AN APPOINTMENT
LIEUT. GOVERNOR OF MALTA
(Official Wireless.)
(Received this day at 10 a.m.) RUGBY, June 12.
The King has approved of the appointment of Harry Luke, Chief Secretary to Palestine to be Lieutenant Governor of Malta in succession of Sir Thomas Best, who has-been appointed Governor of Windward Islands.
It was npon Luke that the responsibility fell of coping with the crisis in Palestine created by the disturbances of last year, Sir John Chancellor (high commissioner) being absent on leave. He now goes to Malta to assist General Sir John Ducane (Governor) in tue highly intricate situation which has developed there in connection with the relations with the Vatican.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1930, Page 5
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110AN APPOINTMENT Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1930, Page 5
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