AFRICAN DIAMONDS.
SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE. ALLOTMENT OF QUOTAS. SITUATION GREATLY RELIEVED. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel.—Copyright. (Received March 25, 9.30 a.m.) CAPETOWN, March 25. A conference between the control hoard and the diamond producers lias reached .an agreement fixing the quotas allotted the Government mines and alluvial diggers with the respective carats of gems to tie offered for sale. The Minister of Mines (Hon. A. P. .J. l’ourie) in his budget speecli said (lie decision had greatly relieved the Kimberley and other centres dependent on Hie diamond mines where retrenchment was proceeding. Tim largest cutting factory in Capetown lias given all its employees a month's notice. Cullers from Antwerp fear they will he boycotted on their return home because' they disregarded l.heir unions' warning not to touch diamond cutting in a foreign country.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17979, 26 March 1930, Page 5
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132AFRICAN DIAMONDS. Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17979, 26 March 1930, Page 5
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