HC Deb 30 June 1908 vol 191 c563
MR. REES (Montgomery Boroughs)

I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Government has any information regarding the recent discovery of a bomb on the steps of the Scottish Mission Church at Calcutta.

THE UNDER-SECEETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. BUCHANAN,) Perthshire, E.

The Secretary of State received a report with regard to the finding of the bomb, but it gave no substantial information beyond that which was contained in the newspapers.

MR. KEIR HARDIE (Merthyr Tydvil)

Has the hon. Gentleman any information showing that the outrage in this instance was due to a trade dispute?

MR. BUCHANAN

We have no information to that effect.

MR. REES

I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can now give the House any information regarding the outrage perpetrated near Calcutta upon the Eastern Bengal State Railway.

MR. BUCHANAN

The most recent report received from the Government of India informs us that the man, Campsie, the most severely injured, is progressing, and that as yet no clue has been obtained to the perpetrators of the outrage.