THE UNDER-SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES.
The, cable messages* to Now Zee_to_nd announcing th© couipoeaitaon- of iihe new Ministry, mad© -no mention of ttfo© new Under--Secretary for tb© Cblaniieß. The Aus*tr__i__i papers, however, wer© informed that Lieut.-Cbfonel Seedy bad bean appointed. Colonel Seoly is a man of thirty-nine. H© was educated at Harrow and Cambridge, and became a barrister. H© saw service with, distinction in tb© South African war, and while at th© front was elected to the House of Commons as a C_ne©rro.tivo for th© Js_l© of Wight. Ho, however, differed from ti*o Unionist Government as to its South African policy following t_he wa_r, and at th© general ©lection dedaired 'himself a Liberal. Ho -was elected for tho Abercromby Division of Liverpool.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13098, 24 April 1908, Page 7
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