Displaced Arabs in Palestine
GOVT.’S SETTLEMENT SCHEME united Press Association—By Electric Telcgra ph—Copyright Received Sunday, 9.50 p.m. LONDON, July 15. Dealing with Palestine in a debate in the Commons, Sir Philip Cunlifi’c Lister said tho British Government concurred in the decisions of the High Commissioner’s tribunal of inquiry regarding the settlement of displaced Arabs. It was proposed that the Palestine Government’s extensive programme of public work and the reset tlcment of displaced Arabs should to a large extent be financed by a loan of £2,000,000. The British Government was satisfied that without drawing on the Exchequer balances tho financial resources of Palestine were adoquate to provide for the services of the loan and afford full security for capital. It was proposed that the loan suould receive the formal guarantee of the British Government. Tho works would include tho Jerusalem and Haifa water supply and drainago scheme, hydro • graphic survey and improvement of village supplies.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7210, 17 July 1933, Page 6
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