SIR RUFUS ISAACS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1465, 13 June 1912, Page 5

SIR RUFUS ISAACS.

ELEVATED TO CABINET RANK. . ■ By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyr'eht. j / - London; June 11. > ft- V officially announced that Sir EiiV':fu's Isaacs', Attorney-General, becomes member of .the Cubincl. T' lo \a(hr ; i'ssion of; tjic' Attorhey-Gcneral : ■ tlie - Cabiriet '.;is 'unprecode'ntc,'(l;' and- 1 ; is. regarded as a personal distinction for special services rendered by Sir Ihifus ■: Isaacs, notably in connection, with tho ■ • ; \rpcciit ilabp'iu: ' . :i P'l'lW Isaacs, has :becn,in : since, 1 1901, i.wlieu -lio.. took .'l'iis ' •.> '■ fat ior Heading- at a by-'eleetio:v,-Ho is- . .: .. ''npn a.s l one. of the :coming ;;mcii :in " ■ i,- 1 !?. 01 ;" party; which, is .uncommonly ' : " 11 . (lff ior. clever lawyers.; Af.'the Bar,. -.' ,- oj course, 'ho;ha3Uilready;'!;comoi":;foiv'froihi v : the monient wh«n lie '.ioo!c;.si]K,. in 1R!!3, ; : ■ ' f-P--. JVTO P® C V, II tp- ■:,«■: ~T oi'-enidsC *piaco in the ' ; ranks of- leading counsel. Armed, with;,<i, ■ 'keen,. .witty; iiianher; meaning of the most in.iidions' n'el for. .;!. .unwary-; fitnesses,* .ho ■is.'-.a,:.notablO''-.cro : ss^.' . exaiianor, and , in,'.the eyes hot , the public ■ I j .Oliarlesißussell.j and ■ -fflonclt. cnn .lje considered a real' popular -V [•success if he is not-p. participant. Beioro ' ; ; being callwl to tho Bar; 18H7.- ho had Wo ;■ j.-bn: ; thtt ; StocJt ■, 'I in-, that region - has: made liim . peculiarly' ; ; I oilicieiit in- dealing w'ithV'coihmerciiif, cases;;-; - Ho wa.s born in London in .15-110, ami re- V ■ i ; ;;School,{Snd : i : nt- present engaged in conducting Hip '. Government. '.cn'-Ht-in cbnikction'with tho ;. ■: TiEa'nio inquiry.. ~. ■:*"',." ' * : '', ]■