DAMAGE AT LYDDA.
Valuable Radio Apparatus Destroyed. MARTIAL LAW IMMINENT. (Received 2 p.m.) JKKI'SALKM, October 18. The wireless and post ullii't service at Lydda, destroyed by sabateurs. ha* been temporarily patched u|>. Invrstigatiolits show that* raiders we. ■ familiar with the movement* of a small patrol, which was resting at a hut when the fire was started, in which valuable apparatus, documents and passports were destroyed. This is the second time incendiaries have destroyed the whole of the Lydda wireless equipment. The total loss is between £1.j,000 and £20,000. In view of the continuance of terrorism preparations have been completed for enforcing martial law, which is believed to be imminent. An Arab, Dr. Abu Labbi, was arrested for refusing to jrive the names of terrorists under treatment.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 248, 19 October 1937, Page 7
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126DAMAGE AT LYDDA. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 248, 19 October 1937, Page 7
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