THE HEDJAZ UNREST.
CARTRIDGES FOR GOVERNMENT.
(Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, March 26. In the House of Commons the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (Mr L. C. M. S. Amery) informed! Commander J. M. Kenworthy (Labour) that he had not been consulted before licenses were granted in November 1927, for the export of 2,000 000 Lee-Enfield cartridges to the Hedjaz Government, but the Foreign Office and Service Departments were consulted. . „ , ~ The Latest information was that the King of Hedjaz (Ibn Saiid) dissociated himself from the natives’ recent aggression. He had not supplied them with munition. THE RAIDS ON IRAQ. DRYING WELLS GIVE RESPITE. (Per Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.15 &.m.) 1 BASRA, March 26. Picked pilots experienced in desert campaigning have arrived from England, hut further'trouble from the Wahabis is not expected until the next cold season. The desert wells on which the raiders depend are already drying.. The defenders, however, are taking no risks.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 142, 27 March 1928, Page 5
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