INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2172, 10 June 1914, Page 4

INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION

A meeting of' the. Wellington Pror vincial. Industrial Association was held last mgSKJIr. H. Bead, - vice-president, toolc.'th e' clia ir. Thg reported that the credit balaiicothe association was £30 19s. 4d-.» vo.ctucijblo by £2 Bs. 6d. for accounts duo forl'payment. An amount of £1200 was <in;:.fixcd deposit, on whicli tlio amouitt;: of £41 19s-. 7d. interest had accrued.The assets of the association were 3d., and there wero no liabilities:-", Threo'iresi'gnations were received. Mr. H."H. Seaton read a short paper on tlio diatnond mines of Kiniborley, South Africa. He spake of the discovery o.f diamonds first of all accidentally' by a"trader named O'Reilly in 1867 in Griqualand, and later tho discovery of diamonds and the sinking of-a mine on the farm of ono De Beer. Ho weut on to speak of tho formation of tho Do Beer's Consolidated and tlio development of tho industry to its present magnitude, until the output an--nuallv-from tho filed is about fivo and ■a- half"- millions sterling. Mr. .Seaton "dc&iinb'cU Jn. interesting detail the process of - winning diamondis from the blue earth in which they aro found, thousands 'of feet below tho surface. Especially interesting was his talk about the precautions, taken to prevent illicit diamond buying. A voto of thanks was accordcd to Mr. "Sea'tbri, 5 """"