BRITISH FORCES IN PALESTINE
ARRIVAL OF STRONG CONTINGENTS ARABS REJECT PLANS FOR PEACE British Official Wireless RUGBY, September 22. The first detachment of reinforcements for Palestine is due to arrive at Haifa to-day. General Dill will be present to welcome the troops. More than 1500 troops left Aidershot to-day for Palestine, making ten battalions at sea. MENACE OF ARAB UNREST BRITISH SOI,DIER KILLED United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright (Received September 23, 7.36 p.m.) JERUSALEM, September 23. The Arab Higher Committee rejected King Ibn Saud’s advice to call off the strike. Lance-Corporal Merry, of the York and Lancashire Regiment, was killed in a skirmish with an armed Arab band near Rama, in Palestine, after the reports that the Arab Higher Committee was preparing a proclamation declaring its determination to continue the strike. More Vigorous Methods The first emergency reinforcements from England, numbering 1400 men. reached Haiea at 5 o’clock this morning. The announcement regarding martial law is expected this week-end.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20531, 24 September 1936, Page 9
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