OIL IN IRAQ.
■ QUESTION OF PIPE-LINE. RUGBY, February 11. The Under-Secretary for the Colonies, Dr. Drummond Shiels, was questioned in the House of Commons on the negotiations between the'lraq Petroleum Company and the- Iraq Government on the pipe-line which ' - .o company proposes to construct to connect the Iraq oilfields with the Mediterranean seaboard. Dr. Shiels said he could not say whether an agreement had been reached and although the company had negotiated agreements with the Governments of Palestine and Transjordan, the final decision as to the construction of the pipe-line must depend upon the outcome of the negotiations with Iraq. It is understood that the proposal is for a pipe-line which would fork, one branch reaching the sea at Tripoli and the other near Haifa, in Palestine. The agreement with the Palestine Government was published last week in Jerusalem.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 36, 12 February 1931, Page 7
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