As an expression of the national mourning on the day which marked both the opening of the riots last Summer and Tisha B’ab, this all-Jewish city, which had recently been supplied with electric street lamps by the Rutenberg Power Company, remained shrouded in darkness Saturday evening while all amusement places and other shops were closed.
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