WASTE OF MONEY
CAMPAIGN IN PERSIA ' ENORMOUS EXPENDITURE. DISCLOSEDBr Telegraph.—Preen ABioclation-Oopyriuht London, December 3. T ? omtia y correspondent of- the „ ftl !L^ lpres !" states that an article in the limes, of India" exposes an enormous waste pf money in the East Persian c » m Pj"S n ! *> c °*t of which is estimated at 100 millions sterling. It gives as an example a luxurious encampment at Urbet-i-Haulari, eighty- miles from Meshed, which cost .£IOO,OOO. This, was discovered to have been built on privato ground, whereupon tile iwner was paid a preposterous amount of compensation, lhe profits of road-building fln d caraci contractors, the paper says, would make multi-millionaires green with envy — Reuter.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 61, 6 December 1920, Page 5
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111WASTE OF MONEY Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 61, 6 December 1920, Page 5
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