THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
Sir Wli'jiliiia-in WiEoocks, who recently resigned (hiis (post as adviser to the Turbiislh iMiinisifcry of Public Works, and. wto huilit tihie greiait Nil© dam at Assuan, ihias been working for (the -last .tlliiiee years on plains- to restore tilie traditional .site of .the Garden of Eden between the Tigris. and the Euphrates. He has completed the design- of ia great engiaueerang .scheme ,by wfhidh itilie one© supertb Qluailidean system of irrigation.' in Mesopotamia well again .bring to the dry desent tihie water (that alone is needed to make it one of tflie greatest wheat-fields in ,the world. XJaigft January the con-tracit to begin ftlie first diam ■w'a.s undertaken by Sir Johni Jackson. Born in India, leiss tlh'an sixty year®' ago, Sir Wdliiam Wiillcookis is <a capable, square-headed mlarii, with. the vivid', bold Jimiagina.tio;a 'that conceives immense undertakings and itShe .practical power of organisation t/h:at execrates tihieim in' smaiHies/t detail.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10412, 5 September 1911, Page 4
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153THE GARDEN OF EDEN. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10412, 5 September 1911, Page 4
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