SEIZURE OF DIAMONDS.
SOUTH-WEST AFRICAN STORY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. 'F.I-.-1. 7.30 pm.i CAPETOWN, April 27. Ihe Nationalist organ. Ons Vaderhind, ftnt-rs that during the German South-west African campaign the British military authorities were informed that a large quantity of diamonds were in the possesion of Cip Herman Governor. Rerr f*eiu, who refused to surrender them on the ground that they were the property of (he (Jerman Government. Kerr Spitz "as arrested, whereupon he disclosed the hiding-place of over 75.000 carats of diamonds, which the British seized.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17457, 29 April 1920, Page 5
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