TRANSVAAL AND THE KING.
GIFT WORTH A MILLION."
gTJGGESHON OF MR. BOTHA,
PRETORIA, August 17.
; ${r Botha has given notice of a mogg&n the House of Assembly in favour X the colony acquiring the Cullinan diaond for presentation to King Edward as Stoken of loyalty and to commemorate _S "granting of responsible government. -"The diamond belongs to the Premier rk__o_d Mining Company, and is estiIpf as probably worth £1,000,000. Trader the fining laws the Transvaal gorenmient is already owner of oneCTjfeenth of the diamond, its share being fited a t £65,000. ;• The Progressive members of the House j»veiTesolved to oppose the purchase, on tie grounds that the time is inopportune to financial difficulties and depres•«_ion the Rand.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 197, 19 August 1907, Page 5
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