I regret that I am not in a position to give the figures desired, Dr. Drummond Shiels, the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, said in the House of Commons this afternoon, when Mr. J. E. Mills (Labour) asked if he would state the number of British officials in Palestine who had passed examinations in Arabic or Hebrew, or both, and if he was aware that the Governmental communications were written in Arabic, when replying to that race, and in English when replying to Hebrew communities, and would he cause an enquiry to be made into this distinction.
The Colonial Secretary is not aware of any general rule or practice as described in the second part of the question, Dr. Shiels added, with regard to the conduct of official correspondence in Palestine, but he will make enquiry into the matter.
THREE YEARS FOR MINSK MOHEL.
The Minsk Mohel Radunski has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, erroneously reported by a misprint in yesterday’s J.T.A. Bulletin as three months.
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