The Archive · 1937

IN PALESTINE

Big Price Put on Heads of Soldiers' Assassins Jerusalem, Nov. 8.

Despite all precautions taken the authorities here, terrorists are still active in Palestine.

At Lydda yesterday, an Arab detective was severely wounded after an attack by unknown assailants, while near Beisan a train was stopped by bandits.

The police are still searching for the murderers of the two soldiers of the Black Watch who were killed recently, and have offered a reward of £1,000 for information leading to the arrest of the murderers, Curfew was imposed in all towns suspected of harbouring the assassins, while all inhabitants of these towns were ordered to present themselves daily before the authorities, An important Jewish labour m ing in Tel-Aviv yesterday to protest against the new immigration system. voted a resolution protesting against the situation of Jews in Poland.

The, Jewish Olympic Games, set for next April, were postponed until 1939, A riot broke out yesterday in the village of Siloan, where officials are searching for the murderers of the two soldiers of the Black Watch, during which two Arabs were killed and seventeen wounded, A large part of the population of villages in that area has fled to the mountains, In Transjordania bombs were dropped on several official buildings; telephone lines are cut in several places—

Chinese admitted that their defence lines were to the south of this avenue, but were confident that they could hold up attacks last night A new fire broke out in the Tung Wen College buildings yesterday evening. The buildings ad hi smouldering throughout the ay yesterday, and it was considered possible that last night's fire was no more than another outbreak of the flames which the Fire Brigade had been refused leave to handle the night before, At all events. yesterday afternoon there appeared to be little left of the former Japanese university's campus to burn

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