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Thefts from Premises in Kowloon.
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INDIAN CONGRESSTM DOOMED ?
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Rugby, Yesterday.
The Air Ministry's airship R100
A Chinese who stole a length of piping from the compound of the [new Telephone Building, in Strong pressure is being was taken from her shed at Carding. Nathan Road, was sentenced to brought on the Government to ton before dawn to-day and an hour Pix weeks hard labour, at the declare the entire Congress or- and a half later she was safely locked ganisation unlawful because its Kowloon Magistracy this morn-programme of raiding salt works, down to the mooring, mast. Major picketing foreign cloth and liquor Scott was in charge of the operation, shops, boycotting foreign banking which was performed in favourable insurance, and advocating the weather in a light northerly wind non-payment of taxes, is definite-
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EAST AFRICA.
Plans for a Closer Union.
GOVERNMENT ACTION.
Rugby, Yesterday. The Under-Secretary for the Colonies, Dr. Drummond Shiels, said that it was proposed to pre- sent to Parliament on June 20 the conclusions of the Government. re-
garding a closer union in East Africa. The Secretary for the Colonies would move in the House of Lords for the appointment of a joint committee of both Houses to consider the Government's pro- posal,-British Wireless Service.
ly revolutionary and should be registering only four or five miles fought most drastically before hourly. The R100 left this evening chaos results..
for a trial flight, during which tests will be made of the new engines
More Arrests.
Later, that have been fitted. The flight A message from Jhelum states that 36 prominent Natonalist will probably last 12 or 14 hours. leaders have been arrested after The passengers include the Under- processionists who were on their Secretary for Air Mr. F. Montague. way to the station to meet Pandit If the tests are satisfactory the Malaviya refused to disperse vessel will be ready for her flight to Reuter.
Canada, the exact date of departure being determined by weather condi
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Bombay, Yesterday. Three hundred unarmed and 50tions. The outlook at present over armed police, under high officers, the Atlantic is not regarded as surrounded the Indian National favourable.-British Wireless Ser- Congress "Headquarters at seven o'clock this morning.
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CONFERENCE BEGUN.
Harbin, May 14, - Telegrams received here from the building was strictly guarded by armed pickets. Moscow state that the official Those arrested include Choksey, Soviet organs have published vice-president of the Bombay Pro- articles of greeting to the Chin- vincial Congress, the two secretesc delegation aries and the treasurer of the Con-Russian conference, all of the. gress, the editor of the Congress articles emphasising the import
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Bulletin, and two members of the "war council.'t All the arrests were made under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, banning the publication of the Bombay Con- gresa Bulletin.
Numerous documents were alas seized. Fourteen persons were in- jured and sent to hospital when the police dispersed a crowd who were following a lorry containing seized documents-Reuter.
Dharasana, Yesterday. Mrs. Naidu has been arrested.
Further Arrests.
Dharasana, later. Gandhi's son, Manilal Gandhi, Gandhi's secretary, Pyarelal, and the Moslem Imam. Saheb of Bawa- gir who co-operated with Gandhi in the latter's civil resistance cam- paign In South Africa, were also arrested.
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