HIGH COMMISSIONER.
';£ , ?£ , ?* le F r A«soolation-fOopyrlßliui ; -' .:£y:'X;v(l^^:i>eoeinb^ %Mi V: .;":&':; W+ December; 15;^.' vi|SiK*Ge6;rgfcitod'ha^ accop^,'^e''High;:;Conimi^ nussidnar of .the:Commonwealth;,.The position' carries' .witfeit*.iv. salary vof ■ J63000; a year, < withresidence,, and- anVnllbwance'; <f or travelling expenses.''': ■';-.'•{;•' : :. :•:''.. :v;. ; '-:. : ■'-.-••: ; a PPpintment : 'bf i S^r^deo^6:Eeid : mli^e- , move. ; frbm Australian .political ,'ife one of .'its 1 most -distinguished \pUblic /men: :;:Sir .Qborgo attained his.real eminence. in New iSouth -Wales' -before.-.Federation; VSince(ther-'Commonwealth--ho.,has," 1 for various: reasons (mostly of a prirate character)-;■not' ; been so ;extensively identic". fied; witti.. political, affairs.-'-r Entering: the 1 ' House' ofi.Hepresentativcs' in'.thei.firstv Federal!'Parlia-' inent,' as leader 'of the sree r trade' party, he was ■ niado : /headjof; the^Opppsition;:,:.Hut; the"pre* sure of; his/corift;,practice, in'Sydney./pfevented . him , ;-froih , ; work..:-For .a lime he-became >Prime, Minister"'' ' .later,-; when"another'adjustment, ./,'of■••;; parties took; place; 1 /lib. resigned:from; the .'leadership, of theVOppbsiriohy;v!::P'; , ...;^S'^: 'l:-?-'.-? ■ '::;,;.:' ~;'■■ ■•■ '.•'.;: Since j then,: he has remained -in:the Housei''as .W.heh>,thelesion. Ministry; .was formed : he—having; been*.prominent, in ad- : .yocatiar. a: coalition; of .the sections''opposed ,tothe; Labquri..party—took his '6eat' on'- tne .GoV'einmcnt ;crossi.bonches}as. one 'of its ; supp6rtv OTS. i ;iSir..,Gei6rge JBeid 'represented "NeiriSouthWales' m: London at the jubilee, of Queen Vic-' tbria.V-H;V v 'i:;J :;.::.■::;:.;„.; y ;: '-':' : -
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 691, 16 December 1909, Page 7
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181HIGH COMMISSIONER. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 691, 16 December 1909, Page 7
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