British Officer Wounded Near Jerusalem, Jerusalem, July 1.
Lieutenant J. M. High, RAME., and Private Mayers, of the Seaforth Highlanders, were wounded to-day near Tui Karem, 40 miles north of Jerusalem, when' they were fired on from the hills while engaged in convoy work.
This was only one of a series of incidents which marked one of the worst days of lawlessness in Palestine since the present crisis.
Two civilians were injured as the result of the explosion of a bomb a police-station near Jaffa, recelving splinters in their bodies as they were passing by. None of the inmates suffered any injury.
'A triple murder is reported to have occurred in Jaffa, the victims being three Christian Arabs, who, it is Weved, were killed as the outcome a family or personal foud.
Desperate tightening up of the strike measures has stultified the impression that the seriousness of the movement has been dwindling.
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