Thousands of persons gathered on the Mediterranean shore in a pouring rain today to watch High Commissioner Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope open the Tel Aviv port’s passenger shed with a golden key, marking the formal inauguration of passenger debarkation at the year-old all-Jewish port.
The shed has been named “The Gates of Zion.” The High Commissioner told the crowd that “this will be the biggest harbor for Jewish passengers and immigrants from all parts of the world.” His sentiments were echoed by Siegfried Hoofien, manager of the Anglo- Palestine Bank, who declared the port would serve the entire country, and Mayor Israel Rokach, who asserted that “this port frees us from the yoke of the Diaspora.”
Tension in neighboring Jaffa was lessened because the regular landing of passengers has been postponed several weeks.
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