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Grey River Argus, 24 July 1913, Page 2

In Egypt the variation in the flow of the ,Nile is an important factor- For several years the -NiHe has been, ccm- 1 iparatively low, ' but " in accordance with precedent ( a series of exceptionally high Niles may now' be .expected. which means a. • danger rof- floods in Lower Egypt and possible wide-spread disaster.' The' danger .was lessened when the. raising 'of the .Assuan dam wa's conipleted last December, but it is proposed to build a hew dam on the White Nile forty miles above- Khartum by which the supply can be still -fcrib er regulated. , .