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PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT London, Oct. 5. It is reported that the German Government informed the Cape that the Xema syndicate intended to use Guano Island as a base for a secret prospecting expedition to Damarsland, whero it is believed diamonds abound. The syndicate deny any such intention.
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PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT Received 4.30 p.m., Oct. 6. London, Oct, 7. Legislation protecting Guano Island, prospecting is not allowed. Dr Jameson suggested that an approved expert might be permitted to make a cursory inspection of tho island in order to facilitate a petition to Parliament to remove tho ombargo. Shareholders in the syndicate have now been convened to consider the situation, Reuter states that the government has assured a rival Capetown syndicate that equal opportunities would bo afforded both parties.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 187, 8 October 1906, Page 2
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