Harry C. Luke, chief secretary of the Palestine government, and during last Summer’s disturbances in charge of the country’s administration in the absence of High Commissioner Chancellor, may be appointed deputy governor of Malta. The reports current in local official circles seem to bear out the rumors that Luke will not return to Palestine from which he has been absent several months on a leave of absence and then as one of the British spokesmen at the special session of the Mandates Commission on Palestine. The Malta post is considered more important than the chief secretaryship of the Palestine government.
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