TURKISH PORTS
BEING REBUILT BY BRITAIN. LONDON, March 22. Britain is rebuilding the ports of Alexandretta and Mersin in southern Turkey under a contract between the Turkish Government and the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation. These ports are connected by rail with Aleppo and are thus linked with the important centres of Beirut, Haifa, Port Said and Alexandria, and also with the railway passing through Mosul, Bagdad and Basra to the Persian Gulf. A deep-water pier is being constructed at Alexandretta. It will be a quarter of a mile long and capable of berthing large ocean-going vessels. A pier is be’ing constructed at. Mersin to handle 1000 tons of merchandise daily. Other harbour improvements are being made at both ports.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 March 1943, Page 3
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