PALESTINE UNREST.
ANOTHER DERAILMENT. JERUSALEM, Sept. 15. A goods train of 20 wagons, bound from Haifa, was derailed on a steep gradient. The guard and look-out man were severely injured. The military escort fired at Arabs concealed in heavy cactus, wounding one. A pumping station on the Jericho Road was blown up, becoming a mass of flame. MORE TROOPS SAIL. Received September 17, 11.30 a.m. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Sept. 16. The liner Naldera sails to-day from Southampton with a further detachment of reinforcements for Palestine. The troops include the Second Battalion of the Oameron Highlanders from the Borden Camp, the headquarters staff of the First Infantry Brigade, the Royal Army Ordnance Corps from Aldershot, and the headquarters staff of the Fifth Divisional Signals from Scarborough.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 248, 17 September 1936, Page 9
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126PALESTINE UNREST. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 248, 17 September 1936, Page 9
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