IN PALESTINE
JERUSALEM PANIC. United Press Association—By Elect. >«• Telegraph—Copyright). JERUSALEM, October 28. Shops were closed and a panic prevailed in the city consequent on an attack on a Jewish glassware shop- ; keeper, whom Boycotters demanded should return five shillings to an Arab woman, the purchaser of goods to that amount'. The shopkeeper refused and a crowd of Arabs stabbed him in the neck, destroyed his goods, injured his son and assaulted a Jewish neighbour who intervened. An Arab policeman allegedly Withdrew without protecting the Jews. v . ENQUIRY / OPENING/ ' > JERUSALEM, October 28. The British Commission of Inquiry into Arab and Jewish disturbances opens to-da-v, amid a situation considerably worse than in August owing to the support of co-religionists in neighbouring countries and. also in •India. , The Arab Congress is breathing threats, of a boycott- and non-payment of taxes besides demanding parliamentary government-. In an ordinance, the Government states it will deal sternly with sedition. gun-running, incitement to civil war and unlawful drilling.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 October 1929, Page 6
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161IN PALESTINE Hokitika Guardian, 30 October 1929, Page 6
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