SUBDUING A DESERT.
NILE IRRIGATION WORKS. ,; Cairo, March 21. , With a view to irrigation, one and a hall times greater in area than at present it is proposed to add nineteen and a half feet to tho height of the Assouan Dam, Egypt, at a cost of a million and a half. It is feared the itempies of Philoe will be completely submerged. A SIX YEARS' TASK. " ; ; Received 22nd, lO.'l p.m. Cairo, March 22. The Egyptian Government) adapted' the proposal to heighten the Assouan darn. The work will occupy sis years. It Is ik'tiinateil that) the inlreabed.' annual value of cotton crops thereby! will be four millions.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 23 March 1907, Page 2
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107SUBDUING A DESERT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 23 March 1907, Page 2
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