A. loan of Pound45,000, for which government approval is sought, is to be raised by the Local Council to develop waterworks, construct a slaughter house, a central market place, new public buildings, roads and sidewalks in the colony.
Explanation of Petah-Tikvah’s need for these improvements was furnished by a delegation of councilors, headed by the president, S. Shtamper, to the Assistant District Commissioner, J. H. H. Pollock, and the Jewish District Officer, Joseph Kupperman.
In 1933, it was explained, the colony grew at a rate equal to the combined expansion of the three previous years. Population last year increased 20 per cent; and now totals 10,000 individuals. The Council’s revenue increased to Pound16,500, as compared with the budgetary estimate of Pound12,500.
Favorable consideration of the matter was promised at the meeting.
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