THE EGYPTIAN EXPEDITION.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13980, 10 January 1916, Page 5

THE EGYPTIAN EXPEDITION.

WATER ON, SINAI PENINSULA

GERMAN PROFESSOR'S REPORTED

DISCOVERY.

(Received Jan. 9, 5.5 p.m.) Amsterdam, Jan. 8

The "Neueswiener Journal" states that a German professor named Yon Graeve has discovered great water sources eafcfc of Mount Sinai. . He reports that the whole desert is fertilisable, and urges the despatch of engineers and adequate' machinery. Meanwhile the Turkish armies are assured of an ample water supply.