(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Field Marshall Lord Herbert C. Plumer, High Commissioner of Palestine, arrived here to-day. Huge crowds were at the station to greet the High Commissioner.
Lord Plumer, who is returning from England announced that he would curtail his vacation there when the earthquake occurred in Palestine. In his absence Co. Robert S. Symes, Secretary of the Palestine Administration, was Acting High Commissioner.
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