NEW BRIDGE PLANNED
BRITISH PROJECT ON ZAMBESI ' GOODWILL OF PORTUGAL British Official Wireless RUGBY, Monday. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur Henderson, was asked whether negotiations had taken place with the Portuguese Government regarding the River Zambesi. Mr. Henderson said that on July 2 last, Mr. F. D. G. Osborne, the British Charge D'Affaires at Lisbon, :|iformed the Portuguese Government that the British Government had for some time past been considering the question of constructing the bridge, and were contemplating the possibility of guaranteeing from Imperial funds the necessary sums. Mr. Osborne expressed the hope that in the event of the British Government’s decision to assist in the venture the Portuguese Government'would facilitate the construction of the bridge, and generally extend their goodwill toward the scheme. In the reply received last August the Portuguese Government pointed out that proper guarantees had already been given in connection with the existing concession. The Portuguese Government added that in the absence of further particulars it could not make a definite statement, but it gave an assurance that it was anxious to facilitate the projected enterprise in every way possible.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 901, 19 February 1930, Page 9
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185NEW BRIDGE PLANNED Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 901, 19 February 1930, Page 9
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