High Commissioner Decides in Principle to Grant Concession to Novomejski and Tulloch (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The terms of the Dead Sea concession now in the process of negotiation between the Crown Agents and engineers Novomejski and Tulloch are still being discussed and the government is unable to state how long it will take, according to a statement made by Major Ormsby Gore in the House of Commons yesterday in reply to questions submitted on the subject.
Major Ormsby Gore stated that Tulloch was the first to approach the British government with regard to the Dead Sea concession. In January, 1917 the government invited applications for concessions to be submitted until May 1925 for the purpose of obtaining the best terms. Four definite applications have been received by the government. In April, 1927 the government informed Tulloch and Novomejski that the High Commissioner of Palestine agreed in principle to granting them the concession, subject to their furnishing satisfactory financial guarantees.
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