MORE OUTRAGES IN PALESTINE
Two Buildings Bombed CURFEW RESTRICTION EXTENDED By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received May 21, 7.50 p.m.) Jerusalem, May 21. Several new outrages have occurred, including the bombing of tbe Jaffa police station and tlie Acre post office, but there were no casualties. Arabs attacked police vehicles at Safed and fired shots on police quarters at Beisan and Jenin.
The curfew, which was applied first to Jaffa and afterward to Jerusalem, has now been extended to the whole Palestinian railway system, including an area 50 yards on either side of tbe track, which troops are patrolling. A later message states that further outrages include an attempt to blow up a bridge near Jerusalem and the cutting of the wires of the Jerusalem broadcasting station. Jews are continuing the evacuation of the old city of Jerusalem in which only 200 Jewish families now remain. Christians are also deserting the mixed quarters ef the town.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 201, 22 May 1936, Page 11
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