The thousand family settlement scheme is sufficiently advanced for an agreement to be concluded yesterday, providing for the selection of the settlers.
200 families will be fully colonised and simultaneously between 500 and 600 houses will be erected for further prospective settlers.
Mr. Julius Simon, Mr. Mohl and Dr. Maurice B. Hexter represented in the signing of the agreement the Palestine Economic Corporation and the Palestine Plantation Company, and Mr. Hartzfeld, Mr. Kaplan and Mr. Remez represented the workers.
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