. An official inquiry is proceeding as to the cause of the trouble. TRAMWAY STRIKE ENDED. NON-CO-OPERATORS ACTIVE. •(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) DELHI, February 24. The strike among the tramwaymen at Calcutta, after lasting a month, has ended, the company having undertaken to investigate the grievances. Non-co-operator agitators fomented a strike among the Karachi shipbuilders, who forme.i a society called "The Proletariat Emancipati in Society.'' ,\ meeting of Indian merchants reaffirmed their decision not to take delivery of ordered goods or meet their liabilities until the exchange is stabilised and the value of the rupee rises to 2s.