DRUSE LEADER KILLED.
ANOTHER CHIEF'S MISHAP. LONG KNIFE UP HIS SLEEVE. Snn> DAMASCUS. Dec. 29. The Druse leader, Hassan Kharrat, has been killed in a suburban skirmish. A motor-car knocked down another chief who was proceeding to an audience with M. do Jouvenol, the French Commissioner. A doctor discovered a long knife concealed in his sleeve. M/de Jouvenel has fixed January 8 as the last day for the surrender of the rebels.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19214, 31 December 1925, Page 9
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