Above: JOHANNESBURG, which gives itself the title of “the world’s miracle city.” Less than 50 years separate this panorama of prosperous activity from bare veld. The population of this city, numbering a quarter of a million, felt none of the effects of the depression, for Johannesburg is the centre of the greatest goldfields in the world. More than £70,000,000 is obtained from this industry annually.
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Evening Star, Issue 22578, 20 February 1937, Page 7
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65Above: JOHANNESBURG, which gives itself the title of “the world’s miracle city.” Less than 50 years separate this panorama of prosperous activity from bare veld. The population of this city, numbering a quarter of a million, felt none of the effects of the depression, for Johannesburg is the centre of the greatest goldfields in the world. More than £70,000,000 is obtained from this industry annually. Evening Star, Issue 22578, 20 February 1937, Page 7
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