KENT'S MINERAL WEALTH.
A DEVELOPMENT SCHEME. . GOVERNMENT ASSISTING. LONDON", February 19. Far-reaching plans to develop the Kentish iron and coalfields within 50 miles of London under the auspices of a combination, of the Dorman-Long and. Pearson firms have been definitelyadvanced, the Government having agreed to lend £2,000,000. Lord Cowdray, head, of the firm of S. Pearson and Son, Ltd., ie the virtual head of the combined firm. Town-planning "experts have been engaged to prevent' the coalfield from ipoiling the garden of England. It. is •ntidpated that the population of Eaat Kent, which is now 300,000 r will eventually be doubled.—("Sun.")
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 43, 20 February 1926, Page 9
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100KENT'S MINERAL WEALTH. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 43, 20 February 1926, Page 9
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