'The White Paper states that the Government is' not at present. in position to judge of the merits of the Siemens proposals from the technical side, but is prepared to. give the firm an opportunity of developing their plans, It is pointed out by the Govern: ment that previous inquiries into possibilities of the Shannon for the purpose of hydro-electrical development led to. much less optimistic conclusions than those reached by the Berlin firm, who are to produce full report on the scheme on oF before September 1, 1924,
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