STATE AID FROM DIAMONDS.
WILL PROVIDE „ FORC IRRIGATION FROM ORANGE AND VAAL RIVERS. .(By Telegraph-Press Assn.- Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.50 a.m.) CAPETOWN, Sept. 21. The Prime Minister’s preliminary general election campaign is arousing interest by reason of the , anticipation that the profits of the‘Namaqualand State diamond mines will be devoted to irrigation on an extensive scale. It Hs hoped to dam the Orange and Vaal rivers, whereby huge areas will benefit. '' / . . . . , .An aeroplane brings weekly a valuable parcel of diamonds to Alexander Bay. It is reported that approximately five millions sterling has been accumulated at Capetown, although the .Government is disposing of only £6OOO worth of diamonds a month, so as not to over-stock the market, which has recently improved. General Hertzog, Prime Minister of •■South' Africa, described Namaqualaud ,as a windfall. . -
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 September 1928, Page 5
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