Huge Scheme Involving an Expenditure of £17,000,000
London, Oct. 18, 'A concession has been granted for a huge cotton-growing scheme in Teaq, in, connexion with which an expenditure of £17,000,000 is projected. The necessary works include the barrage of the Euphrates, the formation of great storage "reservoirs, and the construction of a vast} system of cat Special Research by Expert from Peking London, Oct. 17.
Dr. Robert Cochrane, son of Dr. Thomas Cochrane founder of the Union Medical College, Peking, left for India today Where he hopes to visit all the Leper Mission's 40 stations in India, and help to bring the treatment to the highest state of efficiency He will spend some time in research work with Dr, Ernest at the School of Tropical me in Calcutta, and then Burma, Siam, North Borneo, Dutch Indies, and the Philippines.
Subsequently, he will engage in research work at the Medical Colleze, Peking, returning home via Korea and America—Reuter.
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