Considerable interest has been aroused here by a report that the Colonial Office has approved the transfer of the railway junction from Lydda to Tel Aviv.
A sum of £37,000 ($185,000) has been reported as spent on materials. The entire undertaking will cost about £300,000 ($1,500,000), it is estimated.
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