MESOPOTAMIA.
GREAT IRRIGATION SCHEME. By Cable —Press Received September 12, 10.30 p.m. Constantinople, September 12. Sir Wm. Wileoc'ks, adviser to the Turkish Minister of Public Works, lias started for Mesopotamia to arrange the irrigation of two and a half million acres, comprising three main canals along the Tigris and Euphrates, besides barrages on the rivers. It is estimated that the preliminary work will cost £4,000,000, and will occupy six years.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 132, 13 September 1910, Page 5
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70MESOPOTAMIA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 132, 13 September 1910, Page 5
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