SOUTH AFRICA.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13368, 19 August 1907, Page 5

SOUTH AFRICA.

THK El KM) C l)!iXi: I S liil.L. A TIM ll'l.l/KSI )M K Cllll-'.l'. P,*«s Aseocintinn-lly Telegraph-Copyright I'li Ivl Oltl A, Augu>l 16. The Assembly has passed tin* I'Vid Cor-lit-ls Bill. CAPKTOWX, August 16. Tli« lf:r.-r<» chief .Morenga. who, ai'U-r giving much trouble in (Jiiinim i'-outh-wei-t Africa, was driven l<» C;ipe Colony, where !iAvar* captured and inltrned fnr ;i; period, lias, witli 400 follower, crossed buck into, U-erman territory. The- Cape polic?' vainly tried to intercept him. Should he return he will he arrested. DIAMOND FOR THE KIX(1. Received 1.42 p.m.. August 18th. PRKTuRIA, August 17. Mr Botha, the Premier, has given notice, of motion in the. Assembly, in favour ol the colony acquiring the Cullinan diamond for presentation to King Edward as- a token of loyalty and to commemorate tli-9 granting of responsible government. Ill® diamond belongs to the Premier Oaimond Mining' Company, and is estimated to ba probably worth £1,000,000. I'nder tlie mining laws the Transvaal («overmmnt io already the owner of one-sixLeenth ol tlia diamond's share, it- being fixed at- £65,000.

The Progressive memb;rs of the Jlouse resolved to oppose the purchase on the ground that the lime was inopportune; owing Lo financial difficulties and the depr.::sion on the Rand.