A RUSH FOR WEALTH.
IN TRANSVAAL DIAMOND FIELDS. OBSCURE HOMESTEAD. BECOMES A TOWN. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received Dec 2, 1.15 n.m CAPETOWN, Dec. 1. Much interest has been aroused by the discovery 0 f apparently rich diamondiferous deposits in a valley of the Mooi river, near Potchefstroom, Iransvaal. Hundreds of prospectors are at work. One farm, which was only pioclaimed a fortnight ago, is now a tcnvnship with a thousand inhabitants. Farm homesteads and c-attle kraals are hemmed in by claims, on which digging is feverishly proceeding. Cafes gaiages, shops, and stores have alreadv sprung up and a rush is setting in. ‘
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 2 December 1924, Page 7
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102A RUSH FOR WEALTH. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 2 December 1924, Page 7
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