3,000 Palestine workers and 5,000 Transjordan workers will be employed in the work of laying the Iraq Oil Pipe Line, which will out the River Jordan six kilometres south of the Rutenberg Jordan Electricity Station, Mr. Lang, the Director of the Palestine Section of the Pipe Line, has stated in an interview published by the Arab paper “Felestin” here.
No Jews will be employed in Transjordan territory, Mr. Lang explained, in accordance with the condition imposed by the Emir Abdullah, the Ruler of Transjordan.
The work will be completed, he added, not later than the beginning of 1935, and the cost is estimated to be between 10 and 15 million pounds.
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