ARAB AMBUSH
NOTED POLICE PARTY SUPERINTENDENT KILLED VOLLEY IN DARKNESS ESCAPE OF ASSAILANTS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Jan. 3, 9 a.m.) JERUSALEM, Jan. 1. Arabs placed an ambush on the Nablus-Jerusalem road during the night and fired on a motor oar in which Sir Charles Tegart, the police chief ol Palestine, Major G. Brunskill. a staff officer, and Sir Charles Tegart's personal assistant. District Police Superintendent G. D. Sanderson, were travelling. Sir Charles Tegart's car was preceded by armoured cars when they encountered a barrier of stones.
Superintendent Sanderson joined the police who went to remove them. The Arabs fired a volley and Superintendent Sanderson was killed. None of the others was hit.
The Arabs escaped in the darkness,
LONDON CONFERENCE
(Reed. Jan. 3. T 1.30 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 1
It is officially reported from Aden that the Imam of Yemen has nominated his son, Seif el Hussien, to represent him at the conference on Palestone to be held in London.
The selection, of representatives of the Palestinian Arabs is at a standstill. The Government will allow reasonable time but, in default of representation, it will fix a polic> of Us own accord.
The Jerusalem correspondent of The Times states that the French authorities have disallowed members of the disbanded Higher Arab Committee to go to Lebanon to interview the Grand Mufti, who is unwilling to leave there in case he is not allowed to return. It may, therefore, be necessary for the leaders to meet in Egypt without the Grand Mufti.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19827, 3 January 1939, Page 5
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