GOVERNMENT OF PALESTINE
es of ™ JEWISH HIGH COMMISSIONER. I in _ ns he NEW COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM. id i >w Reuter. LONDON, May 30. A i.i 4 Mr. Herbert Samuel departs for Paleser Mr. Herbert Samuel departs for Palesill tine on Juno 29 and takes up the duties I of High Commissioner on July 1. The n Palestine authorities have appointed a u new council for the community of Jerusa- g lem, with a Moslem as president and a t Jew as vice-president. The council con- o s ists of two Jews, two Mahommedans and I two Christians. * , a 5< Mr. Herbert Samuel has had a ("is- 1 30. tinguished political career. Entering Par- c liament in 1902, he became Parliamentary e an Secretary to the Home Department in ' irt 1905, and in 1909 he became a member of | c Bes Mr. Asquith's Cabinet, as Chancellor of i ' Ml i, e Duchy of Lancaster. He became sue- | < ln_ cessively'Postmaster-General, President of! 1 ceß the Local Government Board, and Home j 1 !nt Secretary. In 1919 he was appointed < es " British Special Commissioner to Belgium. ' Ins I
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17485, 1 June 1920, Page 5
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