AID FOR POLICE
AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CONTROL IN PALESTINE (Reed. March 2.2 p.m.) JERUSALEM, March 1. An Australian detachment co-oper-ated with the Palestine police in a village in which bandits were believed to be hiding. The action was successful, the villagers surrendering ammunition. The Australians have assumed the work of patrolling the countryside, which previously was carried out by British troops. Colonel Allen has been appointed military commander of the district and is responsible for tire maintenance of military and civil orders. He invited Arab notables and chiefs to an openair conference at which the chiefs declared that all the Arabs were for the Allies,
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20186, 2 March 1940, Page 6
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104AID FOR POLICE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20186, 2 March 1940, Page 6
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