News

25 years ago:

The Globe and Mail reported that soldiers were ordered to shoot rioters on sight in six major Indian cities to stop lynching, beatings and arson that had killed a reported 157 people in northern India since the assassination of Indira Gandhi on Oct. 31, 1984. Hindus were reported to have hanged Sikhs, beaten them to death and burned their shops, cars and homes in revenge for the Prime Minister's death at the hands of two of her Sikh bodyguards.

50 years ago:

The Globe and Mail reported that a crowd of 150 men and youths spent Halloween night in Arkona, Ont. (near Sarnia), throwing rocks and eggs at passing cars, and setting bonfires on the main street. In Hagersville, Ont., a Halloween prank on No. 6 Highway cost the life of a woman driver and seriously injured her passenger. The 40-year-old woman was killed when her car struck a tree after another car had just started moving. It was one of several that had been stopped by a barricade set across the highway by pranksters.

100 years ago:

The Globe reported that Opposition Leader R.L Borden, addressing the members of the Centre and South Toronto Conservative Club, reaffirmed his adhesion to the government's policy of Canadian naval independence. The only modifications of his previous utterances on the subject was the introduction of a proviso that in event of a sudden emergency, Canada should be prepared to make a money contribution in aid of the defence of the British empire. "So long as we remain in and of the empire," he declared, amid the cheers of the audience which filled the clubroom, "so long as we fly the empire's flag, Canada cannot hold aloof in time of danger."