ASSOUAN DAM
BRITISH CONTRACTORS
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). LONDON, Sept. 22. A message from Alexandria states: The Sir Norton Griffiths Company has ordered a stoppage of work on the second heightening of the Assouan Dam, owing to a. tryannioal control being exercised by the engineering staff, representing the Egyptian Government. Their authority is exercised in such a manner that the proper performance of tlio contract is impossible. Incompetent interference amounts to tyranny, and the work is being made unjustifiably costly. Four hundred thousand sterling of British money has already been -spent, 'but the 'contractors believe that a stoppage and a request for an inquiry are the only means of saving the firm’s reputation and money.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1930, Page 6
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116ASSOUAN DAM Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1930, Page 6
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