LORD CRAIGAVON.
VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND. (■PKIT3P PRESS ASSOCIATION —B* EIiXCTBIC TELEGBAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (Received July 10th, 9 p.m.) LONDON, July 10. Lord and Lady Craigavon sail by the Otranto on September 14th and will remain in New Zealand for three months. —Australian Press Association tion. [Lord Craigavon, who was formerly Sir James Craig, was elevated to the peerage in 1927. He is Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. After serving in the South African war he adopted a political career and was elected in 1906 as Conservative M.P. He has taken a keen interest in the Ulster movement and was elected Conservative leader in Northern Ireland's new Parliament in 1921, when he became the first Prime Minister. While a member of the House of Commons for East Division, County Down, he was Treasurer of H.M. Household 1916-18, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions 1919-20, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty 1920-21.]
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19668, 11 July 1929, Page 9
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