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A SPLENDID FEAT OF RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION IS NOW NEARING COMPLETION IN SYRIA. BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN ENGINEERS, SUPERVISING AN ARMY OF OVER 20,000 LABOURERS OF MANY NATIONALITIES, HAVE CARRIED OUT THE WORK, WHICH WILL LINK THE IMPORTANT SEAPORTS OF HAIFA AND TRIPOLI, AND GIVE AN UNBROKEN CONNECTION BETWEEN LIBYA, PALESTINE, SYRIA AND TURKEY. ABOUT 80% OF THE COUNTRY TRAVERSED BY THIS NEW LINK IS SOLID ROCK INVOLVING LONG STRETCHES OF TUNNELLING BRIDGING AND SOLID CUTTING. A SCENE ALONG THE COASTAL FRINGE. (NEGATIVE BY HURLEY).
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Colour: Black & white
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