ASSOUAN DAM
Dispute Over Contract NO 11 TON -U R 1.1; F I THS TEN DER A BIG DISPUTE SETTLED (Alist and S-'A. Cable) Cairo, November 30. The dispute between the NortonGriffiths Co., and tlie Egyptian Government over the non-completion of the. heightening of the Assouan Dam lias been settled by tile Govern, merit releasing the £100,OCX) vlm-h tho Nortou-Gcriffitlis Co. deposited, also by paying £70,000 as part of the value of the plant left on the siti when the Egypt ian Government tool, over the scheme after .Sir John Norton.Griftiths’s tragic death in September of 19-30. The Egyptian. Government claimed the light to confiscate the whole of the £360.000 worth of plant, in addition to damage's for the non-com-pletion of the- contract.
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Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2586, 2 December 1931, Page 6
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