(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Another stretch of land for settlement by Jewish colonists was allotted by the praesidium of the Central Executive Committee of the government.
The praesidium transferred 12,000 desiatin in Crimea to the Comzet, the government department for settling Jews on the land.
Permission was granted by the Soviet government to the chalutzim of the Tel Chai colony, Crimea, to leave Russia. They will proceed to Palestine.
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