MAD RACE FOR RICHES
NEW DIAMOND FIELD MOTLEY CROWD OF RUNNERS By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright CAPETOWN, Wednesday. Ten thousand diggers and runners made a mad race for wealth at Walverdiend, in the Transvaal, when it was proclaimed an alluvial diamond field. This probably will be the last of South Africa’s diamond rushes, as legislation now provides for a ballot for claims. Five hundred police were present, in view of rumoured threats of a deliberately planned false start, but the only trouble was a fight over pegs before the rush started. The scene as thousands of motorcars and lorries departed from the tin town over the gusty veldt to the diggings beggars description. A motley crowd of city clerks, veteran diggers and professional runners ran in multi-coloured costumes, from bathing costumes to pyjamas. The race was over three miles. Thirteen diggers found hidden near the richest claims were arrested. Most of them had hidden in water tanks, one having lain at full length under the water, with only his nose showing.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 127, 19 August 1927, Page 13
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