DEAD SEA TREASURE
HUGE WEALTH TO BE EXPLOITED, London, Aug. 7 The treasures of Ihe Dead Sea eom-pri.-ang pulash, magnesium, chloride and other minerals, estimated to value £240.(1011,000,mm, Will shortly be exploited, according to the. Sunday Times, It is understood that the Colonial oiliee, in conjunction with the Palestine Administration, is at the point of granting Imperial Chemicals, Limited, and possibly others, a concession to tap this long neglected store which the Sultan. Abdtq Hamjd, during his long reign, refused.. Geologists commenced their hives ligations soon after Lord Alleuby eaplntred Jerusalem. They believe that fanners throughout the Empire will obtain potash fertilizer at half current rates.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LV, Issue 9555, 10 August 1927, Page 3
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