SOVIET STEAMER AT BASRA.
IRAQ POLICE ON GUARD. (trjrrtin rasas association—bt exectsic TBLBORAPH—COPTBIGET.) BASRA. May 19. Directly the Soviet steamer Kommunist berthed here the Iraq police mounted an armed guard. Only the captain was allowed ashore, where &M the banks declined to negotiate the ship's documents. The cargo mostly consists of matches, sugar, and lamps. The cause of the police action is that the sum of £48.750 aboard is believed to be destined to rekindle trouble among the workers in the oilfields. — Australian Press Association.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19624, 21 May 1929, Page 9
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