The Archive · 1929

The Palestine Inquiry

Opportunity for All Parties to Prepare Their Cases London, Sept. 29.

The Colonial" Office announces that, in order that all the parties principally concerned in the inquiry into the immediate causes of the in Palestine may ple time adequately to arrange representation of their interests during its course, the Commissioners have decided to postpone their departure for Palestine from October 3 till about he middle xf the month, The Colonial Office announced on September 3 that a commission of inquiry would be sent out. Its chairman is Sir Walter Shaw, who was Chief Justice in the Straits Settlements from 1921 fo 1925. "Aw sociated with him are three members of the House of Commons, one each selected from the Labour, Conservative and Liberal parties Reuter.

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