PROGRESS IN PALESTINE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 259, 3 November 1933, Page 6

PROGRESS IN PALESTINE.

The 'magnificent harbour at Haifa, which, has just been opened, is only one of many signs of the progress which Palestine has made under British rule. In Bible times the country, which is only slightly larger than Wales in area, supported a population estimated at twice that of the last days of Turkish rule. Since Britain took over the country it has increased by nearly 200,000. Capital has been brought into Palestine, and scientific principles and practical experience have been applied to agriculture, business and industry. It has become a land that produces fine oranges, potash and electric power, refined oils and matches, cement, porcelain teeth, clothing and leather goods. Industry has kept pace with agricultural development, and there are now about 4000 manufacturing establishments. The completion of the deep-water port at Haifa, together with the general impi'ovement of communications and the projected Haifa-Bagdad railway, makes it likely that Palestine will occupy an increasingly important position in trade. The land is no longer flowing with milk and honey in the literal sense, but it is becoming increasingly prosperous by means of industries and scientific agriculture, and much of this prosperity must be attributed to the British Mandate Government, which has sought to promote the welfare of both Arab and Jew and give back to„the Promised Land some of the riches of which it was bereft by the blighting rule of the Tui k.