SERIOUS POSITION
DIAMOND FIELD DISPUTE PROHIBITION RESENTED (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.! CAPETOWN, Dee. 26. There is a serious position on the Namaqualand diamond fields in consequence of the Government's prohibition of prospecting. Recently, the Government yielded to political pressure, owing to the* disastrous effects of the drought. The prohibition applied only to areas abutting the coast. , Discriminatory decisions by officials accentuated complaints. When a permit was granted to prospect a farm only three miles inland, the diggers vigorously protested, and talked of rushing the State digging at Alexander Bay. They demanded" the release of the men who disagreed with the prohibition and notified the magistrate that they would start prospecting to day at Buchuburg, which has proved diamondiferous. The Government despatched 24 selected police with machine guns on motor lorries on Monday night. ■ They expected to reach their destination—over 400 miles, mainly of desert—to-day. A warning has "been issued that they will not tolerate lawlessness.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16837, 28 December 1928, Page 7
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156SERIOUS POSITION Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16837, 28 December 1928, Page 7
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