DIAMOND DIGGERS’ FIND.
jOTIANN'KSBFJKiH, August 26. Two “diggers” ufter a spell of 1-ad luck' on the alluvial diamond fields of the ’Western Transvaal, are stated to have made a small fortune in a lonely spot, in the State-controlled Holds of Xamaqualand. They walked all the way there, sleeping bv day under a khaki slieet and nojng on again at night, so as not to excite suspicion. Having obtained a considerable number of stones they returned, one of them nearly dying from pneumonia oiv the way. Their diamonds are said to have sold for more than £12,0(10. BLSTXLSS CALLS BY ATT?. [THKLT.Y, August 26. The arrival of a Worn biplane at the Berlin airport to-day has occasioned some .excitement. It contained Mr AT. Filsinger, the director of a GermanAmeriean firm, who seems to be the first business man to use aircraft in visiting his customers.
Mr Eilsinger left Johannesburg on July 10 and has made 27 landings on his lour his principal places of call icing Cairo, Constantinople, Sofia, Vienna, and Prague.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 October 1929, Page 6
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171DIAMOND DIGGERS’ FIND. Hokitika Guardian, 14 October 1929, Page 6
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