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AFFULA - REPAIRING RAILWAYS IN PALESTINE IS CHILDS PLAY TO AUST. RAILWAYMEN BUT ALSO AN INTERESTING CHANGE FROM THE CONDITIONS AT HOME IN THEIR TASK OF MAINTAINING TRANSPORT FACILITIES ACROSS THE DIFFICULT TERRAIN OF NORTHERN PALESTINE. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
AFFULA NEAR NABLUS IN SAMARIA - MEN OF THE A.I.F. RAILWAY UNIT ARE BUSILY RECONSTRUCTING THE OLD TURKISH RAILWAY LINE THROUGH NORTHERN PALESTINE WHICH SUFFERED SEVERELY BY SABOTAGE DURING RIOTS BETWEE
'IT MIGHT BY ANYWHERE IN AUSTRALIA'. HERE IS A TOUCH OF AUST. BENEATH THE GUM TREES OF AFFULA. GUM TREES WERE IMPORTED INTO PALESTINE DURING THE LAST WAR. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
AFFULA, NEAR NABLUS - THESE MEN OF THE AIF RAILWAYS UNIT MIGHT WELL BE DISTINGUISHED AS THE ONLY A.I.F. UNIT ENGAGED ON REALLY ACTIVE SERVICE. THEY ARE RE-BUILDING THE LINE THROUGH PALESTINE TO SYRIAN
CONVOY PASSING OVER A MOUNTAIN IN NORTHERN PALESTINE. ACROSS THE PLAIN OF ESDRAELON CAN BE SEEN THE TIBERIAS-JERUSALEM ROAD. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
ROAD CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS IN THE WADI EL KUFRA WHERE THE AUST. ENGINEERS ARE REPAIRING THE DAMAGE DONE BY THE RETREATING ITALIANS. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
JERUSALEM - AUST. SOLDIERS ON LEAVE IN JERUSALEM FIND A PARTY OF AUST. GIRLS AT PRESENT SERVING WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN PALESTINE. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
