ALL EXCEPT NOAH’S ARK
OLD BOATS RECOMMISSIONED IN IRAQ ALL MANNER OF DUGOUTS Times Cable Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON. Tuesday. N’oah’s Ark ,is not mentioned in dispatches from Bagdad: but reports state that all manner of dugouts have oeen recommissioned in order to restore communications. Since the recent floods destroyed the railways, the owners of river steamers are reaping a harvest. A British syndicate publishes an to the Premier of Iraq, Abdul Mohsen Es Saadun. Statipg that ! Iraq adopted tjie open-door policy toward oilfields, £2,000,000 would Quickly be forthcoming to strengthen be dykes, relieve the flood pressure, and prevent the inundation of culti'ated areas, as well as providing better railways and bridges.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 675, 29 May 1929, Page 11
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112ALL EXCEPT NOAH’S ARK Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 675, 29 May 1929, Page 11
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