PALESTINE RESTORATION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15320, 16 September 1920, Page 2

PALESTINE RESTORATION.

1 . *m ■■ ~ Ar t WELLINGTON, last night. Mr Israel Cohen, emissary of the executive of the Zionist organisation-, leave* -lor, Australia to-morrow. Th. resalt of hi 3 appeal to the Jews of New Zealand for the Palestine Restoration oSs_7w*? a * n to raiae the »°m of £Z(m)0. In addition to this, Mrs David L. Nathan, of Auckland has initiated a movement thereby : the"Jewish women of tho Dominion will provide a fund to train a Jejwish "Plunket" nurse m England * fbr: Service m Palestine., On the eve of hi? debarture from New Zealand Mr Cohen has issued the following message: *'I should like to express my sincere thanks to all those who Tiave contributed, toy the success" of my mission m New Zealand.- ft, 1 success has exceeded my anticipations. lam grateful to the Government and the civic authorities for the cordial (welcome they have extended to me_. to the public for the sympathetic hearing they have always accorded me, and to tho press for publicity and editorial support it has so readily given to* my campaign. I thankfully acknowledge the very generous . re-, sponse made to, miy appeal by the. Jewish community, which,' though small m" number-, has set an excellent example to all Jews m tho rest of the world." — Press Assn.