AND HE DID NOT DIE!
BRITISH OFFICER AMAZES ARABS “POISONED” SWEETS EATEN : (Australian a>id N.Z. Press Association) ! Reed. 11. IS a.ra. JERUSALEM, Mon. Crowds of Arabs trooped from the | office of Major Harrington, deputy- ; superintendent of the Palestine Police, shouting “Maashallali!” (wonderful). The visit was the outcome of wildfire rumours that the Jews.'were selling poisoned sweets to the Arabs. ' They *->ok along samples. “M, .*lends,” said Major Harring- ; ton. ‘ don’t be silly. Look here.” n, getting back in his chair, the n ; took the sweets and ate them one by one. The Arabs, open-mouthed with fear and astonishment, waited for the major to die. When nothing hapi pened, loud cries of amazement went j forth, and they spread a tale of a j miracle. The action of the major prevented what might easily have been another j racial outbreak.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 776, 24 September 1929, Page 9
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139AND HE DID NOT DIE! Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 776, 24 September 1929, Page 9
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