NO MORE BRITISH SHIPS
TRANSPORT OF JEWS CYPRUS TO PALESTINE (11.30 a.m.) JERUSALEM, Aug. 11. The Palestine Government spokesman said that ' after the navy had transported 985 Jewish orphans from Cyprus to Palestine no more. British ships would be used for ferrying migrants who were permitted to enter Palestine from Cyprus on the monthly quota because of the sabotage of tne ferry ship Lifeguard on July 20. There are 360 migrants still in Cyprus awaiting a passage under the July quota and 750 are due to leave on August 15. They will be taken to Palestine in a ship chartered by the Jewish Agency.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22405, 12 August 1947, Page 5
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104NO MORE BRITISH SHIPS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22405, 12 August 1947, Page 5
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