London, Nov. 22, 'A message from Capetown state that the effect of the crash on the United States "share markets 38 being felt by South African diamond cutters, who chiefly handle large stones which are unsaleable at times financial depression. The posi-ton is aggravated by the fact that American sufferers from the Wall Street slump who own large diamonds are' selling them cheaply It fs feared that unless the Government assists the industry every cutting factory inthe Union of South' Africa will clove. The cutting industry is reported to be hopelessly disorganized. A factory feature, however, is. the {fact that shares in diamond mining companies have suffered no heavy. fell og the result of the American Reuter,
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