RAND GOLD-THIEVES.
A BIG TRAFFIC. . ORGANISED SYSTEM OF'CRIME. (BY TELEOKAPHr-rRESS ASSOCIATION-^COrifUaHT.) London, August 2. A serious state of affairs in connection with the gold-mining industry 'on 1 the Raud is Reported by the London " Daily Mail's " , correspondent at Maritzburg. THo correspondent states that thefts of gold have been'frequent ,and that sixteen detectives are now''tracking the parties to a conspiracy, to rob;:/ _ ~ It is said that confederates in the'mines are handing gold to women, who carry it to the coast. . '-.' ' ■ '' ' It is further alleged that gangs are operating at. Durban, and Capetown, and ' that £20,000 worth of-gold has been stolen during 1903. v , •; . j
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 267, 4 August 1908, Page 7
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103RAND GOLD-THIEVES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 267, 4 August 1908, Page 7
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