PALESTINE'S WELFARE
RE-SETTLEMENT OF ARABS EXTENSIVE WORKS PROGRAMME British Wireless RUGBY, July IS In the course of a speech in the House of Commons yesterday the Colonial Secretary, Sir Philip CunliffeLister, dealing with questions relating to Palestine, said that the British Government concurred in the decision 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 works and resettlement 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 Exchequer balances the financial resources of Palestine were adequato to provide for the services of the loan and to afford full security for the capital. It was proposed that the loan should receive the formal guarantee of the British Government. Tho works would include tho Jerusalem and Haifa water supply and drainage scheme, a h.vdror graphic survey, and an improvement of village supplies.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21546, 18 July 1933, Page 9
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