SUEZ CANAL
OFFER OF SEAT TO ITALY ROME, Dec. 7. The London correspondent of the Turin newspaper, La Stampa, says that he has learned from the highest possible authority that the directors of the Suez Canal have agreed to offer a seat on the board to Italy [The canal is administered by a ct mpany registered in Paris, and subject partly to Egyptian and partly to French law. Of its 32 directors, 21 are Frene.n, 10 British , and one Dutch. The number of shares held by the British Government amounts to 41 per cent of the total. Italy has for long demanded representation on the boa^d.]
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20125, 20 December 1939, Page 4
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106SUEZ CANAL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20125, 20 December 1939, Page 4
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